Published December 31, 1993 | Version v1
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Chaetodipus penicillatus Woodhouse 1852

Description

Chaetodipus penicillatus Woodhouse, 1852. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 6:200.

TYPE LOCALITY: USA, San Francisco Mountains, New Mexico (fixed to Arizona, Yuma Co., 1 mi [1.6 km] SW Parker by Hoffmeister and Lee, 1967).

DISTRIBUTION: SE California and S Nevada to S Arizona, New Mexico, and W Texas (USA) to NE Baja California, Sonora, and Central Plateau to San Luis Potosi (Mexico).

SYNONYMS: angustirostris Osgood, atrodorsalis Dalquest, eremicus Mearns, goldmani Townsend (not goldmani Osgood), pricei J. A. Allen, seri Nelson, seorsus Goldman (not seorsus Burt), sobrinus Goldman, stephensi Merriam.

COMMENTS: Revised by Hoffmeister and Lee (1967). Chromosomal (Patton, 1969) and biochemical (J. L. Patton et al., 1981) data suggest that the Chihuahan Desert subspecies atrodorsalis and eremicus are a separate species. May include lineatus.

Notes

Published as part of James L. Patton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Heteromyidae, pp. 477-486 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 484, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353079

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Heteromyidae
Genus
Chaetodipus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Rodentia
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Woodhouse
Species
penicillatus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Chaetodipus penicillatus Woodhouse, 1852 sec. Patton, 1993

References

  • Hoffmeister, D. F., and M. R. Lee. 1967. Revision of the pocket mice, Perognathus penicillatus. Journal of Mammalogy, 48: 361 - 380.