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title: "San Diego Pocket Mouse"
description: "Chaetodipus fallax — Mammiferi. The San Diego pocket mouse (Chaetodipus fallax) is a rodent species in the family Heteromyidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/san-diego-pocket-mouse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# San Diego Pocket Mouse

> Chaetodipus fallax — Mammiferi. The San Diego pocket mouse (Chaetodipus fallax) is a rodent species in the family Heteromyidae.

- Scientific name: *Chaetodipus fallax*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 234
- Wikidata: [Q308445](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q308445)
- iNaturalist taxon: [44091](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/44091)

## Names

- en: San Diego Pocket Mouse
- de: San-Diego-Taschenmaus
- es: Ratón de abazones de San Diego

## Countries with the most observations

US (99), MX (19)

## Summary

The San Diego pocket mouse (Chaetodipus fallax) is a rodent species in the family Heteromyidae. It occupies the northern region of Baja California near San Diego extending into Mexico.

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

## Photo

![San Diego Pocket Mouse](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/san-diego-pocket-mouse/medium.jpg)

Photo: Robb Hannawacker · CC0 · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chaetodipus_fallax.jpg

## Machine access

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