Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Yellow-Eared Pocket Mouse
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:
parvus
- Subspecies:
xanthonotus
- Scientific name: - Perognathus parvus xanthonotus Grinnell, 1912
- Subspecies:
xanthonotus
- Specific name:
parvus
- 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
(
Synonyms
Perognathus xanthanotus Grinnell
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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Further Reading
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
- 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. United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C., USA. 79.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
- Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole 2000. Common Names of Mammals of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xiv + 204. ISBN: 1-56098-383-3.
- Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds. 1999. The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xxv + 750. ISBN: 1-56098-845-2.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 18, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10418962
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-625254
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13907616
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 625254
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AMAFD01072
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 178768
