| Desert 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. penicillatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Chaetodipus penicillatus (Woodhouse, 1852)
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The desert pocket mouse (Chaetodipus penicillatus) is a North American species of heteromyid rodent found in the southwestern United States and Mexico.[3] True to its common name, the medium-sized desert pocket mouse prefers sandy, sparsely vegetated desert environments.
- ^ Linzey, A.V.; Timm, R.; Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Castro-Arellano, I.; Lacher, T. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Chaetodipus penicillatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T4336A115068852. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T4336A22226544.en. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ "Chaetodipus penicillatus | NatureServe Explorer". NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ Patton, J.L. (2005). "Family Heteromyidae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 855. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.