Chaetodipus fallax

(C. H. Merriam, 1889)

San Diego Pocket Mouse

Chaetodipus fallax pallidus. Side view of hand-held mouse, showing feet, tail and head. Also as Short-eared Pocket Mouse.
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Location:USA, CA, San Diego Co., Anza Borrego State ParkDate taken:1 January 1981Description:Chaetodipus fallax pallidus. Side view of hand-held mouse, showing feet, tail and head. Also as Short-eared Pocket Mouse.

Distribution :

SW California (USA) to WC Baja California (Mexico)

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1094

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/25799458

Original name as described

Perognathus fallax

Other common names

Short-eared Pocket Mouse · Anthony's Pocket Mouse

Type material

USNM:MAMM:15889 (= USNM:MAMM:A22684)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32d2652c8-b70e-4988-8422-bdf6b39af201

Type locality

"San Bernardino, Cal., " 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/1001935

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.

Total: 15 names and synonyms.

Perognathus fallax

C. H. Merriam, 1889

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

fallax

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:15889 (= USNM:MAMM:A22684)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

San Bernardino, Cal.

Type locality

United States: California: San Bernardino County, California: 34°6′29″N, 117°17′22″W.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32d2652c8-b70e-4988-8422-bdf6b39af201

Authority page

19

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799458

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:584, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Osgood (1900:55, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25800024) (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 (1913:361, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15607564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18302)
Merriam (1919:440) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31377)
Grinnell (1933:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69515)
Corbet & Hill (1980:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:388) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Perognathus anthonyi

Osgood, 1900

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

anthonyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:81058

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Mexico: Baja California.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e33f77c7-ee84-499b-8a77-c9e861978519

Authority page

56

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25800025

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Osgood (1900:56, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25800025) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14579)
Trouessart (1904:485, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Corbet & Hill (1980:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:387, 388) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Perognathus fallax pallidus

Mearns, 1901

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

pallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:61007

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

United States: California: Imperial County, California: 32°40′29″N, 116°6′20″W.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35c39d4c6-2808-40c2-be7d-6ed880d86f12

Authority page

135

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339072

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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)
Merriam (1919:440) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31377)
Grinnell (1933:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69515)

Perognathus fallax fallax:

J. Grinnell & Swarth, 1913

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

fallax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

361

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15607564

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

Grinnell & Swarth (1913:361, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15607564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18302)
Grinnell (1933:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69515)

Perognathus fallax inopinus

E. W. Nelson & E. A. Goldman, 1929

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

inopinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:81059

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Mexico: Baja California Sur.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fbf854a2-df29-416f-8d89-b5b8d2958291

Authority page

110

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34559332

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Perognathus fallax majusculus

Huey, 1960

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

majusculus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SDNHM:MAM:15952

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Mexico: Baja California: 30°30′N, 115°59′W.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/sdnhm/mammals?id=urn-catalog-sdnhm-mammals-15952

Authority page

418

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2819084

Authority publication

Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History

Perognathus fallax xerotrophicus

Huey, 1960

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

xerotrophicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SDNHM:MAM:8310

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Mexico: Baja California: 29°25′N, 114°20′W.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/sdnhm/mammals?id=urn-catalog-sdnhm-mammals-8310

Authority page

419

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2819085

Authority publication

Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History

Chaetodipus anthonyi:

J. C. Hafner & M. S. Hafner, 1983

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

anthonyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

25

Authority publication

Great Basin Naturalist Memoir

Chaetodipus fallax:

J. C. Hafner & M. S. Hafner, 1983

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

fallax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

25

Authority publication

Great Basin Naturalist Memoir

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1991:148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Patton (1993:483) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69022)
Williams, Genoways & Braun (1993:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34982)
Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785979) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:214) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001935) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4330/22226385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Chaetodipus fallax anthonyi:

D. F. Williams, Genoways, & J. K. Braun, 1993

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

anthonyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

137

Authority publication

Special Publication of the American Society of Mammalogists

Name usages

Williams, Genoways & Braun (1993:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34982)
Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:214) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

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