Chaetodipus pernix

(J. A. Allen, 1898)

Southern Sinaloan Pocket Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Castorimorphi
Family : Heteromyidae
Subfamily : Perognathinae
Genus : Chaetodipus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Allen, J.A. 1898-04-12. Descriptions of new mammals from western Mexico and Lower California. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 10(8):143-158.

Original name as described

Perognathus pernix

Other common names

Sinaloan Pocket Mouse

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1898.3.2.126

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Rosario, Sinaloa, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

Taxonomy notes

previously included C. rostratus

Taxonomy notes citation

Hafner, D. J., Light, J. E., Neiswenter, S. A., Hernandez, K. L., & Riddle, B. R. (2024). Phylogeography, systematics, and conservation status of pocket mice (Chaetodipus) of the Sonoran–Sinaloan thorn forest. Journal of Mammalogy, gyad125.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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