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Coarse-haired Pocket Mice
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.
20 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 20 known species
Desert Pocket Mouse
speciesChaetodipus penicillatus
California Pocket Mouse
speciesChaetodipus californicus
San Diego Pocket Mouse
speciesChaetodipus fallax
Hispid Pocket Mouse
speciesChaetodipus hispidus
Spiny Pocket Mouse
speciesChaetodipus spinatus
Long-tailed Pocket Mouse
speciesChaetodipus formosus
Bailey's Pocket Mouse
speciesChaetodipus baileyi
Rock Pocket Mouse
speciesChaetodipus intermedius
Nelson's Pocket Mouse
speciesChaetodipus nelsoni
Eastern Desert Pocket Mouse
speciesChaetodipus eremicus
Sinaloan Pocket Mouse
speciesChaetodipus pernix
Baja Pocket Mouse
speciesChaetodipus rudinoris
Dalquest's Pocket Mouse
speciesChaetodipus ammophilus
Little Desert Pocket Mouse
speciesChaetodipus arenarius
Narrow-skulled Pocket Mouse
speciesChaetodipus artus
Highland Coarse-haired Pocket Mouse
speciesChaetodipus collis
Cerralvo Pocket Mouse
speciesChaetodipus siccus
Durango Coarse-haired Pocket Mouse
speciesChaetodipus durangae
Goldman's Pocket Mouse
speciesChaetodipus goldmani
Chaetodipus rostratus
speciesChaetodipus rostratus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 44082.