Chaetodipus formosus

(C. H. Merriam, 1889)

Long-tailed Pocket Mouse

Chaetodipus formosus mesembrinus.
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Location:USA, CA, Riverside co., near Eagle MountainDate taken:Apr 8, 1957Description:Chaetodipus formosus mesembrinus.

Distribution :

W Utah, Nevada, E California, and NW Arizona (USA), and E coast of Baja California to Bahía Concepcion (Baja California Sur, Mexico).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4231

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

Merriam, C.H. 1889-10-25. Preliminary revision of the North American pocket mice. North American Fauna 1:1-36.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799456

Original name as described

Perognathus formosus

Type material

USNM:MAMM:186508

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35dac39ea-1193-4245-b6ac-b5e624a93f8f

Type locality

St. George, Washington Co., Utah, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(UT, CA, NV, AZ)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001936

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: 19 names and synonyms.

Perognathus formosus

(C. H. Merriam, 1889)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

formosus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186508

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35dac39ea-1193-4245-b6ac-b5e624a93f8f

Authority page

17

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799456

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:584, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Osgood (1900:40, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25800009) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14579)
Trouessart (1904:483, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423364) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Grinnell (1933:151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69515)
Corbet & Hill (1980:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Heaton (1985:359, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8885277) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5733)

Perognathus mesembrinus

(D. G. Elliot, 1904)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

mesembrinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:11784

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=f37751ba-c333-4471-bb17-b264fb4e68a1

Authority page

251

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2652831

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

Perognathus formosus cinerascens

(E. W. Nelson & E. A. Goldman, 1929)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

cinerascens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:37685

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:37685

Authority page

105

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34559327

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Perognathus formosus formosus

(J. Grinnell, 1933)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

formosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

151

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

Grinnell (1933:151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69515)

Perognathus formosus mesembrinus

(J. Grinnell, 1933)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

mesembrinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

152

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

Grinnell (1933:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69515)

Perognathus formosus mohavensis

(Huey, 1938)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

mohavensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SDNHM:MAM:11317

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/sdnhm/mammals?id=urn-catalog-sdnhm-mammals-11317

Authority page

35

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5715909

Authority publication

Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History

Perognathus formosus incolatus

(E. R. Hall, 1941)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

incolatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:78855

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:78855

Authority page

56

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34599209

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Perognathus formosus melanurus

(E. R. Hall, 1941)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

melanurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:73442

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:73442

Authority page

57

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34599210

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Perognathus formosus infolatus

(Huey, 1954)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

infolatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SDNHM:MAM:15664

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/sdnhm/mammals?id=urn-catalog-sdnhm-mammals-15664

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2818723

Authority publication

Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History

Perognathus formosus domisaxensis

(Cockrum, 1956)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

domisaxensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:249006

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/348adc413-d9ad-4aaa-bfd2-6675a8f7ce6d

Authority page

131

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39693805

Authority publication

Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)

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