Spiny pocket mouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Spiny pocket mouse Chaetodipus spinatus Least concern

Where the spiny 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 sighting (a central record among 385 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mice, rats & other rodents on the world map

Scientific name	Chaetodipus spinatus
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 spiny pocket mouse live?

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

The spiny 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 spiny pocket mouse?

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

About the spiny pocket mouse

The spiny pocket mouse (Chaetodipus spinatus) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae and order Rodentia. It is found in Baja California in Mexico and in Arizona, California, and Nevada.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Spiny pocket mouse (revision 1315180626), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q308751 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).