NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Chaetodipus
  Subfamily - Perognathinae
  Family - Heteromyidae
  Suborder - Castorimorpha
  Order - Rodentia
  Infraclass - Eutheria
  Subclass - Theria
  Class - Mammalia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Chaetodipus formosus formosus
      Subspecies - Chaetodipus formosus cinerascens
      Subspecies - Chaetodipus formosus incolatus
      Subspecies - Chaetodipus formosus infolatus
      Subspecies - Chaetodipus formosus melanurus
      Subspecies - Chaetodipus formosus mesembrinus
      Subspecies - Chaetodipus formosus mohavensis