Baja pocket mouse
| 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]
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
- ^ a b c Linzey, A.V.; Timm, R.; Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Castro-Arellano, I.; Lacher, T. (2008). "Chaetodipus rudinoris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help); Unknown parameter|last-author-amp=ignored (|name-list-style=suggested) (help) - ^ 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.
- ^ 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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