Santa Anita is a village in Los Cabos Municipality, Baja California Sur

Baja California Sur

Baja California Sur , is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state on October 8, 1974, the area was known as the South Territory of Baja California. It has an area of , or 3.57% of the land mass of Mexico and comprises...

, western Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

, on the right bank of a river, the Arroyo San José. In 1968, it was described as a "little farming village". It is the type locality of the rice rat Oryzomys peninsulae

Oryzomys peninsulae

Oryzomys peninsulae, also known as the Lower California Rice Rat, is a species of rodent from western Mexico. Restricted to the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula, it is a member of the genus Oryzomys of family Cricetidae...

, now possibly extinct. It had a population of 687 inhabitants in the 2010 census, and is situated an an elevation of 76 meters (249 ft.) above sea level.

Literature cited

• Carleton, M.D. and Arroyo-Cabrales, J. 2009. Review of the Oryzomys couesi complex (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) in Western Mexico. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 331:94–127.
• Weber, F.J. 1968. The missions & missionaries of Baja California: an historical perspective. Baja California travels series, vol. 11. Dawson's Book Shop, 92 pp.