Perognathus flavescens

C. H. Merriam, 1889

Plains 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

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/25799450

Original name as described

Perognathus fasciatus flavescens

Other common names

Apache Pocket Mouse

Type material

USNM:MAMM:186507

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f6bba3d5-640c-4065-aca8-d640f6600480

Type locality

Kennedy, Cherry Co., Nebraska, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(CO,NM,SD,MO,TX,NE,AZ,UT,KS,IA,ND,OK,WY,MN)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001950

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 apache

C. H. Merriam, 1889

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

apache

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186504

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a2ab5a28-8ac1-43d9-910f-3a51565b0672

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799453

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1900:26, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799995) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14579)
  2. Benson (1935:451) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69523)
  3. Anderson (1972:300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)

Perognathus fasciatus flavescens

C. H. Merriam, 1889

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

flavescens

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186507

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f6bba3d5-640c-4065-aca8-d640f6600480

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799450

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Allen (1896:247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15952)

Perognathus copei

Rhoads, 1894

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

copei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 1612

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

404

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1633783

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Perognathus flavescens

Osgood, 1900

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

flavescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

20

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799989

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1900:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799989) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14579)
  2. Bailey (1905:143, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801802) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14873)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:388) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Patton (1993:485) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69022)
  7. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  8. Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785978) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
  9. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16634) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16634) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001950) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16634/115134864) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Perognathus apache melanotis

Osgood, 1900

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

melanotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:97416

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/337f54732-bdd2-4a67-9ca4-325a4c7af8aa

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799996

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1900:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799996) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14579)
  2. Anderson (1972:300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)

Perognathus flavescens perniger

Osgood, 1904

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

perniger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:57725

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f2c9a531-7ec6-425e-b3a3-3ef6e1afef9f

Authority page

127

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2345542

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 (2016:206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Perognathus flavescens copei

V. O. Bailey, 1905

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

copei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

143

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801802

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Bailey (1905:143, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801802) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14873)
  2. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Perognathus apache caryi

E. A. Goldman, 1918

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

caryi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:148206

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39b6b87dd-269a-4093-916a-48e17c3306d4

Authority page

24

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3332124

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Perognathus apache cleomophila

E. A. Goldman, 1918

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

cleomophilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:226344

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3850b128d-bf85-4120-8a47-80bf5d7a4155

Authority page

23

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3332023

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Perognathus gypsi

Dice, 1929

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

gypsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 58465

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1

Authority publication

Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan

Name usages

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

Perognathus apache apache

Benson, 1935

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

apache

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

451

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

  1. Benson (1935:451) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69523)
  2. Anderson (1972:300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)

Perognathus apache relictus

E. A. Goldman, 1938

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

relictus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:150768

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/320224acc-48d6-4c05-8794-7fe4f6060d67

Authority page

495

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Perognathus flavescens cockrumi

E. R. Hall, 1954

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

cockrumi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:13045

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=909dc639-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

589

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2993035

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Perognathus flavescens apache

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

apache

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 (2016:206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Perognathus flavescens caryi

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

caryi

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 (2016:206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Perognathus flavescens flavescens

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

flavescens

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 (2016:206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Perognathus flavescens melanotis

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

melanotis

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 (2016:206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Perognathus flavescens relictus

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

relictus

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 (2016:206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

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