Taxonomy Profile: Perognathinae (Coues 1875)

Perognathinae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Subfamily
Synonym(s):
Perognathidinae
Coues 1875
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Perognathinae: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Rodentia
rodents |
esquilo |
preá |
rato |
roedor |
rongeurs |
Suborder : Castorimorpha
Family : Heteromyidae
heteromyid rodents |
Pocket Mice |
Kangaroo Rats |
Kangaroo Mice |
Subfamily : Perognathinae
Perognathinae Direct Children(s):
Perognathus
(Wied-Neuwied 1839)
Chaetodipus
(Merriam 1889)
Perognathinae: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Alfred L. Gardner
Notes:
Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA
Reference for:
Perognathinae
Expert:
James L. Patton
Notes:
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
Reference for:
Perognathinae
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Perognathinae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
Page(s):
2142
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Perognathinae
Perognathinae: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Perognathinae: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Subfamily name emended by Wood (1935); originally given by Coues as Perognathidinae. Wood (1935:89), Hafner (1978), and Hall (1981) included Microdipodops in the subfamily, a course not followed by Hafner and Hafner (1983), Wahlert (1985, 1988), Ryan (1989a), and Williams et al. (1993). Williams et al. (1993:121) provide a key to the genera