Dalquest's pocket mouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Dalquest's pocket mouse Chaetodipus dalquesti

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

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild-collected museum specimen (a central record among 67 open-licence GBIF records – few open-licence observations were available), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mice, rats & other rodents on the world map

Scientific name	Chaetodipus dalquesti
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Heteromyidae

Where does the Dalquest's pocket mouse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Dalquest's 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.

What kind of animal is the Dalquest's pocket mouse?

The Dalquest's pocket mouse (Chaetodipus dalquesti) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Heteromyidae, genus Chaetodipus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Dalquest's pocket mouse

Dalquest's pocket mouse (Chaetodipus dalquesti) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae, although it is now generally treated as a subspecies of Chaetodipus ammophilus. It is endemic to Mexico. The pocket mouse is named after Walter W. Dalquest (1917-2000), an American zoologist associated with the American Museum of Natural History and Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Dalquest's pocket mouse (revision 1314068758), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q196046 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).