Order Rodentia - Family Heteromyidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 844 858 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Chaetodipus penicillatus (Woodhouse 1852) [Perognathus] penicillatus Woodhouse 1852 , Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 6: 200 . Type Locality: USA , San Francisco Mountains, New Mexico (fixed to Arizona , Yuma Co., 1 mi [1.6 km] SW Parker by Hoffmeister and Lee, 1967 ). Vernacular Names: Desert Pocket Mouse . Subspecies: : Subspecies Chaetodipus penicillatus subsp. penicillatus Woodhouse 1852 Subspecies Chaetodipus penicillatus subsp. angustirostris Osgood 1900 Subspecies Chaetodipus penicillatus subsp. pricei J. A. Allen 1894 Subspecies Chaetodipus penicillatus subsp. seri Nelson 1912 Subspecies Chaetodipus penicillatus subsp. sobrinus Goldman 1939 Subspecies Chaetodipus penicillatus subsp. stephensi Merriam 1894 Distribution: SE California and S Nevada to S Arizona and SW New Mexico ( USA ) to NE Baja California and Sonora ( Mexico ). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Revised by Hoffmeister and Lee (1967) . Subspecies reviewed by Williams et al. (1993) . Excludes Chihuahuan Desert subspecies atrodorsalis and eremicus , now regarded as a separate species, C. eremicus (see account above and Lee et al., 1996 ).