Chaetodipus
Chaetodipus is a genus of pocket mouse containing 17 species endemic to the United States and Mexico. Like other members of their family such as pocket mice in the genus Perognathus, they are more closely related to pocket gophers than to true mice.
| Chaetodipus Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Chaetodipus baileyi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Heteromyidae |
| Subfamily: | Perognathinae |
| Genus: | Chaetodipus Merriam, 1889 |
| Type species | |
| Chaetodipus intermedius Merriam, 1889 | |
| Species | |
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Chaetodipus arenarius | |
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