Chaetodipus
| Chaetodipus Temporal range:
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Chaetodipus baileyi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Heteromyidae |
| Subfamily: | Perognathinae |
| Genus: | Chaetodipus Merriam, 1889 |
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Chaetodipus intermedius
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Chaetodipus is a genus of
pocket gophers than to true mice
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Characteristics
Members of this genus range in size from 80 to 125 mm (head and body) and weigh 15–47 grams (Nowak, 1999). Unlike the silky pocket mice (genus gestation period of just under a month. The longest recorded life span is 8 years and 4 months (Nowak, 1999).
Species
- Chaetodipus arenarius– Little desert pocket mouse
- Chaetodipus artus– Narrow-skulled pocket mouse
- Chaetodipus baileyi– Bailey's pocket mouse
- Chaetodipus californicus– California pocket mouse
- Chaetodipus dalquesti– Dalquest's pocket mouse
- Chaetodipus eremicus– Chihuahuan pocket mouse
- Chaetodipus fallax– San Diego pocket mouse
- Chaetodipus formosus– Long-tailed pocket mouse
- Chaetodipus goldmani– Goldman's pocket mouse
- Chaetodipus hispidus– Hispid pocket mouse
- Chaetodipus intermedius– Rock pocket mouse
- Chaetodipus lineatus– Lined pocket mouse
- Chaetodipus nelsoni– Nelson's pocket mouse
- Chaetodipus penicillatus– Desert pocket mouse
- Chaetodipus pernix– Sinaloan pocket mouse
- Chaetodipus rudinoris– Baja pocket mouse
- Chaetodipus spinatus– Spiny pocket mouse
Sometimes members of the genus Chaetodipus are placed in the genus Perognathus.
Footnotes
- OCLC 62265494.
References
- Nowak, Ronald M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1936 pp. ISBN 0-8018-5789-9