Chaetodipus formosus Merriam 1889

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Heteromyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 844-858 : 854

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scientific name	Chaetodipus formosus Merriam 1889
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Chaetodipus formosus Merriam 1889 , N. Amer. Fauna, 1: 17.

Type Locality: USA, Utah, Washington Co., St. George.

Vernacular Names: Long-tailed Pocket Mouse.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Chaetodipus formosus subsp. formosus Merriam 1889

Subspecies Chaetodipus formosus subsp. cinerascens Nelson and Goldman 1929

Subspecies Chaetodipus formosus subsp. incolatus Hall 1941

Subspecies Chaetodipus formosus subsp. infolatus Huey 1954

Subspecies Chaetodipus formosus subsp. melanurus Hall 1941

Subspecies Chaetodipus formosus subsp. mesembrinus Elliot 1904

Subspecies Chaetodipus formosus subsp. mohavensis Huey 1938

Distribution: W Utah, Nevada, E California, and NW Arizona ( USA), and E coast of Baja California to Bahía Concepcion (Baja California Sur, Mexico).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed by Huey (1964). Included in Perognathus by Hall (1981:542) and earlier workers, but allocated to Chaetodipus by Patton et al. (1981) and Hafner and Hafner (1983). Subspecies reviewed by Williams et al. (1993).