Chaetodipus nelsoni Merriam 1894

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Heteromyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 844-858 : 855

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scientific name	Chaetodipus nelsoni Merriam 1894
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Chaetodipus nelsoni Merriam 1894 View in CoL

Chaetodipus nelsoni Merriam 1894 View in CoL , Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 46: 266.

Type Locality: Mexico, San Luis Potosi, Hacienda La Parada, about 25 mi (40 km) NW Ciudad San Luis Potosi.

Vernacular Names: Nelson's Pocket Mouse.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Chaetodipus nelsoni subsp. nelsoni Merriam 1894

Subspecies Chaetodipus nelsoni subsp. canescens Merriam 1894

Distribution: Chihuahuan desert plateau from SE New Mexico and W Texas ( USA) to Jalisco and San Luis Potosi ( Mexico).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subspecies listed by Hall (1981) and Williams et al. (1993); may include lineatus (see above). Reviewed by Best (1994 b, Mammalian Species No. 484). Two karyotypic races known ( Patton, 1970; Lee, 1990), which may prove to be distinct species.

References

Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.

Lee, T. E., Jr. 1990. Geographic distribution of the cytotypes of Chaetodipus nelsoni canescens (Rodentia: Heteromyidae). Southwestern Naturalist, 35: 454 - 455.

Patton, J. L. 1970. Karyotypes of five species of pocket mice, Perognathus (Rodentia; Heteromyidae), and a summary of chromosomal data for the genus. Mammalian Chromosome Newsletter, 11: 3 - 8.

Williams, D. F., H. H. Genoways, and J. K. Braun. 1993. Taxonomy. Pp. 38 - 196, in Biology of the Heteromyidae (H. H. Genoways and J. H. Brown, eds.). Special Publication, The American Society of Mammalogists, 10: 1 - 719.