Perognathus merriami J. A. Allen 1892

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 : 858

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scientific name

Perognathus merriami J. A. Allen 1892
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Perognathus merriami J. A. Allen 1892 View in CoL

Perognathus merriami J. A. Allen 1892 View in CoL , Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 4: 45.

Type Locality: USA, Texas, Cameron Co., Brownsville.

Vernacular Names: Merriam's Pocket Mouse.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Perognathus merriami subsp. merriami J. A. Allen 1892

Subspecies Perognathus merriami subsp. gilvus Osgood 1900

Distribution: SE New Mexico east to S Texas ( USA), east from N Chihuahua to Tamaulipas ( Mexico).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Synonymized with flavus by Wilson (1973), but Lee and Engstrom (1991) considered merriami a separate species based on biochemical genetics, as did Anderson (1972) using morphological criteria. Reviewed by Best and Skupski (1994 b, Mammalian Species No. 473).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Heteromyidae

Genus

Perognathus

Loc

Perognathus merriami J. A. Allen 1892

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Perognathus merriami

J. A. Allen 1892: 45
1892
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