Baja pocket mouse

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]

Baja pocket mouse
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)

Subspecies

The Baia pocket mouse has six recognised subspecies.[2] The Montserrat Island pocket mouse (Chaetodipus rudinoris fornicatus) became extinct in 1975 (last sighting).[1][3]

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

References

  1. 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. Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.
  3. 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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