Chaetodipus intermedius

(C. H. Merriam, 1889)

Rock Pocket Mouse

Chaetodipus intermedius ater (melanistic form), oblique front view, laboratory animal. Also as Intermediate Pocket Mouse.
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Location:Date taken:1 January 1991Description:Chaetodipus intermedius ater (melanistic form), oblique front view, laboratory animal. Also as Intermediate Pocket Mouse.

Distribution :

SC Utah and Arizona to W Texas (USA), south to C Sonora and C Chihuahua (Mexico)

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1180

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/25799457

Original name as described

Perognathus intermedius

Other common names

Intermediate Pocket Mouse

Type material

USNM:MAMM:186509

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/366255d60-b58a-47b4-8def-6c46bd92e845

Type locality

Mud Spring, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(AZ, NM, TX, UT)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001939

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: 22 names and synonyms.

Perognathus intermedius

C. H. Merriam, 1889

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

intermedius

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186509

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Mud Spring, Arizona

Type locality

United States: Arizona: Mohave County, Arizona.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/366255d60-b58a-47b4-8def-6c46bd92e845

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799457

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Merriam (1890:74, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14545)
Trouessart (1897:584, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Osgood (1900:52, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25800021) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14579)
Trouessart (1904:484, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423365) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Bailey (1905:139, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801798) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14873)
Benson (1932:337) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63181)
Benson (1935:451) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69523)
Hatfield (1942:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69512)
Lange (1960:446) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66898)
Anderson (1972:305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)
Corbet & Hill (1980:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Perognathus obscurus

C. H. Merriam, 1889

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

obscurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186510

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Camp Apache, Grant County, New Mexico

Type locality

United States: New Mexico: Hidalgo County, New Mexico.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/367439c7c-d92e-43d1-a53e-804427b88b5a

Authority page

20

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799459

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:584, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)

Perognathus intermedius phasma

E. A. Goldman, 1918

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

phasma

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:203003

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

United States: Arizona: Yuma County, Arizona: 32°18′41″N, 114°3′9″W.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b8d1f7fe-eafb-4ed6-80ef-3fc99cab4401

Authority page

22

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3332022

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Perognathus intermedius ater

Dice, 1929

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

ater

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 58474

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

United States: New Mexico: Otero County, New Mexico.

Authority page

2

Authority publication

Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan

Name usages

Benson (1932:337) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63181)

Perognathus intermedius intermedius:

Benson, 1932

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

intermedius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

337

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

Benson (1932:337) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63181)
Lange (1960:446) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66898)
Anderson (1972:305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)

Perognathus penicillatus minimus

Burt, 1932

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

minimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UCLA Mammals 19834 (= CIT 50424)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Turner's Island (latitude 28* 43' N., longitude 112* 19' W.), Gulf of California, Sonora, Mexico

Type locality

Mexico: Sonora.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ucla/mammals?id=urn-catalog-ucla-mammals-19834

Authority page

164

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5718692

Authority publication

Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History

Name usages

Miller & Kellogg (1955:373, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7670286) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5718)

Perognathus intermedius rupestris

Benson, 1932

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

rupestris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:50595

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

from that part of the lava beds nearest to Kenzin, Dona Ana County, New Mexico

Type locality

United States: New Mexico: Doña Ana County, New Mexico.

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:50595

Authority page

337

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

Benson (1932:337) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63181)

Perognathus intermedius nigrimontis

Blossom, 1933

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

nigrimontis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 63682

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

United States: Arizona: Pima County, Arizona.

Authority page

1

Authority publication

Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan

Name usages

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

Perognathus intermedius pinacate

Blossom, 1933

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

pinacate

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 67434

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Papago Tanks, Pinacate Mountains, Sonora, Mexico

Type locality

Mexico: Sonora.

Authority page

4

Authority publication

Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan

Name usages

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

Perognathus intermedius crinitus

Benson, 1934

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

crinitus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:55883

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

2.6 miles west of the Wupatki Ruins, Coconino County, Arizona

Type locality

United States: Arizona: Coconino County, Arizona.

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:55883

Authority page

199

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34575451

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Benson (1935:451) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69523)

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