Sinaloan pocket mouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

Scientific name	Chaetodipus pernix
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 Sinaloan pocket mouse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Sinaloan 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 Sinaloan pocket mouse endangered?

The Sinaloan 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 Sinaloan pocket mouse?

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

About the Sinaloan pocket mouse

The Sinaloan pocket mouse (Chaetodipus pernix) is one of 17 species of pocket mice in the genus Chaetodipus. Two subspecies of C. pernix are recognized, C. p. pernix and C. p. rostratus, all are endemic to Mexico.

This small mouse lives among shrubs and has a wide range of coat colors.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Sinaloan pocket mouse (revision 1315373791), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q172553 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).