Chaetodipus

Chaetodipus
Chaetodipus baileyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Heteromyidae
Subfamily: Perognathinae
Genus: Chaetodipus
Merriam, 1889
Type species
Chaetodipus intermedius
Merriam, 1889
Species

Chaetodipus arenarius
Chaetodipus artus
Chaetodipus baileyi
Chaetodipus californicus
Chaetodipus dalquesti
Chaetodipus eremicus
Chaetodipus fallax
Chaetodipus formosus
Chaetodipus goldmani
Chaetodipus hispidus
Chaetodipus intermedius
Chaetodipus lineatus
Chaetodipus nelsoni
Chaetodipus penicillatus
Chaetodipus pernix
Chaetodipus rudinoris
Chaetodipus spinatus

Chaetodipus is a genus of pocket mice containing 17 species endemic to the United States and Mexico.[1] Like other members of their family such as pocket mice in the genus Perognathus, they are more closely related to pocket gophers than to true mice.

  1. ^ Patton, J.L. (2005). "Genus Chaetodipus". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 853–856. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.