Common Name
Chihuahuan Pocket Mouse
Order
Rodentia
Family
Heteromyidae
Species Name
Chaetodipus eremicus
States
New Mexico
Texas
Distribution
Chihuahuan Desert from south New Mexico and Trans-Pecos Texas (USA) through Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas, Nuevo Leon, and San Luis Potosi (Mexico).
Notes
Hoffmeister and Lee (1967), Hall (1981), Patton (1993b), and Williams et al. (1993) considered both eremicus and atrodorsalis subspecies of C. penicillatus. Lee et al. (1996) elevated eremicus to species status, with atrodorsalis a subspecies, based on m