Perognathus flavus Baird 1855

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 : 857

Perognathus flavus Baird 1855

Perognathus flavus Baird 1855 , Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 7: 332.

Type Locality: USA, Texas, El Paso Co., El Paso.

Vernacular Names: Silky Pocket Mouse.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Perognathus flavus subsp. flavus Baird 1855

Subspecies Perognathus flavus subsp. bimaculatus Merriam 1889

Subspecies Perognathus flavus subsp. bunkeri Cockrum 1951

Subspecies Perognathus flavus subsp. fuliginosus Merriam 1890

Subspecies Perognathus flavus subsp. fuscus Anderson 1972

Subspecies Perognathus flavus subsp. goodpasteri Hoffmeister 1956

Subspecies Perognathus flavus subsp. hopiensis Goldman 1932

Subspecies Perognathus flavus subsp. medius Baker 1954

Subspecies Perognathus flavus subsp. mexicanus Merriam 1894

Subspecies Perognathus flavus subsp. pallescens Baker 1954

Subspecies Perognathus flavus subsp. parviceps Baker 1954

Subspecies Perognathus flavus subsp. piperi Goldman 1917

Subspecies Perognathus flavus subsp. sanluisi Hill 1952

Subspecies Perognathus flavus subsp. sonoriensis Nelson and Goldman 1934

Distribution: SW Great Plains and intermountain plateaus from South Dakota, E Wyoming, and SE Utah ( USA) south to Sonora and Puebla ( Mexico).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt) as P. f. goodpasteri; otherwise Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Revised by Baker (1954); subspecies listed by Hall (1981) and reviewed by Williams et al. (1993). Wilson (1973) considered merriami conspecific, but Anderson (1972) Lee and Engstrom (1991) documented species distinctness of merriami from flavus (see below). Reviewed by Best and Skupski (1994 a, Mammalian Species No. 471).