Chaetodipus californicus

(C. H. Merriam, 1889)

California Pocket Mouse

Oblique view from above
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Location:USA, CA, Kern Co., Kelso ValleyDate taken:1 January 1988Description:Oblique view from above

Distribution :

C California (USA) to N Baja California (Mexico)

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1093

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Supramyomorpha
Infraorder: Castorimorphi
Superfamily: Geomyoidea
Family: Heteromyidae
Subfamily: Perognathinae
Genus: Chaetodipus

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/25799465

Original name as described

Perognathus californicus

Type material

USNM:MAMM:186506

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e71bbe6b-c20e-4d2d-820f-c690925468a8

Type locality

Berkeley, Alameda Co., California, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(CA)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001931

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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.

Total: 20 names and synonyms.

Perognathus armatus

C. H. Merriam, 1889

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

armatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186505

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Mount Diablo, California

Type locality

United States: California: Contra Costa County, California: 37°52′55″N, 121°54′58″W.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3740c1d80-2575-4f0a-b0ca-12daa0b6779e

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799466

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:585, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)

Perognathus californicus

C. H. Merriam, 1889

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

californicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186506

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Berkeley, California

Type locality

United States: California: Alameda County, California: 37°52′26″N, 122°15′4″W.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e71bbe6b-c20e-4d2d-820f-c690925468a8

Authority page

26

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799465

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Allen (1896:263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15947)
Trouessart (1897:585, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Osgood (1900:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25800027) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14579)
Trouessart (1904:485, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Grinnell & Swarth (1913:362, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15607565) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18302)
Benson (1930:449) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69507)
Grinnell (1933:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69515)
Corbet & Hill (1980:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:388) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Perognathus (Chætodipus) femoralis

J. A. Allen, 1891

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

femoralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-2659, AMNH MS-3386

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Dulzura, San Diego Co., California

Type locality

United States: California: San Diego County, California: 32°38′39″N, 116°46′53″W.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-mo-2659 http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-3386

Authority page

281

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1891:281) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9437)
Trouessart (1897:585, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Osgood (1900:57, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25800026) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14579)
Trouessart (1904:485, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Perognathus californicus dispar

Osgood, 1900

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

dispar

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:32116 (= USNM:MAMM:A43928)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

United States: California: Santa Barbara County, California: 34°23′56″N, 119°31′6″W.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ffe129f9-b393-4910-bb64-dcc3d7a4cd79

Authority page

58

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25800027

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Osgood (1900:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25800027) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14579)
Trouessart (1904:485, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Benson (1930:449) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69507)
Grinnell (1933:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69515)

Perognathus femoralis mesopolius

D. G. Elliot, 1903

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

mesopolius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:10374

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Mexico: Baja California.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=dfc9fa5f-a591-43d0-ad3a-4b690f4fe79e

Authority page

168

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2638260

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

Perognathus californicus ochrus

Osgood, 1904

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

ochrus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:130348

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

United States: California: Kern County, California.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3358e0c5f-7c4f-4ebf-ae7f-574f28d640f9

Authority page

128

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2345543

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Grinnell (1933:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69515)

Perognathus californicus femoralis:

J. Grinnell & Swarth, 1913

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

femoralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

362

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15607565

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

Grinnell & Swarth (1913:362, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15607565) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18302)
Benson (1930:449) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69507)
Grinnell (1933:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69515)

Perognathus californicus bernardinus

Benson, 1930

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

bernardinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:44094

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

from two miles east of Strawberry Peak, 5750 feet, San Bernardino Mountains, San Bernardino County, California

Type locality

United States: California: San Bernardino County, California.

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:44094

Authority page

449

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

Benson (1930:449) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69507)
Grinnell (1933:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69515)

Perognathus californicus californicus:

J. Grinnell, 1933

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

californicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

154

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

Grinnell (1933:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69515)

Perognathus californicus bensoni

von Bloeker, 1938

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

bensoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:81579

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Stonewall Creek, 1300 feet altitude, six and three-tenths miles northeast of Soledad, Monterey County, California

Type locality

United States: California: Monterey County, California: 36°26′57″N, 121°16′51″W.

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:81579

Authority page

197

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34510192

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

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