Chaetodipus eremicus

(Mearns, 1898)

Chihuahuan Desert Pocket Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Castorimorphi
Superfamily : Geomyoidea
Family : Heteromyidae
Subfamily : Perognathinae
Genus : Chaetodipus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Mearns, E.A. 1898-08-31. Descriptions of three new forms of pocket-mice from the Mexican border of the United States. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 10(15):299-302.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26893912

Original name as described

Perognathus (Chaetodipus) eremicus

Other common names

Chihuahuan Pocket Mouse · Eastern Desert Pocket Mouse

Type material

USNM:MAMM:21052 (= USNM:MAMM:A36094)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e85094db-82bc-4811-a61d-3d607b6a702c

Type locality

Fort Hancock, El Paso [now in Hudspeth] Co., Texas, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(NM, TX)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001934

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 8 names and synonyms.

Perognathus (Chaetodipus) eremicus

(Mearns, 1898)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

eremicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:21052 (= USNM:MAMM:A36094)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e85094db-82bc-4811-a61d-3d607b6a702c

Authority page

300

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26893912

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Perognathus penicillatus eremicus

(Osgood, 1900)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

eremicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

48

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25800017

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Osgood (1900:48, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25800017) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14579)
Trouessart (1904:484, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423365) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Bailey (1905:138, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801797) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14873)
Miller & Kellogg (1955:373, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7670286) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5718)
Anderson (1972:310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)

Perognathus penicillatus atrodorsalis

(Dalquest, 1951)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

atrodorsalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

LSUMZ:Mamm:5226

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/lsumz/mammals?id=urn-catalog-lsumz-mammals-5226

Authority page

362

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39697272

Authority publication

Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

Miller & Kellogg (1955:373, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7670286) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5718)

Chaetodipus penicillatus atrodorsalis

D. F. Williams, Genoways, & J. K. Braun, 1993

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

atrodorsalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

149

Authority publication

Special Publication of the American Society of Mammalogists

Name usages

Williams, Genoways & Braun (1993:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34982)

Chaetodipus penicillatus eremicus

D. F. Williams, Genoways, & J. K. Braun, 1993

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

eremicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

150

Authority publication

Special Publication of the American Society of Mammalogists

Name usages

Williams, Genoways & Braun (1993:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34982)

Chaetodipus eremicus

T. E. Lee, Riddle, & P. L. Lee, 1996

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

eremicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

67

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Lee, Riddle & Lee (1996:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6753)
Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785979) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:216) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136606) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136606) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001934) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:43) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136606/115210279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Chaetodipus eremicus atrodorsalis

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

atrodorsalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:216) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Chaetodipus eremicus eremicus

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

eremicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:216) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

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