Baja pocket mouse

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

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| name = Baja pocket mouse

| image =

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T. |author2=Castro-Arellano, I. |author3=Lacher, T. |year=2016 |title=Chaetodipus rudinoris |page=e.T136837A22225520 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136837A22225520.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| status2 = G5

| status2_system = TNC

| status2_ref = {{cite web |title=Chaetodipus rudinoris |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.768502/Chaetodipus_rudinoris |website=NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life|version=7.1 |publisher=NatureServe |access-date=2 December 2023}}

| genus = Chaetodipus

| species = rudinoris

| authority = (Elliot, 1903)

| synonyms =

}}

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.{{MSW3|id=12700277|page=142}} The Montserrat Island pocket mouse (Chaetodipus rudinoris fornicatus) became extinct in 1975 (last sighting).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.

  • Chaetodipus rudinoris rudinoris
  • Chaetodipus rudinoris extimus
  • {{extinct}}Chaetodipus rudinoris fornicatus (Monserrat Island pocket mouse)
  • Chaetodipus rudinoris hueyi
  • Chaetodipus rudinoris knekus
  • Chaetodipus rudinoris mesidios

References

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Category:Chaetodipus

Category:Mammals described in 1903

Category:Taxa named by Daniel Giraud Elliot

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