Chaetodipus siccus

(Osgood, 1907)

Cerralvo Island 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

Authority citation

Osgood, W.H. 1907-02-23. Four new pocket mice. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 20:19-21.

Original name as described

Perognathus penicillatus siccus

Type material

USNM:MAMM:146890

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Ceralbo Island [= I Cerralvo], Lower California [= Baja California Sur], Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

Taxonomy notes

split from C. arenarius

Taxonomy notes citation

Álvarez-Castañda, S. T., & Rios, E. (2011). Revision of Chaetodipus arenarius (Rodentia: Heteromyidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 161(1), 213-228.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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