Perognathus inornatus

C. H. Merriam, 1889

San Joaquin 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/25799454

Original name as described

Perognathus inornatus

Other common names

Salinas Pocket Mouse

Type material

USNM:MAMM:13394 (= USNM:MAMM:A23790)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b2ed476b-0f4c-41f8-8dc3-28828d5970db

Type locality

Fresno, Fresno Co., California, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(CA)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001952

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 inornatus

C. H. Merriam, 1889

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

inornatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:13394 (= USNM:MAMM:A23790)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b2ed476b-0f4c-41f8-8dc3-28828d5970db

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799454

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Patton (1993:485) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69022)
  5. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  6. 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)
  7. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #42609) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #42609) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001952) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42609/22224670) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Perognathus longimembris neglectus

W. P. Taylor, 1912

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

neglectus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:14526

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:14526

Authority page

155

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29435102

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Perognathus longimembris psammophilus

von Bloeker, 1937

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

psammophilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:74681

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:74681

Authority page

153

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34510414

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Perognathus inornatus sillimani

von Bloeker, 1937

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

sillimani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:74682

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:74682

Authority page

154

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34510415

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Perognathus inornatus inornatus

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

inornatus

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 (2016:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Perognathus inornatus neglectus

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

neglectus

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 (2016:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Perognathus inornatus psammophilus

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

psammophilus

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 (2016:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

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