Perognathus flavus

S. F. Baird, 1855

Silky 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

Baird, S.F. 1855-06-15. Characteristics of some new species of Mammalia, collected by the U. S. and Mexican Boundary Survey, Major W. H. Emory, U. S. A. Commissioner. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7:331-333.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1694446

Original name as described

Perognatus flavus

Other common names

Baird's Pocket Mouse

Type material

USNM:MAMM:148 (= USNM:MAMM:A1130)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3503dc172-bd8b-4ac0-928b-4039eb3a63da

Type locality

El Paso, El Paso Co., Texas, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(NM,AZ,CO,NE,OK,WY,TX,SD,KS,UT?)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001951

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 flavus sanluisi

J. Eric Hill, 1942

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

sanluisi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-137669

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-137669

Authority page

1

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

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 flavus bunkeri

Cockrum, 1951

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

bunkeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:11716

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=90989dee-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

205

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10715259

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

Perognathus flavus parviceps

R. H. Baker, 1954

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

parviceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:38402

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=91a9257a-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

344

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2992766

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

Perognathus flavus pallescens

R. H. Baker, 1954

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

pallescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:40298

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=91bd3b55-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

345

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2992767

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

Perognathus flavus medius

R. H. Baker, 1954

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

medius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:48583

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=921653fe-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

343

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2992765

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

Perognathus flavus fuscus

S. Anderson, 1972

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

fuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:81168

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=935959df-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

304

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

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 flavus goodpasteri

D. F. Hoffmeister, 1956

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

goodpasteri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MSB:Mamm:275333

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MSB:Mamm:275333

Authority page

55

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34549749

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Perognatus flavus

S. F. Baird, 1855

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

flavus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:148 (= USNM:MAMM:A1130)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3503dc172-bd8b-4ac0-928b-4039eb3a63da

Authority page

332

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1694446

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Perognathus flavus piperi

E. A. Goldman, 1917

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

piperi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:168650

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39f20029e-ba02-49b3-84c7-03a4a0b79300

Authority page

148

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3334921

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 fuliginosus

C. H. Merriam, 1890

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

fuliginosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:17708 (= USNM:MAMM:A24644)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/312e2a9f3-302a-40dd-a712-2d2b82f20c7d

Authority page

74

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799647

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Perognathus flavus hopiensis

E. A. Goldman, 1932

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

hopiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:248014

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3cbc781dc-ec3e-471b-b496-17af132a3fb9

Authority page

89

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35459341

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 flavus sonoriensis

E. W. Nelson & E. A. Goldman, 1934

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

sonoriensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:250885

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a5e93e31-170e-479a-8dfb-476f2816dce3

Authority page

267

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39918671

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 flavus mexicanus

C. H. Merriam, 1894

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

mexicanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:50714

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3772cb0dc-0daa-4bd4-b3b1-3425840139b1

Authority page

265

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1867585

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

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 bimaculatus

C. H. Merriam, 1889

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

bimaculatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:8455 (= USNM:MAMM:A23789)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39daad2f4-0c31-43eb-b0f5-5a0d0581a3cf

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799451

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Cricetodipus flavus

(F. W. True, 1885)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

flavus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

599

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306393

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

True (1885:599, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Perognathus flavus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

flavus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

140

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:388, 389) (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 #16635) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16635) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001951) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16635/115135061) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Perognathus flavus bimaculatus

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

bimaculatus

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)

Perognathus flavus flavus

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

flavus

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)

Perognathus flavus fuliginosus

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

fuliginosus

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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