| Sinaloan 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. pernix
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| Binomial name | |
| Chaetodipus pernix (J. A. Allen, 1898)
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The Sinaloan pocket mouse (Chaetodipus pernix) is one of 17 species of pocket mice in the genus Chaetodipus.[2] Two subspecies of C. pernix are recognized, C. p. pernix and C. p. rostratus, all are endemic to Mexico.[3]
This small mouse lives among shrubs and has a wide range of coat colors.
- ^ Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Castro-Arellano, I.; Lacher, T. (2016). "Chaetodipus pernix". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T4337A22225579. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T4337A22225579.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Best TL, Lackey JA (December 10, 1992). "Chaetodipus pernix". Mammalian Species (420): 1–3. doi:10.2307/0.420.1. JSTOR 3504184.