NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
San Diego Pocket Mouse
Chaetodipus fallax (Merriam, 1889)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Chaetodipus fallax (Merriam, 1889)
- Name authority
- (Merriam, 1889)
- Common name
- San Diego Pocket Mouse
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Heteromyidae
- Genus
- Chaetodipus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderRodentia Bowdich, 1821
- suborderCastorimorpha A. E. Wood, 1955
- familyHeteromyidae Gray, 1868
- subfamilyPerognathinae Coues, 1875
- genusChaetodipus Merriam, 1889
- speciesChaetodipus fallax (Merriam, 1889)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Chaetodipus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Narrow-skulled Pocket MouseChaetodipus artus (Osgood, 1900) | HeteromyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dalquest's Pocket MouseChaetodipus ammophilus (Osgood, 1907) | HeteromyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Highland Coarse-haired Pocket MouseChaetodipus collis Blair, 1938 | HeteromyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Durango Coarse-haired Pocket MouseChaetodipus durangae Neiswenter, Hafner, Light, Cepeda, Kinzer, Alexander & Riddle, 2019 | HeteromyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bailey's Pocket MouseChaetodipus baileyi (Merriam, 1894) | HeteromyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| California Pocket MouseChaetodipus californicus (Merriam, 1889) | HeteromyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chihuahuan Desert Pocket MouseChaetodipus eremicus (Mearns, 1898) | HeteromyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-tailed Pocket MouseChaetodipus formosus (Merriam, 1889) | HeteromyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Goldman's Pocket MouseChaetodipus goldmani (Osgood, 1900) | HeteromyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nelson's Coarse-haired Pocket MouseChaetodipus nelsoni (Merriam, 1894) | HeteromyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cerralvo Island Pocket MouseChaetodipus siccus (Osgood, 1907) | HeteromyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spiny Pocket MouseChaetodipus spinatus (Merriam, 1889) | HeteromyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Perognathus fallax Merriam, 1889 Merriam, 1889 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
North America
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=552510 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:TBSZ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.