Chaetodipus rudinoris Elliot 1903

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

Chaetodipus rudinoris Elliot 1903

Chaetodipus rudinoris Elliot 1903 , Field Columb. Mus . Publ., Zool. Ser., 3 (10): 167.

Type Locality: Mexico, Baja California, San Quintín.

Vernacular Names: Baja California Pocket Mouse.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Chaetodipus rudinoris subsp. rudinoris Elliot 1903

Subspecies Chaetodipus rudinoris subsp. extimus Nelson and Goldman 1929

Subspecies Chaetodipus rudinoris subsp. fornicatus Burt 1932

Subspecies Chaetodipus rudinoris subsp. hueyi Nelson and Goldman 1929

Subspecies Chaetodipus rudinoris subsp. knekus Elliot 1903

Subspecies Chaetodipus rudinoris subsp. mesidios Huey 1964

Distribution: SE California ( USA) south to Cape Region of Baja California Sur ( Mexico).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as included in C. baileyi .

Discussion: Reviewed, in part as C. baileyi , by Paulson (1988 a, Mammalian Species No. 297). Chromosomal (Patton and Rogers, 1993), allozyme (Patton et al., 1981), and mitochondrial DNA ( Riddle et al., 2000 b) support species status for populations from west of the Colorado River in California and from throughout the Baja California Peninsula traditionally allocated to C. baileyi ( Hall, 1981; Patton, 1993 b; Patton and Alvarez-Castañeda, 1999; Williams et al., 1993). Subspecies delineated by Riddle et al. (2000 b).