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Chaetodipus fallax (San Diego pocket mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae

Taxonomy
Perognathus fallax was named by Merriam (1889). It is extant.

It was recombined as Chaetodipus fallax by Wilson and Reeder (1993).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Perognathus fallax Merriam
1900Perognathus anthonyi Osgood
1993Chaetodipus fallax Wilson and Reeder

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderCastorimorpha
superfamilyGeomyoideaBonaparte 1845
familyHeteromyidaeGray 1868
genusChaetodipusMerriam 1889
speciesfallax(Merriam 1889)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Chaetodipus fallax Merriam 1889 [San Diego pocket mouse]
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Invalid names: Perognathus anthonyi Osgood 1900 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available