Bailey's pocket mouse vs sheathed cholla

Chaetodipus baileyi compared with Cylindropuntia tunicata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bailey's pocket mouse	sheathed cholla
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Heteromyidae	Cactaceae
Genus	Chaetodipus	Cylindropuntia
Species	Chaetodipus baileyi	Cylindropuntia tunicata

Conservation Status

Bailey's pocket mouse

LC — Least Concern

sheathed cholla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bailey's pocket mouse	sheathed cholla
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bailey's pocket mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

sheathed cholla

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Chile, Colombia, Italy, and South Africa.

Bailey's pocket mouse

The Bailey's pocket mouse (Chaetodipus baileyi) is a species in the genus Chaetodipus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.