Chaetodipus hispidus (Baird 1858)

[Perognathus] hispidus Baird 1858, Mammalia, in: Repts. U. S. Expl. Surv., Vol. 8, 1: 421.

Type Locality: Mexico, Tamaulipas, Charco Escondido.

Vernacular Names: Hispid Pocket Mouse.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Chaetodipus hispidus subsp. hispidus Baird 1858

Subspecies Chaetodipus hispidus subsp. paradoxus Merriam 1889

Subspecies Chaetodipus hispidus subsp. spilotus Merriam 1889

Subspecies Chaetodipus hispidus subsp. zacatecae Osgood 1900

Distribution: Great Plains from S North Dakota to SE Arizona and W Louisiana (USA), south to Tamaulipas and Hidalgo (Mexico).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Revised by Glass (1947); subspecies listed by Hall (1981) and Williams et al. (1993). Reviewed by Paulson (1988 b, Mammalian Species No. 320). Type species of monotypic subgenus Burtognathus Hoffmeister.