Introductory
WILDLIFE SPECIES: Perognathus parvus | Great Basin Pocket Mouse 



ABBREVIATION : 
PEPA

COMMON NAMES : 
   Great Basin pocket mouse


TAXONOMY : 
The scientific name of the Great Basin pocket mouse is Perognathus
parvus (Peale).  It is in the family Heteromyidae [18,19,21,26].
Subspecies of the Great Basin pocket mouse are:

P. p. bullatus Durrant and Lee
P. p. clarus Goldman
P. p. columbianus Merriam
P. p. idahoensis Goldman
P. p. laingi Anderson
P. p. lordi (Gray)
P. p. mollipilosus Coues [18,21]
P. p. olivaceus Merriam
P. p. parvus (Peale) [21]
P. p. trumbullensis Benson
P. p. yakimensis Broadbooks [18,21]

Sulentich [41] and Genoways and Brown [18] classify the yellow-eared
pocket mouse as P. p. xanthonus Grinell, a subspecies of the Great
pocket mouse.  However, Jones and others [26] classify the yellow-eared
pocket mouse as a distinct species, P. xanthonotus (Grinnell).


ORDER : 
Rodentia

CLASS : 
Mammal

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
The Great Basin pocket mouse has been assigned a state rank of S2* by
the Montana Natural Heritage Program [37].

*imperiled because of rarity or other factors making it very vulnerable to
 extinction


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
C. L. Bushey, 1987


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
Janet L. Howard, November 1996


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Howard, Janet L. 1996; Bushey, C. L. 1987. Perognathus parvus. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Wildlife Species: Perognathus parvus | Great Basin Pocket Mouse