Perognathus flavus Baird, 1855

James L. Patton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Heteromyidae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 477-486 : 485

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scientific name	Perognathus flavus Baird, 1855
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Perognathus flavus Baird, 1855 View in CoL . Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 7:332.

TYPE LOCALITY: USA, Texas, El Paso Co., El Paso .

DISTRIBUTION: SW Great Plains and intermountain plateaus from South Dakota, E Wyoming, and SE Utah ( USA) south to Sonora and Puebla ( Mexico).

SYNONYMS: bimaculatus Merriam, bunkeri Cockrum, fuliginosus Merriam, /«sews Anderson, goodpasteri Hoffmeister, hopiensis Goldman, médius Baker, mexicanus Merriam, pallescens Baker, parviceps Baker, piperi Goldman, sanluisi Hill, sonoriensis Nelson and Goldman.

COMMENTS: Revised by Baker (1954); subspecies listed by Hall (1981). Wilson (1973) considered merriami conspecific, but Lee and Engstrom (1991) presented evidence of sympatry with limited hybridization.

References

Baker, R. H. 1954. The silky pocket mouse (Perognathus flavus) of Mexico. University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, 7: 339 - 347.

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.

Lee, T. E., Jr., and M. D. Engstrom. 1991. Genetic variation in the silky pocket mouse (Perognathus flavus) in Texas and New Mexico. Journal of Mammalogy, 72: 273 - 285.

Wilson, D. E. 1973. The systematic status of Perognathus merriami Allen. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 86: 175 - 191.