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Chaetodipus nelsoni Merriam 1894

Description

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.

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Heteromyidae, pp. 844-858 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 855, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Additional details

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.