Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Silky Pocket Mouse
Common Names in Spanish:
Rat髇-De Abazones Sedoso
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- 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
()
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) Mckenna & Bell, 1997:vii,36
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) Mckenna & Bell, 1997:vii,43
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna & Bell, 1997:vii,48
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) Mckenna & Bell, 1997:viii,49
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) Mckenna & Bell, 1997:viii,80
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna in Stucky & Mckenna in Benton, Ed., 1993:7
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
()
- (Szalay & Mckenna, 1971) Mckenna, 1975:41
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
()
- (Weber, 1904) Mckenna & Bell, 1997:viii, 113
- Order:
Rodentia
()
- Rodents
- Family:
Heteromyidae
()
- 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:
Heteromyidae
(
- 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 . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 22-Apr-2004
Similar Species
Members of the genus Perognathus
There are approximately 110 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
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 ammodytes · P. amplus amplus (Fort Verde Pocket Mouse) · P. amplus cineris (Wupatki Pocket Mouse) · P. amplus jacksoni · P. amplus pergracilis · P. amplus rotundus · P. amplus taylori · P. ancenensis · P. anthonyi · P. apache apache · P. apache gypsi · P. arenarius · P. artus · P. baileyi baileyi · P. baileyi insularis · P. brevidens · P. californicus californicus · P. californicus dispar · P. dalquesti · P. eremicus · P. fallax fallax · P. fallax pallidus · P. fasciatus (Olive-Backed Pocket Mouse) · P. fasciatus fasciatus · P. fasciatus infraluteus · P. femoralis · P. flavescens (Plains Pocket Mouse) · P. flavescens apache · P. flavescens caryi · P. flavescens copei · P. flavescens flavescens · P. flavescens melanotis · P. flavescens perniger (Plains Pocket Mouse) · P. flavescens relictus · P. flavus (Silky Pocket Mouse) · P. flavus bunkeri · P. flavus flavus · P. flavus goodpasteri (Goodpaster's Silky Pocket Mouse) · P. flavus hopiensis (Silky Pocket Mouse) · P. flavus medius · P. flavus mexicanus · P. flavus pallescens · P. flavus sanluisi · P. formosus mesembrinus · P. formosus mohavensis · P. furlongi · P. gidleyi · P. goldmani · P. henryredfieldi · P. hispidus maximus · P. hispidus paradoxus · P. hispidus spilotus · P. huastecensis · P. inornatus (San Joaquin Pocket Mouse) · P. inornatus inoratus · P. inornatus inornatus (San Joaquin Pocket Mouse) · P. inornatus neglectus (Mckittrick Pocket Mouse) · P. inornatus psammophilus (Salinas Pocket Mouse) · P. inornatus sillimani · P. intermedius ater · P. intermedius phasma · P. longimembris (Little Pocket Mouse) · P. longimembris aestivus · P. longimembris arizonensis · P. longimembris bangsi (Palm Springs Little Pocket Mouse) · P. longimembris bombycinus · P. longimembris brevinasus (Los Angeles Little Pocket Mouse) · P. longimembris gulosus · P. longimembris internationalis (Jacumba Little Pocket Mouse) · P. longimembris kinoensis · P. longimembris longimembris · P. longimembris nevadensis · P. longimembris pacificus (Pacific Pocket Mouse) · P. longimembris panamintinus · P. longimembris salinensis · P. longimembris venustus · P. maldei · P. mclaughlini · P. merriami (Great Basin Pocket Mouse) · P. merriami gilvus · P. merriami merriami · P. minutus · P. nelsoni canescens · P. pacificus · P. panimintinus · P. parvus (Great Basin Pocket Mouse) · P. parvus lordi · P. parvus mollipilosus · P. parvus olivaceus · P. parvus parvus · P. parvus xanthonotus (Yellow-Eared Pocket Mouse) · P. parvus yakimensis · P. pearlettensis
Bibliography
- 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.
- 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.
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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.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 4, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 11, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 10 providers.
- Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 11, 2008:
- Burke Museum: Mammal Specimens
- Comisi贸n nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Colecci贸n de Mam铆feros de la Sierra Volc谩nica Transversal de M茅xico (UAM-I)
- Comisi贸n nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Colecci贸n de Mam铆feros de Nuevo Le贸n, M茅xico (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: 2482923
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-180262
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 241816
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 180262
- IUCN ID: 16635
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AMAFD01030
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 6553
