California pocket mouse | |
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In Pleasanton, California, US | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Heteromyidae |
Genus: | Chaetodipus |
Species: | C. californicus
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Binomial name | |
Chaetodipus californicus (Merriam, 1889)
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The California pocket mouse (Chaetodipus californicus) is a species of nocturnal and primarily solitary rodent in the family Heteromyidae.