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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER CASTORIMORPHA
--> FAMILY Heteromyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Perognathinae
GENUS Chaetodipus
| Author: | Merriam, 1889. | | Citation: | N. Am. Fauna, 1: 5. | | Type Species: | Perognathus spinatus Merriam, 1889. | | Comments: | Species revised by Merriam (1889) and Osgood (1900) under the generic name Perognathus; both authors considered Chaetodipus as a valid subgenus (see also Hall, 1981). Raised to generic status by Hafner and Hafner (1983), an action followed by most subsequent authors. Includes Burtognathus (see Hoffmeister, 1986), defined as a subgenus to contain the single species C. hispidus; see also Williams et al. (1993). Chromosomal and biochemical systematics summarized by Patton and Rogers (1993a, b). Best (1993f) and Williams et al. (1993:122-124) provide keys to Recent species. |
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