| Baja pocket mouse | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
 Secure (NatureServe) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Heteromyidae |
| Genus: | Chaetodipus |
| Species: | C. rudinoris |
| Binomial name | |
| Chaetodipus rudinoris (Elliot, 1903) | |
The Baja pocket mouse (Chaetodipus rudinoris) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. The species occurs in southern California, Baja California and on islands in the Gulf of California.
Subspecies
The Baja pocket mouse has six recognised subspecies. The Montserrat Island pocket mouse (Chaetodipus rudinoris fornicatus) became extinct in 1975 (last sighting).
- Chaetodipus rudinoris rudinoris
- Chaetodipus rudinoris extimus
- †Chaetodipus rudinoris fornicatus (Monserrat Island pocket mouse)
- Chaetodipus rudinoris hueyi
- Chaetodipus rudinoris knekus
- Chaetodipus rudinoris mesidios
References
- ^ Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Castro-Arellano, I.; Lacher, T. (2016). "Chaetodipus rudinoris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136837A22225520. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136837A22225520.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Chaetodipus rudinoris". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T. and Cortés-Calva, P. 2002. Extirpation of Bailey's pocket mouse Chaetodipus baileyi fornicatus (Heteromyidae : Mammalia), from Isla Montserrat, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Western North American Naturalist 62: 496-497.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Chaetodipus rudinoris | |
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