Perognathus amplus

Osgood, 1900

Arizona Pocket Mouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Osgood, W.H. 1900-09-20. Revision of the pocket mice of the genus Perognathus. North American Fauna 18:1-73.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25800001

Original name as described

Perognathus amplus

Type material

USNM:MAMM:34626 (= USNM:MAMM:A46711)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c2f4f00f-42f4-4199-8728-f428a9833782

Type locality

Fort Verde, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(AZ)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001948

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 amplus cineris

Benson, 1933

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

cineris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:55771

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:55771

Authority page

109

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34560843

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Perognathus amplus ammodytes

Benson, 1933

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

ammodytes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:55774

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:55774

Authority page

110

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34560844

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Perognathus amplus jacksoni

E. A. Goldman, 1933

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

jacksoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:212780

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3609624ac-48ca-4d86-9d3f-c5b6daffeaf9

Authority page

465

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39917567

Authority publication

Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

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

Perognathus amplus pergracilis

E. A. Goldman, 1932

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

pergracilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:227528

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36de1c57f-9e5d-47f8-b2ef-66da8ab16c0f

Authority page

387

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39918151

Authority publication

Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

  1. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Perognathus amplus rotundus

E. A. Goldman, 1932

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

rotundus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:250470

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30d97580f-d34c-49a1-82bc-6a9824d259ec

Authority page

387

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39918151

Authority publication

Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

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

Perognathus amplus taylori

E. A. Goldman, 1932

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

taylori

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:250533

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34d556b0a-c99c-45f4-8359-26a002b352ed

Authority page

488

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39918264

Authority publication

Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

  1. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Perognathus amplus

Osgood, 1900

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

amplus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:34626 (= USNM:MAMM:A46711)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c2f4f00f-42f4-4199-8728-f428a9833782

Authority page

32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25800001

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16633) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16633) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001948) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16633/22224910) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Perognathus amplus amplus

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

amplus

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 (2016:204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

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