Narrow-skulled pocket mouse

Narrow-skulled pocket mouse
small mouse is held by the scruff of its neck, apparently by a hand covered in canvas cloth
A narrow-skulled pocket mouse in Sinaloa, Mexico
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Heteromyidae
Genus: Chaetodipus
Species:
C. artus
Binomial name
Chaetodipus artus
(Osgood, 1900)[2]

The narrow-skulled pocket mouse (Chaetodipus artus) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae.[2] It is endemic to western Mexico, living west of the Sierra Madre Occidental crest.

  1. ^ Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Castro-Arellano, I.; Lacher, T. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Chaetodipus artus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T4327A115067951. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T4327A22226009.en. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b 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. 853. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.