Baja pocket mouse
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| Baja pocket mouse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Heteromyidae |
| Genus: | Chaetodipus |
| Species: | C. rudinoris
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| Binomial name | |
| Chaetodipus rudinoris (Elliot, 1903)
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Chaetodipus rudinoris". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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