Perognathus amplus

Osgood, 1900

Arizona Pocket Mouse

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Location:USA, AZ, Pima Co., Santa Rita Experimental RangeDate taken:Jan 1, 1993

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1336

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Osgood, W.H. 1900-09-20. Revision of the pocket mice of the genus Perognathus. North American Fauna 18:1-73.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25800001

Original name as described

Perognathus amplus

Type material

USNM:MAMM:34626 (= USNM:MAMM:A46711)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c2f4f00f-42f4-4199-8728-f428a9833782

Type locality

Fort Verde, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(AZ)

Taxonomy notes citation

Alhajeri, B.H., Alaqeely, R. and Alhaddad, H. 2024. Geometric morphometrics of silky pocket mice (Perognathus: Perognathinae: Rodentia) crania reveals new insights into their variation, evolution, and taxonomy. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 203(1):zlae029. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae029

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001948

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: 8 names and synonyms.

Perognathus amplus

Osgood, 1900

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

amplus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:34626 (= USNM:MAMM:A46711)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c2f4f00f-42f4-4199-8728-f428a9833782

Authority page

32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25800001

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1900:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25800001) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14579)
  2. Trouessart (1904:482, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  3. Hatfield (1942:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69512)
  4. Lange (1960:446) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66898)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1991:148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  8. Patton (1993:485) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69022)
  9. Williams, Genoways & Braun (1993:162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34982)
  10. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  11. Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785978) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
  12. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16633) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16633) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  15. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001948) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  16. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16633/22224910) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Perognathus amplus pergracilis

E. A. Goldman, 1932

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

pergracilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:227528

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36de1c57f-9e5d-47f8-b2ef-66da8ab16c0f

Authority page

387

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39918151

Authority publication

Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

  1. Williams, Genoways & Braun (1993:164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34982)
  2. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Perognathus amplus rotundus

E. A. Goldman, 1932

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

rotundus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:250470

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30d97580f-d34c-49a1-82bc-6a9824d259ec

Authority page

387

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39918151

Authority publication

Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

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

Perognathus amplus taylori

E. A. Goldman, 1932

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

taylori

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:250533

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34d556b0a-c99c-45f4-8359-26a002b352ed

Authority page

488

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39918264

Authority publication

Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

  1. Lange (1960:446) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66898)
  2. Williams, Genoways & Braun (1993:164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34982)
  3. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Perognathus amplus ammodytes

Benson, 1933

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

ammodytes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:55774

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:55774

Authority page

110

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34560844

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Perognathus amplus cineris

Benson, 1933

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

cineris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:55771

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:55771

Authority page

109

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34560843

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Williams, Genoways & Braun (1993:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34982)
  2. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Perognathus amplus jacksoni

E. A. Goldman, 1933

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

jacksoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:212780

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3609624ac-48ca-4d86-9d3f-c5b6daffeaf9

Authority page

465

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39917567

Authority publication

Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

  1. Hatfield (1942:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69512)
  2. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)

Perognathus amplus amplus

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

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

amplus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

163

Authority publication

Special Publication of the American Society of Mammalogists

Name usages

  1. Williams, Genoways & Braun (1993:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34982)
  2. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

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