Chaetodipus nelsoni (rodent)

Mass: 15.7 g based on Elizalde-Arellano et al. 2010

Abundance: 4.02 to 5.01%

Habitats: desert/xeric shrubland (2) only

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Found in two samples

Mexico: Matancillas, La Campana

Size measurements:
body mass15.7 gN = 9Elizalde-Arellano et al. 2010
♀ ear length8 mmN = 1Merriam 1894
♀ ear length8.26 mmN = 43Wilkins and Schmidly 1979
♂ ear length8 mmN = 1Merriam 1894
♂ ear length8.09 mmN = 55Wilkins and Schmidly 1979
♀ hind foot length24 mmN = 1Merriam 1894
♀ hind foot length21.05 mmN = 43Wilkins and Schmidly 1979
♂ hind foot length22 mmN = 1Merriam 1894
♂ hind foot length21.8 mmN = 55Wilkins and Schmidly 1979
hind foot length23 mmN = 14Merriam 1894
hind foot length22 mmN = 2Merriam 1894
♀ skull length25.21 mmN = 43Wilkins and Schmidly 1979
♂ skull length25.28 mmN = 55Wilkins and Schmidly 1979
♀ tail length105 mmN = 1Merriam 1894
♀ tail length102.28 mmN = 43Wilkins and Schmidly 1979
♂ tail length117 mmN = 1Merriam 1894
♂ tail length102.04 mmN = 55Wilkins and Schmidly 1979
tail length101 mmN = 14Merriam 1894
tail length111 mmN = 2Merriam 1894
♀ total body length190 mmN = 1Merriam 1894
♀ total body length180.65 mmN = 43Wilkins and Schmidly 1979
♂ total body length193 mmN = 1Merriam 1894
♂ total body length180.29 mmN = 55Wilkins and Schmidly 1979
total body length178 mmN = 14Merriam 1894
total body length189 mmN = 2Merriam 1894
♀ upper tooth row length3.34 mmN = 43Wilkins and Schmidly 1979
♂ upper tooth row length3.36 mmN = 55Wilkins and Schmidly 1979

See also Chaetodipus, Chaetodipus baileyi, Chaetodipus formosus, Chaetodipus hispidus, Chaetodipus intermedius, Chaetodipus penicillatus, Chaetodipus sp.