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/
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/
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<vernacularName id="3A97469E875BB10112415E28FA24F785" pageId="20" pageNumber="213">Raton de abazones de California</vernacularName>
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<emphasis id="86E0EAA2875BB1011CE35EB5F7C1F739" bold="true" box="[1978,2133,2215,2244]" pageId="20" pageNumber="213">Taxonomy.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="73944D33875BB10113365EB5F7C2F711" ID-CoL="4F78X" authorityName="Merriam" authorityYear="1889" class="Mammalia" family="Heteromyidae" genus="Perognathus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="20" pageNumber="213" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="californicus">Perognathus californicus Merriam, 1889</taxonomicName>
,
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<materialsCitation id="04FC3CED875BB10113355EC1F7F2F6E9" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3802894326" pageId="20" pageNumber="213">Berkeley, Alameda Co., California, USA.</materialsCitation>
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Based on detailed sequencing of nDNA and mtDNA genes,
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is a close relative of
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, and both are part of the Baja California Peninsula lineage of the “modern” clade of coarse-haired pocket mice, along with C. ammophilus,
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,
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, and
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. Eight subspecies recognized.
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<emphasis id="86E0EAA2875BB1011E0E5C48F973F58A" bold="true" box="[1367,1767,2650,2679]" pageId="20" pageNumber="213">Subspecies and Distribution.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="73944D33875BB1011E025C6FF637F563" authority="Merriam, 1889" authorityName="Merriam" authorityYear="1889" baseAuthorityName="Merriam" baseAuthorityYear="1889" box="[1371,2467,2685,2718]" class="Mammalia" family="Heteromyidae" genus="Chaetodipus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="20" pageNumber="213" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="californicus" subSpecies="californicus">C.c.californicusMerriam,1889—WUSA(SSanFranciscoBay,WCCalifornia).</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="73944D33875BB1011E025CC6FA6CF4E8" authority="Benson, 1930" authorityName="Benson" authorityYear="1930" baseAuthorityName="Benson" baseAuthorityYear="1930" class="Mammalia" family="Heteromyidae" genus="Chaetodipus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="20" pageNumber="213" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="californicus" subSpecies="bernardinus">C.c.bernardinusBenson,1930—SWUSA(SanGabrielandSanBernardinoMts,SWCalifornia).</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="73944D33875BB1011E025D08F687F4C6" authority="Osgood, 1900" authorityName="Osgood" authorityYear="1900" baseAuthorityName="Osgood" baseAuthorityYear="1900" box="[1371,2323,2842,2875]" class="Mammalia" family="Heteromyidae" genus="Chaetodipus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="20" pageNumber="213" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="californicus" subSpecies="dispar">C.c.disparOsgood,1900—SWUSA(PacificcoastofSWCalifornia).</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="73944D33875BB1011E025D53F848F476" authority=". A. Allen, 1891" authorityName=". A. Allen" authorityYear="1891" class="Mammalia" family="Heteromyidae" genus="Chaetodipus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="20" pageNumber="213" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="californicus" subSpecies="femoralisj">C.c.femoralisJ.A.Allen,1891—SWUSAandNWMexico(SPacificcoast,SWCalifor-nia,andStoSierraJuarez,NBajaCalifornia).</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="73944D33875BB1011E025D86F6CAF44C" authority="von Bloeker, 1938" authorityName="von Bloeker" authorityYear="1938" baseAuthorityName="von Bloeker" baseAuthorityYear="1938" box="[1371,2398,2964,2993]" class="Mammalia" family="Heteromyidae" genus="Chaetodipus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="20" pageNumber="213" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="californicus" subSpecies="marinensis">C.c.marinensisvonBloeker,1938—WUSA(PacificcoastofCCalifornia).</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="73944D33875BB1011E025DAAF59EF424" authority="Elliot, 1903" authorityName="Elliot" authorityYear="1903" baseAuthorityName="Elliot" baseAuthorityYear="1903" box="[1371,2570,3000,3033]" class="Mammalia" family="Heteromyidae" genus="Chaetodipus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="20" pageNumber="213" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="californicus" subSpecies="mesopolius">C.c.mesopoliusElliot,1903—NWMexico(SierradeSanPedroMartir,NBajaCalifornia).</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="73944D33875BB1011E025DF5F92DF3FD" authority="Osgood, 1904" authorityName="Osgood" authorityYear="1904" box="[1371,1721,3047,3072]" class="Mammalia" family="Heteromyidae" genus="Chaetodipus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="20" pageNumber="213" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="californicus" subSpecies="ochrus">C. c. ochrus Osgood, 1904</taxonomicName>
— W USA (Temblor Range, Tehachapi Mts, and S Sierra
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of EC &amp; SC California).
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<emphasis id="86E0EAA2875BB1011E015A3CF9DFF3B2" bold="true" box="[1368,1611,3118,3151]" pageId="20" pageNumber="213">Descriptive notes.</emphasis>
Head-body 86-92 mm, tail 103-143 mm, ear mean 13 mm, hindfoot mean 26 mm; weight 18-29 g. There is no significant secondary sexual dimorphism. The California Pocket Mouse is medium-sized to large-sized for the genus, with bicolor, crested, tufted tail that is longer than head-body length. Dorsal pelage is harsh brownish gray, with conspicuous white spines on rump, definite fulvous lateral stripe, and yellowish-white under parts. Chromosomal complement has 2n = 44 and FN = 54. The California Pocket Mouse is elevationally parapatric with its close relative, the San Diego Pocket Mouse (
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), which occupies coastal chaparral and desert habitats below denser chaparral habitat favored by the California Pocket Mouse. The California Pocket Mouse is larger, with longer ear and relatively longertail. It is rarely found with other species of coarse-haired pocket mice, but in La Puerta Valley of southern California,it was collected along with the smaller San Diego Pocket Mouse; the Spiny Pocket Mouse (
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), which is smaller and blackish-gray; the Peninsular Pocket Mouse (
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), which is larger and lacks rump spines; the Long-tailed Pocket Mouse (
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), which is smaller and lacks rump spines; and the Desert Pocket Mouse (
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) which is smaller,lighter in color, lacks rump spines, and restricted to sandy soils.
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<paragraph id="B42B36B0875AB1001B9E543AFCB1FD43" blockId="21.[196,1407,276,1377]" pageId="21" pageNumber="214">
<emphasis id="86E0EAA2875AB1001B9E543AFEA2FDB4" bold="true" box="[199,310,552,585]" pageId="21" pageNumber="214">Habitat.</emphasis>
Most commonly associated with dense lowland and montane chaparral below elevations of ¢.1500 m in the Sierra
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, Coast, Transverse, and Peninsular ranges of southern
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and northern Baja California. The California Pocket Mouse is less common in low-elevation coastal scrub.
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<subSubSection id="FC8E653B875AB1001B9E54D7FD9AFC57" pageId="21" pageNumber="214" type="food_feeding">
<paragraph id="B42B36B0875AB1001B9E54D7FD9AFC57" blockId="21.[196,1407,276,1377]" pageId="21" pageNumber="214">
<emphasis id="86E0EAA2875AB1001B9E54D7FE40FD1B" bold="true" box="[199,468,709,742]" pageId="21" pageNumber="214">Food and Feeding.</emphasis>
Diet of the California Pocket Mouse consists largely of seeds of shrubs, annuals, and grasses, but it also includes smaller amounts of green vegetation and insects. Food items are collected in external, furlined cheek pouches and transported back to burrows, where they are stored in burrow caches. It does not need to drink water, subsisting entirely on water from its food and water produced as a byproduct of metabolism.
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<subSubSection id="FC8E653B875AB1001B9F55A0FAF7FC07" pageId="21" pageNumber="214" type="breeding">
<paragraph id="B42B36B0875AB1001B9F55A0FAF7FC07" blockId="21.[196,1407,276,1377]" pageId="21" pageNumber="214">
<emphasis id="86E0EAA2875AB1001B9F55A0FED8FC2E" bold="true" box="[198,332,946,979]" pageId="21" pageNumber="214">Breeding.</emphasis>
Female California Pocket Mice have 4-5 young/litter after ¢.25 days of gestation. Young are weaned in c.3 weeks and may breed when they are ¢.3 months old.
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<subSubSection id="FC8E653B875AB1001B9C521BFAE3FB65" pageId="21" pageNumber="214" type="activity">
<paragraph id="B42B36B0875AB1001B9C521BFAE3FB65" blockId="21.[196,1407,276,1377]" pageId="21" pageNumber="214">
<emphasis id="86E0EAA2875AB1001B9C521BFE26FBDF" bold="true" box="[197,434,1033,1058]" pageId="21" pageNumber="214">Activity patterns.</emphasis>
The California Pocket Mouse is nocturnal and terrestrial, and it is active throughout the year. Individuals may become torpid for 10-14 hours during the day when food is scarce (regardless of the season), and surface activity is reduced or absent during cold or wet weather, which might indicate an extended period of torpor.
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<subSubSection id="FC8E653B875AB1001B9F52B0FE0EFB18" pageId="21" pageNumber="214" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="B42B36B0875AB1001B9F52B0FE0EFB18" blockId="21.[196,1407,276,1377]" pageId="21" pageNumber="214">
<emphasis id="86E0EAA2875AB1001B9F52B0FC19FB42" bold="true" box="[198,909,1186,1215]" pageId="21" pageNumber="214">Movements, Home range and Social organization.</emphasis>
There is no information available for this species.
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<paragraph id="B42B36B0875AB1001B9F52FEFB4BFAF0" blockId="21.[196,1407,276,1377]" box="[198,1247,1260,1293]" pageId="21" pageNumber="214">
<emphasis id="86E0EAA2875AB1001B9F52FEFDB6FAF0" bold="true" box="[198,546,1260,1293]" pageId="21" pageNumber="214">Status and Conservation.</emphasis>
Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List.
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<subSubSection id="FC8E653B875AB1001B9F5333FBF7FAA0" pageId="21" pageNumber="214" type="bibRefCitation_list">
<paragraph id="B42B36B0875AB1001B9F5333FBF7FAA0" blockId="21.[196,1407,276,1377]" pageId="21" pageNumber="214">
<emphasis id="86E0EAA2875AB1001B9F5333FECAFACB" bold="true" box="[198,350,1313,1334]" pageId="21" pageNumber="214">Bibliography.</emphasis>
Aquino &amp; Neiswenter (2014), Best (1993a), Ceballos &amp; Oliva (2005), Linzey, Timm, Alvarez-Castaneda, Castro-Arellano &amp; Lacher (2008i), Williams (1999c), Williams etal. (1993).
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