Bailey's pocket mouse (Phoenix Zoo - Arizona Trail)

Bailey's pocket mouse

Chaetodipus baileyi

Summary ²

Bailey's pocket mouse (Chaetodipus baileyi) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in Mexico and in California, Arizona and New Mexico in the United States.

Description ³

"Bailey's Pocket Mice are solitary, nocturnal, and live in burrows. Pocket Mice mostly eat seeds, using their ""pockets,"" fur-lined, external cheek pouches, to bring seeds to their nests, where they store them in preparation for leaner times. The fur lining of the cheek pouches in members of the family Heteromyidae is an adaptation for desert life: the seeds the rodents carry do not absorb body water the way they would if they were carried in the mouth. Bailey's Pocket Mouse is the only Sonoran desert rodent able to eat jojoba seeds, which are toxic to most mammals."

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Mammal Species of the World
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Range description ⁴

This species is known from south Arizona, southwestern New Mexico (USA), south to north Sinaloa (Mexico) (Patton 2005).

Iucn red list assessment ⁵

Red List Category

Least Concern

Red List Criteria

Version

3.1

Year Assessed

2008

Assessor/s

Linzey, A.V., Timm, R., Ãlvarez-CastaÃ±eda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I. & Lacher, T.

Reviewer/s

McKnight, M. (Global Mammal Assessment Team) & Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority)

Contributor/s

Justification

This species is listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining at nearly the rate required to qualify for listing in a threatened category.

Fuentes y créditos

United States National Park Service, sin restricciones conocidas de derechos (dominio publico), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Chaetodipus_baileyi.jpg
(c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaetodipus_baileyi
(c) Smithsonian Institution, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/16146821
(c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/28048878
(c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/28048877