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Perognathus

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Description

Perognathus is a genus of pocket mouse. Like other members of their family they are more closely related to pocket gophers than to true mice.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perognathus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2439552	https://www.gbif.org/species/2439552
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	41688	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41688

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Heteromyidae : Perognathus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
-	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
-	Glires
order	Rodentia
superfamily	Geomyoidea	Bonaparte 1845
family	Heteromyidae	Gray 1868
genus	Perognathus	Wied-Neuwied 1839

Common Name

pocket mouse

Scientific Name

Perognathus Wied-Neuwied, 1839

Name Published In

Wied-Neuwied, Maximilian A. P. z. 1839. Über eine paar neue gattungen nage-thiere mit äusseren backentaschen. Nova acta physico-medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosum 19: 367-374.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Perognathus	genus	belongs to Heteromyidae	stated without evidence	Maximillian, 1839
Perognathus	genus	belongs to Perognathinae	stated without evidence	Kurten and Anderson, 1980
Perognathus	genus	belongs to Heteromyidae	stated without evidence	Korth, 1987
Perognathus	genus	belongs to Heteromyidae	implied	McKenna and Bell, 1997

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

7 (28%)

First Recorded Appearance

23.0 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

granivore, browser (based on Heteromyidae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals.

Common Name(s)

Silky Pocket Mice, Pocket Mouse, Pocket Mice

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perognathus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Perognathus alticolus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perognathus amplus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perognathus ancenensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Perognathus brevidens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Perognathus carpenteri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	4.90 Ma Pliocene	4.90 Ma Pliocene
Perognathus coquorum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	13.6 Ma Miocene	4.90 Ma Pliocene
Perognathus dunklei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	10.3 Ma Miocene	10.3 Ma Miocene
Perognathus fasciatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perognathus flavescens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perognathus flavescens species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Perognathus flavus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Perognathus furlongi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		26	23.0 Ma Miocene	13.6 Ma Miocene
Perognathus gidleyi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	4.90 Ma Pliocene	1.80 Ma Pleistocene
Perognathus henryredfieldi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	10.3 Ma Miocene	10.3 Ma Miocene
Perognathus huastecensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Perognathus inornatus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Perognathus longimembris species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Perognathus maldei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	4.90 Ma Pliocene	4.90 Ma Pliocene
Perognathus mclaughlini ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	10.3 Ma Miocene	4.90 Ma Pliocene
Perognathus merriami species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Perognathus minutus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		29	23.0 Ma Miocene	13.6 Ma Miocene
Perognathus parvus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Perognathus pearlettensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	4.90 Ma Pliocene	1.80 Ma Pleistocene
Perognathus rexroadensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	4.90 Ma Pliocene	4.90 Ma Pliocene
Perognathus saskatchewanensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Perognathus stevei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	10.3 Ma Miocene	10.3 Ma Miocene
Perognathus strigipredus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	4.90 Ma Pliocene	4.90 Ma Pliocene
Perognathus trojectioansrum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	16.0 Ma Miocene	13.6 Ma Miocene

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Abromys Gray, 1868	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Heteromyidae : *Abromys*
Otognosis Coues, 1875	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Heteromyidae : *Otognosis*
Cricetodipus Peale, 1848	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Heteromyidae : *Cricetodipus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1839	Perognathus Maximillian
1980	Perognathus Kurten and Anderson p. 232
1987	Perognathus Korth p. 1058
1997	Perognathus McKenna and Bell

References

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals

Kurten B., Anderson E. (1980) , Pleistocene mammals of North America, 1-442

Korth W. W. (1987) New Rodents (Mammalia) from the Late Barstovian (Miocene) Valentine Formation, Nebraska, Journal of Paleontology 61 5, 1058-1064

McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop. Carol., 19 (1) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Meadows,J. (1968) Parasite community structure in three rodents, Sigmodon, Perognathus and Baiomys, in Central Texas - via Phthiraptera.info

Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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