Chihuahuan pocket mouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Chihuahuan pocket mouse lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Chaetodipus eremicus
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Heteromyidae

Where does the Chihuahuan pocket mouse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Chihuahuan pocket mouse in 1 country or territory across North America.

Mexico

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Chihuahuan pocket mouse endangered?

The Chihuahuan pocket mouse’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Chihuahuan pocket mouse?

The Chihuahuan pocket mouse (Chaetodipus eremicus) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Heteromyidae, genus Chaetodipus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Chihuahuan pocket mouse

The Chihuahuan pocket mouse (Chaetodipus eremicus) is a species of heteromyid rodent found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the desert pocket mouse (C. pencillatus), but was determined to be a distinct species in 1996, following analysis of its mitochondrial DNA.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Chihuahuan pocket mouse (revision 1314079158), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q5097314 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).