Chaetodipus
Chaetodipus | |
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Chaetodipus baileyi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Heteromyidae |
Subfamily: | Perognathinae |
Genus: | Chaetodipus Merriam, 1889 |
Type species | |
Chaetodipus intermedius Merriam, 1889 | |
Species | |
Chaetodipus arenarius |
Chaetodipus is a genus of pocket mice containing 17 species endemic to the United States and Mexico.[1] Like other members of their family such as pocket mice in the genus Perognathus, they are more closely related to pocket gophers than to true mice.
Characteristics
Members of this genus range in size from 80 to 125 mm (head and body) and weigh 15–47 grams (Nowak, 1999). Unlike the silky pocket mice (genus Perognathus), most species of the genus Chaetodipus have harsh pelage with some bordering on spiny hair. They tend to be found in arid habitats where they feed on seeds, vegetation, and insects (Nowak, 1999). Females give birth to a litter of 2–9 young after a gestation period of just under a month. The longest recorded life span is 8 years and 4 months (Nowak, 1999).
Species
- Chaetodipus arenarius – Little desert pocket mouse
- Chaetodipus artus – Narrow-skulled pocket mouse
- Chaetodipus baileyi – Bailey's pocket mouse
- Chaetodipus californicus – California pocket mouse
- Chaetodipus dalquesti – Dalquest's pocket mouse
- Chaetodipus eremicus – Chihuahuan pocket mouse
- Chaetodipus fallax – San Diego pocket mouse
- Chaetodipus formosus – Long-tailed pocket mouse
- Chaetodipus goldmani – Goldman's pocket mouse
- Chaetodipus hispidus – Hispid pocket mouse
- Chaetodipus intermedius – Rock pocket mouse
- Chaetodipus lineatus – Lined pocket mouse
- Chaetodipus nelsoni – Nelson's pocket mouse
- Chaetodipus penicillatus – Desert pocket mouse
- Chaetodipus pernix – Sinaloan pocket mouse
- Chaetodipus rudinoris – Baja pocket mouse
- Chaetodipus spinatus – Spiny pocket mouse
Sometimes members of the genus Chaetodipus are placed in the genus Perognathus.
Footnotes
- ^ Patton, J.L. (2005). "Genus Chaetodipus". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 853–856. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
References
- Nowak, Ronald M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1936 pp. ISBN 0-8018-5789-9
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- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Rodentia
- Superfamily: Geomyoidea
- Little desert pocket mouse (Chaetodipus arenarius)
- Narrow-skulled pocket mouse (Chaetodipus artus)
- Bailey's pocket mouse (Chaetodipus baileyi)
- California pocket mouse (Chaetodipus californicus)
- Dalquest's pocket mouse (Chaetodipus dalquesti)
- Chihuahuan pocket mouse (Chaetodipus eremicus)
- San Diego pocket mouse (Chaetodipus fallax)
- Long-tailed pocket mouse (Chaetodipus formosus)
- Goldman's pocket mouse (Chaetodipus goldmani)
- Hispid pocket mouse (Chaetodipus hispidus)
- Rock pocket mouse (Chaetodipus intermedius)
- Lined pocket mouse (Chaetodipus lineatus)
- Nelson's pocket mouse (Chaetodipus nelsoni)
- Desert pocket mouse (Chaetodipus penicillatus)
- Sinaloan pocket mouse (Chaetodipus pernix)
- Baja pocket mouse (Chaetodipus rudinoris)
- Spiny pocket mouse (Chaetodipus spinatus)
- White-eared pocket mouse (Perognathus alticola)
- Arizona pocket mouse(Perognathus amplus)
- Olive-backed pocket mouse (Perognathus fasciatus)
- Plains pocket mouse (Perognathus flavescens)
- Silky pocket mouse (Perognathus flavus)
- San Joaquin pocket mouse (Perognathus inornatus)
- Little pocket mouse (Perognathus longimembris)
- Merriam's pocket mouse (Perognathus merriami)
- Great Basin pocket mouse (Perognathus parvus)
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