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Coarse-haired pocket mice

Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Heteromyidae
Subfamily : Perognathinae
Genus : Chaetodipus

Facts about the genus Chaetodipus, the coarse-haired pocket mice

Chaetodipus: Coarse-haired Pocket Mice The natural history and behavior of Chaetodipus is much like that of Perognathus, though there is variation by species. (Full text)

Because most gene flow in Chaetodipus is likely mediated by males (20) and because the mitochondrial genome has an effective population size one-quarter the effective size of autosomes, mitochondrial DNA provides a sensitive marker for detecting population structure. (Full text)