| Nelson's 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. nelsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Chaetodipus nelsoni (Merriam, 1894)
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Nelson's pocket mouse (Chaetodipus nelsoni) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae.[2] It is found in Mexico and in New Mexico and Texas in United States.[1] It is named in honor of the American naturalist Edward William Nelson.
- ^ a b Linzey, A.V.; Timm, R.; Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Castro-Arellano, I. & Lacher, T. (2008). "Chaetodipus nelsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ^ 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.