The California pocket mouse (Chaetodipus californicus) is a species of nocturnal and primarily solitary rodent in the family Heteromyidae.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of California Pocket Mouse being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Chaetodipus fallax
- Perognathus parvus
- Chaetodipus spinatus
- Chaetodipus hispidus
- Reithrodontomys megalotis
- Chaetodipus penicillatus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Heteromyidae
- Genus
- Chaetodipus
- Species
- Chaetodipus californicus
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