Chaetodipus ammophilus

(Osgood, 1907)

Dalquest's Pocket Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Castorimorphi
Family : Heteromyidae
Subfamily : Perognathinae
Genus : Chaetodipus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Osgood, W.H. 1907-02-23. Four new pocket mice. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 20:19-21.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2348274

Original name as described

Perognathus penicillatus ammophilus

Type material

USNM:MAMM:146859

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/341e0fb50-c80e-471e-8949-df6ac6f347a8

Type locality

Santa Margarita Island, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

Taxonomy notes

previously included under C. arenarius, but was moved to C. dalquesti; ammophilus is an older name than dalquesti, giving it nomenclatural priority

Taxonomy notes citation

Álvarez-Castañda, S. T., & Rios, E. (2011). Revision of Chaetodipus arenarius (Rodentia: Heteromyidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 161(1), 213-228. · Rios, E., & Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T. (2013). Nomenclatural change of Chaetodipus dalquesti. Western North American Naturalist, 73(3), 399-440.

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001927

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Perognathus penicillatus ammophilus

(Osgood, 1907)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

ammophilus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:146859

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/341e0fb50-c80e-471e-8949-df6ac6f347a8

Authority page

21

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2348274

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Perognathus arenarius sublucidus

(E. W. Nelson & E. A. Goldman, 1929)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

sublucidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:146896

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33810e69f-a908-40f8-b266-fb3a4711b8d9

Authority page

109

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34559331

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Perognathus dalquesti

(E. L. Roth, 1976)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

dalquesti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:510851

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a4c07711-d7a3-4c5a-9f54-dfa6873c916d

Authority page

562

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:388) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Chaetodipus dalquesti

J. C. Hafner & M. S. Hafner, 1983

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

dalquesti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

25

Authority publication

Great Basin Naturalist Memoir

Name usages

Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)

Chaetodipus arenarius ammophilus

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

ammophilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)

Chaetodipus arenarius sublucidus

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

sublucidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)

Chaetodipus ammophilus

Mammal Diversity Database, 2018

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

ammophilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page

ID #100000433

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000433) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000433) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001927) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/96812094/22226639) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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