California pocket mouse
| California pocket mouse Chaetodipus californicus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Heteromyidae |
| Genus: | Chaetodipus |
| Species: | C. californicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Chaetodipus californicus (Merriam, 1889) | |
The California pocket mouse, Chaetodipus californicus, is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae.
Distribution
Chaetodipus californicus is native to California in the Western United States and northern Baja California state in Northwest Mexico. [1] It is found in habitats, such as California chaparral and woodlands, in Southern California throughout the Southern Sierra Nevada, Southern California Coast Ranges, and the Transverse Ranges; and in Southern California and northern Baja California in the Peninsular Ranges. [1]
See also
- California chaparral and woodlands
- Fauna of the California chaparral and woodlands
References
- 1 2 3 Linzey, A.V., Timm, R., Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I. & Lacher, T. (2008). Chaetodipus californicus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
- 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.
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