Chaetodipus
Appearance

Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Heteromyidae
Subfamilia: Perognathinae
Genus: Chaetodipus
Species (17): C. arenarius –
C. artus –
C. baileyi –
C. californicus –
C. dalquesti –
C. eremicus –
C. fallax –
C. formosus –
C. goldmani –
C. hispidus –
C. intermedius –
C. lineatus –
C. nelsoni –
C. penicillatus –
C. pernix –
C. rudinoris –
C. spinatus
Name
[edit]Chaetodipus Merriam, 1889
- Note: Named as a subgenus of Perognathus; raised to genus level by Hafner and Hafner 1983.
- Type species: Perognathus spinatus Merriam, 1889
Synonymy
[edit]- Burtognathus Hoffmeister, 1986
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Merriam, C.H. 1889. Preliminary revision of the North American pocket mice (genera Perognathus et Cricetodipus auct.) with descriptions of new species and subspecies and a key to the known forms. North American Fauna 1: 1–36, pl. I–IV. BHL Reference page. [See page 5.]
- Hafner, J.C. & Hafner, M.S. 1983. Evolutionary relationships of heteromyid rodents. Great Basin Naturalist, Memoirs No. 7, Biology of Desert Rodents: 3–29. JSTOR
- Hoffmeister, D.F. 1986. Mammals of Arizona. University of Arizona Press, Tucson., 602 pp.