Perognathus merriami J. A. Allen 1892

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Heteromyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 844-858 : 858

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scientific name	Perognathus merriami J. A. Allen 1892
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Perognathus merriami J. A. Allen 1892 View in CoL

Perognathus merriami J. A. Allen 1892 View in CoL , Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 4: 45.

Type Locality: USA, Texas, Cameron Co., Brownsville.

Vernacular Names: Merriam's Pocket Mouse.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Perognathus merriami subsp. merriami J. A. Allen 1892

Subspecies Perognathus merriami subsp. gilvus Osgood 1900

Distribution: SE New Mexico east to S Texas ( USA), east from N Chihuahua to Tamaulipas ( Mexico).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Synonymized with flavus by Wilson (1973), but Lee and Engstrom (1991) considered merriami a separate species based on biochemical genetics, as did Anderson (1972) using morphological criteria. Reviewed by Best and Skupski (1994 b, Mammalian Species No. 473).