Chaetodipus californicus
| California pocket mouse | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Heteromyidae |
| Genus: | Chaetodipus |
| Species: | C. californicus |
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Chaetodipus californicus (Merriam, 1889) |
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The California pocket mouse (Chaetodipus californicus) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae.
Chaetodipus californicus is native to California in the Western United States and northern Baja California state in Northwest Mexico. It is found in habitats, such as California chaparral and woodlands, in Southern California throughout the Southern Sierra Nevada, Southern California Coast Ranges, and the Transverse Ranges; and in Southern California and northern Baja California in the Peninsular Ranges.
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