Chaetodipus nelsoni

(C. H. Merriam, 1894)

Nelson's Coarse-haired 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. 1894-09-27. Descriptions of eight new pocket mice (genus Perognathus). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 46:262-268.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1867586

Original name as described

Perognathus (Chaetodipus) nelsoni

Other common names

Nelson's Pocket Mouse

Type material

USNM:MAMM:50214

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39ba6358b-8ccf-439d-badd-4780c1e7c6de

Type locality

"Hacienda La Parada, San Luis Potosí, Mexico."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

Taxonomy notes

previously included C. collis and populations now attributed to C. durangae

Taxonomy notes citation

Neiswenter, S. A., Hafner, D. J., Light, J. E., Cepeda, G. D., Kinzer, K. C., Alexander, L. F., & Riddle, B. R. (2019). Phylogeography and taxonomic revision of Nelson's pocket mouse (Chaetodipus nelsoni). Journal of Mammalogy, 100(6), 1847-1864.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001941

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) intermedius canescens

(C. H. Merriam, 1894)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

canescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:51016

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30a2c9a94-6c72-4bb5-a57b-7ed3ff1f6dd7

Authority page

267

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1867587

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Perognathus (Chaetodipus) nelsoni

(C. H. Merriam, 1894)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

nelsoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:50214

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39ba6358b-8ccf-439d-badd-4780c1e7c6de

Authority page

266

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1867586

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1900:53, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25800022) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14579)
  2. Bailey (1905:140, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801799) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14873)
  3. Anderson (1972:309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Perognathus nelsoni canescens

(Osgood, 1900)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

canescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

54

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25800023

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1900:54, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25800023) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14579)
  2. Bailey (1905:140, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801799) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14873)
  3. Anderson (1972:309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)

Perognathus nelsoni nelsoni

(S. Anderson, 1972)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

nelsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

309

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Anderson (1972:309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)

Chaetodipus nelsoni

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

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

nelsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

25

Authority publication

Great Basin Naturalist Memoir

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1991:148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  2. Patton (1993:484) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69022)
  3. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  4. Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785979) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4335) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4335) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001941) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4335/115068711) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Chaetodipus nelsoni canescens

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

canescens

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 (2016:218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Chaetodipus nelsoni nelsoni

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

nelsoni

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 (2016:218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

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