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--> FAMILY Heteromyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Perognathinae
--> GENUS Chaetodipus
SPECIES Chaetodipus pernix
Author: | J. A. Allen, 1898. | Citation: | Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 10: 149. | Common Name: | Sinaloan Pocket Mouse | Type Locality: | Mexico, Sinaloa, Rosario. | Distribution: | Coastal lowlands from S Sonora to N Nayarit (Mexico). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Chromosomal and biochemical evidence suggest that the northern subspecies rostratus is specifically distinct from pernix (Patton et al., 1981). Reviewed by Best and Lackey (1992b, Mammalian Species No. 420). |
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