Baja pocket mouse

Species of rodent

Baja pocket mouse
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Secure  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Heteromyidae
Genus: Chaetodipus
Species:
C. rudinoris
Binomial name
Chaetodipus rudinoris
(Elliot, 1903)

The Baja pocket mouse (Chaetodipus rudinoris) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. The species occurs in southern California, Baja California and on islands in the Gulf of California.[1][2]

Subspecies

The Baja pocket mouse has six recognised subspecies.[3] The Montserrat Island pocket mouse (Chaetodipus rudinoris fornicatus) became extinct in 1975 (last sighting).[1][4]

  • Chaetodipus rudinoris rudinoris
  • Chaetodipus rudinoris extimus
  • Chaetodipus rudinoris fornicatus (Monserrat Island pocket mouse)
  • Chaetodipus rudinoris hueyi
  • Chaetodipus rudinoris knekus
  • Chaetodipus rudinoris mesidios

References

  1. ^ a b c Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Castro-Arellano, I.; Lacher, T. (2016). "Chaetodipus rudinoris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136837A22225520. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136837A22225520.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Chaetodipus rudinoris". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  3. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  4. ^ Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T. and Cortés-Calva, P. 2002. Extirpation of Bailey's pocket mouse Chaetodipus baileyi fornicatus (Heteromyidae : Mammalia), from Isla Montserrat, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Western North American Naturalist 62: 496-497.
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Extant species of family Heteromyidae (subfamily Perognathinae (Pocket mice))
Chaetodipus
  • 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)
Perognathus
  • 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)
Category
Taxon identifiers
Chaetodipus rudinoris


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