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--> GENUS Chaetodipus
SPECIES Chaetodipus nelsoni
Author: | Merriam, 1894. | Citation: | Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 46: 266. | Common Name: | Nelson’s Pocket Mouse | Type Locality: | Mexico, San Luis Potosi, Hacienda La Parada, about 25 mi (40 km) NW Ciudad San Luis Potosi. | Distribution: | Chihuahuan desert plateau from SE New Mexico and W Texas (USA) to Jalisco and San Luis Potosi (Mexico). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subspecies listed by Hall (1981) and Williams et al. (1993); may include lineatus (see above). Reviewed by Best (1994b, Mammalian Species No. 484). Two karyotypic races known (Patton, 1970; Lee, 1990), which may prove to be distinct species. |
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