Perognathus merriami

J. A. Allen, 1892

Merriam's 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

Allen, J.A. 1892-03-25. Description of a new species of Perognathus from southeastern Texas. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 4(3):45-46.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/786

Original name as described

Perognathus merriami

Type material

AMNH MO-3177, AMNH MS-4145

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-4145

Type locality

Brownsville, Cameron Co., Texas, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(NM,TX,OK)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001954

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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 mearnsi

J. A. Allen, 1896

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

mearnsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-10395, AMNH MS-11957

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-11957

Authority page

237

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Perognathus merriami

J. A. Allen, 1892

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

merriami

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-3177, AMNH MS-4145

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-4145

Authority page

45

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 (2016:205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16637) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16637) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001954) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16637/115135383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Perognathus merriami gilvus

Osgood, 1900

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

gilvus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:35939 (= USNM:MAMM:A48273)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39feca233-9873-4d8a-8c3d-eb557cff95ed

Authority page

22

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799991

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Perognathus merriami merriami

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

merriami

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 (2016:205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

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