Perognathus inornatus Merriam 1889

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Heteromyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 844-858 : 857

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scientific name	Perognathus inornatus Merriam 1889
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Perognathus inornatus Merriam 1889 View in CoL

Perognathus inornatus Merriam 1889 View in CoL , N. Amer. Fauna, 1: 15.

Type Locality: USA, California, Fresno Co., Fresno.

Vernacular Names: San Joaquin Pocket Mouse.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Perognathus inornatus subsp. inornatus Merriam 1889

Subspecies Perognathus inornatus subsp. neglectus Taylor 1912

Subspecies Perognathus inornatus subsp. psammophilus von Bloeker 1937

Distribution: Sacramento, San Joaquin and Salinas valleys and adjacent foothills, and western Mojave Desert, of California ( USA).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt) as P. i. neglectus and P. i. psammophilus; otherwise Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Revised by Osgood (1918); subspecies listed by Williams et al. (1993) who allocated psammophilus (with sillimani as a synonym) to this species, not to longimembris where this name has been usually placed ( Hall, 1981; Patton, 1993 b). As noted by Williams et al. (1993), at least two and possibly three distinct species are currently included under the name inornatus . Reviewed by Best (1993 e, Mammalian Species No. 450).

References

Best, T. L. 1993 e. Perognathus inornatus. Mammalian Species, 450: 1 - 5.

Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.

Merriam, C. H. 1889. Preliminary revision of the North American pocket mice (genera Perognathus et Cricetodipus auct.) with descriptions of new species and subspecies and a key to the known forms. North American Fauna, 1: 1 - 36.

Osgood, W. H. 1918. The status of Perognathus longimembris (Coues). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 31: 95 - 96.

Williams, D. F., H. H. Genoways, and J. K. Braun. 1993. Taxonomy. Pp. 38 - 196, in Biology of the Heteromyidae (H. H. Genoways and J. H. Brown, eds.). Special Publication, The American Society of Mammalogists, 10: 1 - 719.