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Chaetodipus fallax  (Merriam, 1889)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 552510

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Perognathus fallax Merriam, 1889
  
  Common Name(s): Ratón-de abazones de San Diego [Spanish]
  
    San Diego Pocket Mouse [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderRodentia Bowdich, 1821 – esquilo, preá, rato, roedor, rongeurs, rodents  
                                  SuborderCastorimorpha A. E. Wood, 1955  
                                     FamilyHeteromyidae Gray, 1868 – heteromyid rodents, Kangaroo Mice, Kangaroo Rats, Pocket Mice  
                                        SubfamilyPerognathinae Coues, 1875  
                                           GenusChaetodipus Merriam, 1889 – hispid pocket mice, Coarse-haired Pocket Mice  
                                              SpeciesChaetodipus fallax (Merriam, 1889) – Ratón-de abazones de San Diego, San Diego Pocket Mouse  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 Subspecies Chaetodipus fallax anthonyi (Osgood, 1900)  
                                                 Subspecies Chaetodipus fallax fallax (Merriam, 1889) – Northwestern San Diego Pocket Mouse 
                                                 Subspecies Chaetodipus fallax inopinus (Nelson and Goldman, 1929)  
                                                 Subspecies Chaetodipus fallax majusculus (Huey, 1960)  
                                                 Subspecies Chaetodipus fallax pallidus (Mearns, 1901) – Pallid San Diego Pocket Mouse 
                                                 Subspecies Chaetodipus fallax xerotrophicus (Huey, 1960)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner  
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Chaetodipus fallax    
       
  Expert: James L. Patton  
  Notes: Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720   
  Reference for: Chaetodipus fallax    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Ratón-de abazones de San Diego[Spanish]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Rios, Evelyn, and Sergio Ticul Álvarez-Castañeda  
  Publication Date: 2010   
  Article/Chapter Title: Phylogeography and systematics of the San Diego pocket mouse (Chaetodipus fallax)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 91, no. 2   
  Page(s): 293-301   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0022-2372   
  Notes: doi: 10.1644/09-MAMM-A-135   
  Reference for: Chaetodipus fallax   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Chaetodipus fallax   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Chaetodipus fallax, San Diego Pocket Mouse [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Chaetodipus fallax, San Diego Pocket Mouse [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals   
  Page(s): xxv + 750   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-845-2   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Chaetodipus fallax   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: IUCN - Data Deficient as C. h. fallax and C. h. pallidus, otherwise Lower Risk (lc)  
    Comments: Reviewed by Huey (1960; 1964) and Lackey (1996, Mammalian Species No. 517). Includes anthonyi, considered a full species by Hall (1981) but a subspecies by Williams et al. (1993). Subspecies reviewed by Williams et al. (1993)  
 

 

    

 
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