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Nelson's Coarse-haired Pocket Mouse
Chaetodipus nelsoni (Merriam, 1894)
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.
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Open encyclopedia reference
Nelson's pocket mouse (Chaetodipus nelsoni) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in Mexico and in New Mexico and Texas in United States. It is named in honor of the American naturalist Edward William Nelson.
Wikipedia contributors, Nelson's pocket mouse; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T13:13:49.215765+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Chaetodipus nelsoni (Merriam, 1894)
- Name authority
- (Merriam, 1894)
- Common name
- Nelson's Coarse-haired 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 nelsoni (Merriam, 1894)
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 |
| San Diego Pocket MouseChaetodipus fallax (Merriam, 1889) | 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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Chaetodipus nelsoni nelsoni (Merriam, 1894) (Merriam, 1894) | synonym |
| Perognathus nelsoni Merriam, 1894 Merriam, 1894 | synonym |
| Chaetodipus nelsoni canescens (Merriam, 1894) (Merriam, 1894) | 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=552485 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.
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:TBT7. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.