Authority citation: Osgood, W.H. 1907-02-23. Four new pocket mice. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 20:19-21.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2348274
Original name as described: Perognathus penicillatus ammophilus
Nominal names: ammophilus (Osgood, 1907) | sublucidus (E. W. Nelson & E. A. Goldman, 1929) | dalquesti (E. L. Roth, 1976)
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Heteromyidae -- Subfamily: Perognathinae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: USNM:MAMM:146859
Type locality: Santa Margarita Island, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Mexico (MEX)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Near threatened
Species-specific notes: previously included under C. arenarius, but was moved to C. dalquesti; ammophilus is an older name than dalquesti, giving it nomenclatural priority
Citation: Álvarez-Castañda, S. T., & Rios, E. (2011). Revision of Chaetodipus arenarius (Rodentia: Heteromyidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 161(1), 213-228.|Rios, E., & Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T. (2013). Nomenclatural change of Chaetodipus dalquesti. Western North American Naturalist, 73(3), 399-440.
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