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title: "Ratón-de abazones de California"
description: "Chaetodipus californicus — Mamíferos. The California pocket mouse (Chaetodipus californicus) is a species of nocturnal and primarily solitary rodent in the family Heteromyidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/california-pocket-mouse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ratón-de abazones de California

> Chaetodipus californicus — Mamíferos. The California pocket mouse (Chaetodipus californicus) is a species of nocturnal and primarily solitary rodent in the family Heteromyidae.

- Scientific name: *Chaetodipus californicus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `desert` (Desierto)
- iNaturalist observations: 252
- Wikidata: [Q167046](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q167046)
- iNaturalist taxon: [44093](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/44093)

## Names

- en: California Pocket Mouse
- de: Kalifornische Taschenmaus
- es: Ratón-de abazones de California
- fr: Souris à poche de Californie
- nl: Californische muisgoffer
- pl: Chomikomyszka kalifornijska

## Countries with the most observations

US (155)

## Summary

The California pocket mouse (Chaetodipus californicus) is a species of nocturnal and primarily solitary rodent in the family Heteromyidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_pocket_mouse

## Photo

![Ratón-de abazones de California](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/california-pocket-mouse/medium.jpg)

Photo: The Vertebrate Pokédex · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/264615148

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/california-pocket-mouse?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).