Chaetodipus nelsoni Merriam 1894
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Chaetodipus nelsoni Merriam 1894
Chaetodipus nelsoni Merriam 1894, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 46: 266.
Type Locality: Mexico, San Luis Potosi, Hacienda La Parada, about 25 mi (40 km) NW Ciudad San Luis Potosi.
Vernacular Names: Nelson's Pocket Mouse.
Subspecies::
Subspecies Chaetodipus nelsoni subsp. nelsoni Merriam 1894
Subspecies Chaetodipus nelsoni subsp. canescens Merriam 1894
Distribution: Chihuahuan desert plateau from SE New Mexico and W Texas (USA) to Jalisco and San Luis Potosi (Mexico).
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Subspecies listed by Hall (1981) and Williams et al. (1993); may include lineatus (see above). Reviewed by Best (1994 b, Mammalian Species No. 484). Two karyotypic races known (Patton, 1970; Lee, 1990), which may prove to be distinct species.
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Related works
- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/D75B2752799301DCCADC161A20996008 (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/49C0934392B28755D92EA1F53E4BDE25 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231546911 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Merriam
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Heteromyidae
- Genus
- Chaetodipus
- Species
- nelsoni
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Chaetodipus nelsoni Merriam, 1894 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.
- Williams, D. F., H. H. Genoways, and J. K. Braun. 1993. Taxonomy. Pp. 38 - 196, in Biology of the Heteromyidae (H. H. Genoways and J. H. Brown, eds.). Special Publication, The American Society of Mammalogists, 10: 1 - 719.
- Patton, J. L. 1970. Karyotypes of five species of pocket mice, Perognathus (Rodentia; Heteromyidae), and a summary of chromosomal data for the genus. Mammalian Chromosome Newsletter, 11: 3 - 8.
- Lee, T. E., Jr. 1990. Geographic distribution of the cytotypes of Chaetodipus nelsoni canescens (Rodentia: Heteromyidae). Southwestern Naturalist, 35: 454 - 455.