Perognathus longimembris

(Coues, 1875)

Little 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

Coues, E. 1875-08-31. A critical review of the North American Saccomyidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 27(2):272-327.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1677224

Original name as described

Otognosis longimembris

Other common names

Los Angeles Little Pocket Mouse · Los Angeles Pocket Mouse

Type material

USNM:MAMM:9856 (= USNM:MAMM:A37356)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38abca862-31ca-432c-9fe8-24d912ec05ae

Type locality

Old Fort Tejon, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern Co., California, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(OR,NV,AZ,CA,UT,ID)

Taxonomy notes

the subspecies arizonensis may represent a distinct species based on mitochondrial data, but this view has not been followed in recent work and is tentatively not followed here

Taxonomy notes citation

McKnight, M. L. (2005). Phylogeny of the Perognathus longimembris species group based on mitochondrial cytochrome-b: how many species?. Journal of Mammalogy, 86(4), 826-832. · Wilson, D. E., Lacher, Jr., T. E., & Mittermeier, R. A., (2016). Handbook of the Mammals of the World, Volume 6 Lagomorphs and Rodents I. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001953

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 pericalles

D. G. Elliot, 1904

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

pericalles

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:11969

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=aab3418a-261f-4406-bc74-36766105ce8a

Authority page

252

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2652832

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

Name usages

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

Perognathus elibatus

D. G. Elliot, 1904

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

elibatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:11971

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=06aec161-dea8-47ce-b45f-a9808dec7147

Authority page

252

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2652832

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

Name usages

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

Perognathus longimembris bangsi

Mearns, 1898

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

bangsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-5304

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-5304

Authority page

300

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26893912

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

Perognathus longimembris arcus

Benson, 1935

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

arcus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:58624

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:58624

Authority page

451

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

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

Perognathus longimembris tularensis

W. B. Richardson, 1937

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

tularensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:74668

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:74668

Authority page

510

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

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 longimembris cantwelli

von Bloeker, 1932

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

cantwelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:74680

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:74680

Authority page

128

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35459380

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Perognathus longimembris gulosus

E. R. Hall, 1941

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

gulosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:78764

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:78764

Authority page

55

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34599208

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

Perognathus longimembris kinoensis

Huey, 1935

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

kinoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SDNHM:MAM:11300

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/sdnhm/mammals?id=urn-catalog-sdnhm-mammals-11300

Authority page

73

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5713969

Authority publication

Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History

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 longimembris internationalis

Huey, 1939

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

internationalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SDNHM:MAM:11972

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/sdnhm/mammals?id=urn-catalog-sdnhm-mammals-11972

Authority page

47

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5715895

Authority publication

Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History

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 longimembris pimensis

Huey, 1937

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

pimensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SDNHM:MAM:12579

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/sdnhm/mammals?id=urn-catalog-sdnhm-mammals-12579

Authority page

355

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5714351

Authority publication

Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History

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 longimembris virginis

Huey, 1939

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

virginis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SDNHM:MAM:12919

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/sdnhm/mammals?id=urn-catalog-sdnhm-mammals-12919

Authority page

55

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5715866

Authority publication

Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History

Name usages

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

Perognathus longimembris aestivus

Huey, 1928

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

aestivus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SDNHM:MAM:6110

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/sdnhm/mammals?id=urn-catalog-sdnhm-mammals-6110

Authority page

87

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4298097

Authority publication

Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History

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 longimembris venustus

Huey, 1930

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

venustus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SDNHM:MAM:8196

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/sdnhm/mammals?id=urn-catalog-sdnhm-mammals-8196

Authority page

233

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5716909

Authority publication

Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History

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 longimembris salinensis

Bole, 1937

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

salinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 121257

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42323636

Authority publication

Scientific Publications of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History

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 bombycinus

Osgood, 1907

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

bombycinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:136123

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/366f3c789-6cba-4a7b-b902-ae95ac7127e3

Authority page

19

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2348272

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Perognathus panamintinus brevinasus

Osgood, 1900

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

brevinasus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186515

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c1d9924f-0018-40d4-8f6e-2aa903bb443a

Authority page

30

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799999

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Perognathus longimembris arizonensis

E. A. Goldman, 1931

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

arizonensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:250032

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3be6a9339-589f-4c7e-bcdc-cb76f66d8952

Authority page

134

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34807426

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

Perognathus longimembris panamintinus

C. H. Merriam, 1894

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

panamintinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:27767 (= USNM:MAMM:A39866)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d9a7532f-0c5c-49bc-bdd8-015698012325

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

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

Perognathus nevadensis

C. H. Merriam, 1894

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

nevadensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:54828

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32c8025bd-6118-496c-adcd-7637c9f7066b

Authority page

264

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1867584

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

Bailey (1936:248, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)

Perognathus pacificus

Mearns, 1898

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

pacificus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:61022

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/394b497cf-2135-45a4-858b-ed18a6f11807

Authority page

299

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26893911

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Otognosis longimembris

(Coues, 1875)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

longimembris

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:9856 (= USNM:MAMM:A37356)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38abca862-31ca-432c-9fe8-24d912ec05ae

Authority page

305

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1677224

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Perognathus panamintinus arenicola

Stephens, 1900

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

arenicola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:99828

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37207eb0a-1b85-4cd1-8261-2dc3015278c3

Authority page

153

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2308269

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Perognathus longimembris

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

longimembris

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 (1982:389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16636) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16636) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001953) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16636/115135230) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Perognathus longimembris bombycinus

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

bombycinus

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 longimembris brevinasus

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

brevinasus

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 longimembris longimembris

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

longimembris

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 longimembris nevadensis

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

nevadensis

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 longimembris pacificus

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

pacificus

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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