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Perognathus longimembris

Description

The little pocket mouse (Perognathus longimembris) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in Baja California and Sonora in Mexico and in Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Utah in the United States. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is a common species and faces no particular threats and the IUCN has listed it as being of "least concern".


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2439563https://www.gbif.org/species/2439563
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)50211https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=50211
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Heteromyidae : Perognathus : Perognathus longimembris
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Heteromyidae : Perognathus : Perognathus longimembris
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
-Glires
orderRodentia
superfamilyGeomyoideaBonaparte 1845
familyHeteromyidaeGray 1868
genusPerognathusMaximillian 1839
speciesPerognathus longimembrisCoues 1875
Generic NamePerognathus
Scientific NamePerognathus longimembris (Coues, 1875)
Name Published InProc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia vol.27 p.305
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Perognathus longimembrisspeciesbelongs to Otognosisstated without evidenceCoues, 1875
Perognathus longimembrisspeciesbelongs to Perognathusstated without evidenceKurten and Anderson, 1980
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (100%)
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietgranivore, browser (based on Heteromyidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals.
Common Name(s) Little Pocket Mouse, Ratón-de Abazones Menor
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perognathus_longimembris

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Perognathus longimembris aestivus
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Perognathus longimembris arizonensis
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Perognathus longimembris bangsi
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Perognathus longimembris bombycinus
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Perognathus longimembris brevinasus
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Perognathus longimembris gulosus
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Perognathus longimembris internationalis
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Perognathus longimembris kinoensis
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Perognathus longimembris longimembris
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Perognathus longimembris nevadensis
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Perognathus longimembris pacificus
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Perognathus longimembris panamintinus
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Perognathus longimembris pimensis
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Perognathus longimembris salinensis
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Perognathus longimembris tularensis
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Perognathus longimembris venustus
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Otognosis longimembris (Coues, 1875)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Heteromyidae : Perognathus : Otognosis longimembris

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1875Otognosis longimembris Coues
1980Perognathus longimembris Kurten and Anderson p. 234

References

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals
Kurten B., Anderson E. (1980) , Pleistocene mammals of North America, 1-442
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)
Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds., 1999: null. The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals. xxv + 750. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
(1996) database, NODC Taxonomic Code - via Catalogue of Life
(2001) database, Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad - via Catalogue of Life
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (1992) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing - via Catalogue of Life
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (2005) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2 - via Catalogue of Life
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole (2000) Common Names of Mammals of the World - via Catalogue of Life
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)
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 - via Catalogue of Life
Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds. (1999) The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals - via Catalogue of Life
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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