Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
silky pocket mouse
Common Names in Spanish:
Rat, Ratón-de abazones sedoso, Ratón-de abazones sedoso
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
Occurs in semi-arid or arid
grasslands and shrublands.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.4 Shrubland - Temperate
- 4 Grassland
- 4.4 Grassland - Temperate
- 8 Desert
- 8.2 Desert - Temperate [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
)
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
)
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
)
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
)
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
)
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
)
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
)
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
)
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
)
- (Szalay & McKenna, 1971) McKenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
)
- (Weber, 1904) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Order:
Rodentia
(
)
- Bowdich, 1821
- Rodents
- Suborder:
Myomorpha
(
)
- Brandt, 1855
- Infraorder:
Geomorpha
(
)
- (Thaler, 1966) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superfamily:
Geomyoidea
(
)
- (Bonaparte, 1845) Weber, 1904
- Family:
Geomyidae
(
)
- (Bonaparte, 1845) Gill, 1872
- Subfamily:
Heteromyinae
(
)
- Tribe:
Perognathini
(
)
- Genus:
Perognathus
(
)
- Wied-Neuwied, 1839
- Specific name:
flavus
- Baird, 1855
- Scientific name: - Perognathus flavus Baird, 1855
- Specific name:
flavus
- Baird, 1855
- Genus:
Perognathus
(
- Tribe:
Perognathini
(
- Subfamily:
Heteromyinae
(
- Family:
Geomyidae
(
- Superfamily:
Geomyoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Geomorpha
(
- Suborder:
Myomorpha
(
- Order:
Rodentia
(
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 22-Apr-2004
Similar Species
Members of the genus Perognathus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 34 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. alticola (White-Eared Pocket Mouse) · P. alticola alticola (White-Eared Pocket Mouse) · P. alticola inexpectatus (Tehachapi White-Eared Pocket Mouse) · P. alticolus (White-Eared Pocket Mouse) · P. alticolus alticolus (White-Eared Pocket Mouse) · P. alticolus inexpectatus (Tehachapi Pocket Mouse) · P. amplus (Arizona Pocket Mouse) · P. amplus amplus (Fort Verde Pocket Mouse) · P. amplus cineris (Wupatki Pocket Mouse) · P. fasciatus (Olive-Backed Pocket Mouse) · P. fasciatus fasciatus (Olive-Backed Pocket Mouse) · P. flavescens (Plains Pocket Mouse) · P. flavescens flavescens (Plains Pocket Mouse) · P. flavescens perniger (Plains Pocket Mouse) · P. flavus (Silky Pocket Mouse) · P. flavus flavus (Silky Pocket Mouse) · P. flavus goodpasteri (Goodpaster's Silky Pocket Mouse) · P. flavus hopiensis (Silky Pocket Mouse) · P. inornatus (Salinas Pocket Mouse) · P. inornatus inornatus (San Joaquin Pocket Mouse) · P. inornatus neglectus (Mckittrick Pocket Mouse) · P. inornatus psammophilus (Salinas Pocket Mouse) · P. longimembris (Los Angeles Little Pocket Mouse) · P. longimembris bangsi (Palm Springs Little Pocket Mouse) · P. longimembris brevinasus (Los Angeles Little Pocket Mouse) · P. longimembris internationalis (Jacumba Little Pocket Mouse) · P. longimembris longimembris (Little Pocket Mouse) · P. longimembris pacificus (Pacific Pocket Mouse) · P. merriami (Great Basin Pocket Mouse) · P. merriami merriami (Merriam's Pocket Mouse) · P. parvus (Yellow-Eared Pocket Mouse) · P. parvus parvus (Great Basin Pocket Mouse) · P. parvus xanthonotus (Yellow-Eared Pocket Mouse) · P. xanthanotus (Yellow-Eared Pocket Mouse)
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- A checklist of the vertebrate animals of Kansas / George D. Potts, Joseph T. Collins. [Lawrence, Kan.]: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1991. url p. 3.
- A list of the land and sea mammals of North America north of Mexico. Supplement to the synopsis. By D.G. Elliot. 2 1901 Chicago, 1901. url p. 502.
- A synopsis of the mammals of North America and the adjacent seas, by Daniel Giraud Elliot... 2 1901 Chicago, [Field Columbia Museum]1901. url fig. 56 , p. 242, p. 459, p. xiv.
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- Animal life of the Carlsbad cavern, by Vernon Bailey. .. Baltimore, The Williams & Wilkins Company, 1928. url p. 192, p. 89.
- Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. url p. 89.
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- Biology of the Heteromyidae / edited by Hugh H. Genoways, James H. Brown. [Provo, Utah]: American Society of Mammalogists, 1993. url p. 160, p. 165, p. 166, p. 168, p. 170, p. 175, p. 184, p. 219, p. 223, p. 227, p. 252, p. 330, p. 396, p. 406, p. 413, p. 416, p. 419, p. 422, p. 433, p. 449, p. 450, p. 454, p. 495, p. 516.
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- Handbook of mammals of Kansas / by E. Raymond Hall. 1955 Lawrence, Kansas: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1955. url fig. 26, page 108, p. 3.
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Notes
Contributors
- Baillie, J. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Baillie, J. 1996. Perognathus flavus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
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- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 11, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 10 providers.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Linzey, A.V., Timm, R., Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I. & Lacher, T. 2008. Perognathus flavus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 03February2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 11, 2008:
- Burke Museum: Mammal Specimens
- Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Colección de Mamíferos de la Sierra Volcánica Transversal de México (UAM-I)
- Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Colección de Mamíferos de Nuevo León, México (UANL)
- Field Museum: Mammal specimens
- Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science: Mammal specimens
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
- Museum of Texas Tech University (TTU): Mammal specimens
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
- Sternberg Museum of Natural History: Mammal Collection
- UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNMA/Coleccion Nacional de Mamiferos
- University of Alaska Museum of the North: DGR Mammals Specimens
- University of Alaska Museum of the North: MSB Mammals Specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 110282
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-180262
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 180262
- IUCN ID: 231290
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AMAFD01030
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 6553
Footnotes
- Linzey, A.V., Timm, R., Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I. & Lacher, T. 2008. Perognathus flavus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 03 February 2012. [back]
