Chaetodipus californicus

(C. H. Merriam, 1889)

California 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

Merriam, C.H. 1889-10-25. Preliminary revision of the North American pocket mice. North American Fauna 1:1-36.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799465

Original name as described

Perognathus californicus

Type material

USNM:MAMM:186506

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e71bbe6b-c20e-4d2d-820f-c690925468a8

Type locality

Berkeley, Alameda Co., California, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(CA)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001931

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 (Chaetodipus) femoralis

(J. A. Allen, 1891)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

femoralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-2659, AMNH MS-3386

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-mo-2659 http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-3386

Authority page

281

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Perognathus femoralis mesopolius

(D. G. Elliot, 1903)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

mesopolius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:10374

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=dfc9fa5f-a591-43d0-ad3a-4b690f4fe79e

Authority page

168

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2638260

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

Perognathus californicus bernardinus

(Benson, 1930)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

bernardinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:44094

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:44094

Authority page

449

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Perognathus californicus marinensis

(von Bloeker, 1938)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

marinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:81550

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:81550

Authority page

199

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34510194

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Perognathus californicus bensoni

(von Bloeker, 1938)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

bensoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:81579

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:81579

Authority page

197

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34510192

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Perognathus californicus ochrus

(Osgood, 1904)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

ochrus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:130348

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3358e0c5f-7c4f-4ebf-ae7f-574f28d640f9

Authority page

128

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2345543

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Perognathus armatus

(C. H. Merriam, 1889)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

armatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186505

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3740c1d80-2575-4f0a-b0ca-12daa0b6779e

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799466

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

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

Perognathus californicus

(C. H. Merriam, 1889)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

californicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186506

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e71bbe6b-c20e-4d2d-820f-c690925468a8

Authority page

26

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799465

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:388) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Perognathus californicus dispar

(Osgood, 1900)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

dispar

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:32116 (= USNM:MAMM:A43928)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ffe129f9-b393-4910-bb64-dcc3d7a4cd79

Authority page

58

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25800027

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Chaetodipus californicus

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

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

californicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

25

Authority publication

Great Basin Naturalist Memoir

Name usages

  1. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4329) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4329) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001931) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4329/115068220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Chaetodipus californicus bensoni

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

bensoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Chaetodipus californicus bernardinus

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

bernardinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Chaetodipus californicus californicus

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

californicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Chaetodipus californicus dispar

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

dispar

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Chaetodipus californicus femoralis

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

femoralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Chaetodipus californicus marinensis

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

marinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Chaetodipus californicus mesopolius

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

mesopolius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Chaetodipus californicus ochrus

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

ochrus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

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