Perognathus parvus Peale 1848

Perognathus parvus Peale 1848, Mammalia, in: Repts. U. S. Expl. Surv., Vol. 8: 53.

Type Locality: USA, Oregon, Wasco Co., probably near The Dalles.

Vernacular Names: Great Basin Pocket Mouse.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Perognathus parvus subsp. parvus Peale 1848

Subspecies Perognathus parvus subsp. bullatus Durrant and Lee 1956

Subspecies Perognathus parvus subsp. clarus Goldman 1917

Subspecies Perognathus parvus subsp. columbianus Merriam 1894

Subspecies Perognathus parvus subsp. idahoensis Goldman 1922

Subspecies Perognathus parvus subsp. laingi Anderson 1932

Subspecies Perognathus parvus subsp. lordi Gray 1868

Subspecies Perognathus parvus subsp. mollipilosus Coues 1875

Subspecies Perognathus parvus subsp. olivaceus Merriam 1889

Subspecies Perognathus parvus subsp. trumbullensis Benson 1937

Subspecies Perognathus parvus subsp. xanthanotus Grinnell 1912

Subspecies Perognathus parvus subsp. yakimensis Broadbrooks 1954

Distribution: Great Basin from S British Columbia (Canada), south to E California and east to SE Wyoming and NW Arizona (USA).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as P. parvus and P. xanthanotus .

Discussion: Reviewed by Verts and Kirkland (1988, Mammalian Species No. 318). Includes xanthonotus (Williams et al., 1993), often considered a distinct species (Hall, 1981; Patton, 1993 b; Verts and Kirkland, 1988, by omission).