Chaetodipus penicillatus (rodent)
Variant names: Perognathus penicillatus
Mass: 16.0 g based on Brown and Zeng 1989
Abundance: 5.85 to 14.81% (median 13.83%)
Latitudinal range: 32.1° to 32.5°Habitats: desert/xeric shrubland (3) only
Found in 3 samples
United States: Jornada Validation Site (1971), Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument (Flats), Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument (Uplands)
Size measurements:
body mass | 16.0 g | N = 89 | Brown and Zeng 1989 |
♀ ear length | 7.44 mm | N = 45 | Wilkins and Schmidly 1979 |
♂ ear length | 7.5 mm | N = 1 | Merriam 1894 |
♂ ear length | 7.32 mm | N = 74 | Wilkins and Schmidly 1979 |
♀ hind foot length | 21.58 mm | N = 45 | Wilkins and Schmidly 1979 |
♂ hind foot length | 21 mm | N = 1 | Merriam 1894 |
♂ hind foot length | 21.99 mm | N = 74 | Wilkins and Schmidly 1979 |
hind foot length | 21 mm | N = 2 | Merriam 1894 |
♀ skull length | 25.00 mm | N = 45 | Wilkins and Schmidly 1979 |
♂ skull length | 25.24 mm | N = 74 | Wilkins and Schmidly 1979 |
♀ tail length | 92.80 mm | N = 45 | Wilkins and Schmidly 1979 |
♂ tail length | 96 mm | N = 1 | Merriam 1894 |
♂ tail length | 92.43 mm | N = 74 | Wilkins and Schmidly 1979 |
tail length | 95 mm | N = 2 | Merriam 1894 |
♀ total body length | 168.91 mm | N = 45 | Wilkins and Schmidly 1979 |
♂ total body length | 177 mm | N = 1 | Merriam 1894 |
♂ total body length | 170.19 mm | N = 74 | Wilkins and Schmidly 1979 |
total body length | 177 mm | N = 2 | Merriam 1894 |
♀ upper tooth row length | 3.39 mm | N = 45 | Wilkins and Schmidly 1979 |
♂ upper tooth row length | 3.40 mm | N = 74 | Wilkins and Schmidly 1979 |
See also Chaetodipus, Chaetodipus baileyi, Chaetodipus formosus, Chaetodipus hispidus, Chaetodipus intermedius, Chaetodipus nelsoni, Chaetodipus sp.