Perognathus flavus

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• Description
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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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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   
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Taxonomy

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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Further Reading

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• A check list of mammals of the North American continent, the West Indies and the neighboring seas. Chicago, 1905. url p. 302, p. 303, p. 660.
• 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.
• Abstract of the proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New York. [New York]: The Society, [1889-1932]. url p. 27.
• 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.
• Annual report. United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. 1st-12th, 1867-1878. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1867-83. url p. 462.
• 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.
• Brigham Young University science bulletin. 8 1966 Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, [1955-1976] url p. 12, p. 26, p. 30, p. 58, p. 73.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 261, p. 274, p. 356, p. 428, p. 50, p. 634.
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• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 102, p. 103, p. 105, p. 456, p. 457.
• Collected writings on mammals. [v.p.]1870-1908. url p. 604.
• Great Basin naturalist memoirs. 1983 [Provo, Utah]Brigham Young University, 1976-1992. url figs. 1-2, page 120.
• 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.
• Mammals of Utah / Kaysville, Utah: Inland Printing Company, 1922. url , .
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• Monograph of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas. Lawrence, Kan.: The Museum. url , p. 168, p. 169, p. 173, p. 174, p. 323, p. 328, p. 346, p. 348, p. 349, p. 357, p. 374, p. 389, p. 404, p. 407, p. 411, p. 412.
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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.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• 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

1. 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]

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