Bailey's pocket mouse
| Bailey's pocket mouse | |
|---|---|
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Heteromyidae |
| Genus: | Chaetodipus |
| Species: | C. baileyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Chaetodipus baileyi (Merriam, 1894) | |
Bailey's pocket mouse (Chaetodipus baileyi) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in Mexico and in California, Arizona and New Mexico in the United States.[1]
The Bailey's pocket mouse, is the only known animal to be able to digest the wax found inside the jojoba nut.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Linzey, A. V., Timm, R., Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T. & Lacher, T. (2008). Chaetodipus baileyi. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 27 March 2009.
- ↑ "Chaetodipus baileyi". Smithsonian. Retrieved 2012-12-01.
- Patton, J. L. 2005. Family Heteromyidae. pp. 844–858 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.