Chaetodipus spinatus

(C. H. Merriam, 1889)

Spiny Pocket Mouse

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Location:USA, CA, San Diego Co., Anza Borrego State ParkDate taken:Jan 1, 1981

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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/25799460

Original name as described

Perognathus spinatus

Type material

USNM:MAMM:186516

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3312b22d7-1e8f-4b18-a15e-6eb18495257d

Type locality

"Lower Colorado River, California, 25 miles below [S] the Needles, " San Bernardino Co., California, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(CA, NV, AZ)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001946

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: 41 names and synonyms.

Perognathus spinatus

(C. H. Merriam, 1889)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

spinatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186516

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3312b22d7-1e8f-4b18-a15e-6eb18495257d

Authority page

21

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799460

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1897:584, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  2. Osgood (1900:59, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25800028) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14579)
  3. Trouessart (1904:485, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  4. Benson (1930:452) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69507)
  5. Grinnell (1933:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69515)
  6. Goldman (1951:412, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24985628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72371)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1980:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  8. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:390) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Perognathus bryanti

(C. H. Merriam, 1894)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

bryanti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CAS:MAM:3659

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/bmammals/MamColl/index.asp?xAction=getrec&close=true&CollectionObjectID=142795

Authority page

458

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16063931

Authority publication

Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1897:584, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  2. Osgood (1900:61, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25800030) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14579)
  3. Trouessart (1904:485, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Perognathus margaritae

(C. H. Merriam, 1894)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

margaritae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CAS:MAM:3656 (= "90/107")

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/bmammals/MamColl/index.asp?xAction=getrec&close=true&CollectionObjectID=142792

Authority page

459

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16063932

Authority publication

Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1897:584, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  2. Osgood (1900:61, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25800030) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14579)
  3. Trouessart (1904:485, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Perognathus spinatus peninsulae

(C. H. Merriam, 1894)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

peninsulae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CAS:MAM:3658

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/bmammals/MamColl/index.asp?xAction=getrec&close=true&CollectionObjectID=142794

Authority page

460

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16063933

Authority publication

Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1900:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25800029) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14579)
  2. Trouessart (1904:485, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  3. Benson (1930:452) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69507)

Perognathus spinatus magdalenae

(Osgood, 1907)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

magdalenae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:146102

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35b68bae7-49ed-4cf4-b6c1-03f63677f689

Authority page

21

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2348274

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Goldman (1951:412, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24985628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72371)

Perognathus spinatus nelsoni

(C. H. Townsend, 1912)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

nelsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

USNM:MAMM:198409

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3801d986f-ecac-458f-9a03-163ef39fe330

Authority page

122

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26898952

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Perognathus spinatus occultus

(E. W. Nelson, 1912)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

occultus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

USNM:MAMM:198409

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3801d986f-ecac-458f-9a03-163ef39fe330

Authority page

116

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3337475

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Goldman (1951:412, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24985628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72371)

Perognathus evermanni

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

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

evermanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CAS:MAM:3937

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/bmammals/MamColl/index.asp?xAction=getrec&close=true&CollectionObjectID=143073

Authority page

111

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34559333

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Perognathus spinatus bryanti

(Benson, 1930)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

bryanti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

452

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

  1. Benson (1930:452) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69507)
  2. Goldman (1951:412, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24985628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72371)

Perognathus spinatus lambi

(Benson, 1930)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

lambi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:42938

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:42938

Authority page

452

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

Benson (1930:452) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69507)

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