Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American RodentsHall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)
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Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Rodents
Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)
Mammals -- North America; Rodents
When Bole (Sci. Publ. Cleveland Mus. Nat. Hist., 5(2):6, December 4,
1937) named and described _Perognathus longimembris salinensis_, he
listed as comparative material of _P. l. bangsi_, a specimen in the
Museum of Comparative Zoology from Parker, Yuma Co., Arizona. There was
some reason to doubt the identification of the specimen since it is the
only record of occurrence of the subspecies from east of the Colorado
River. There is no specimen of _Perognathus longimembris_ from Arizona
in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. There is one specimen of pocket
mouse (18213, a skin only) from 30 miles east of Parker. We think that
this is the specimen seen by Bole because at one time according to the
label, it had been identified as _Perognathus panamintinus_ [=
_longimembris_] _bangsi_. If the identification of this skin-only had
been made by means of Osgood's key (N. Amer. Fauna, 18:14-15, September
20, 1900), the animal would have "keyed out" to _P. longimembris_
because the total length is recorded on the label as 130. Seth B. Benson
has subsequently examined the specimen. The label now bears in
handwriting the name of _P. amplus pergracilis_ and is followed by
Benson's initials as the identifier. Although we lack adequate
comparative material, we consider the specimen to be _P. amplus
pergracilis_ Goldman, because the skin answers well to the description
of _P. a. pergracilis_ and because of the name currently on the label
with Benson's initials.
~Perognathus longimembris panamintinus~ Merriam
In the current literature, Californian specimens of the little pocket
mouse stand identified as _Perognathus longimembris nevadensis_ from
Oasis and vicinity of Benton Station (Grinnell, Univ. California Publ.
Zool., 40:147, September 26, 1933). When one of us (Hall, Mammals of
Nevada, p. 360, July 1, 1946) reported specimens from southwestern
Nevada as _Perognathus longimembris panamintinus_ he did so on the basis
of study of specimens which included those from Oasis (in the California
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology) that he at that time (in ms.) identified
as _P. l. panamintinus_. Those specimens from Oasis have the hair on the
underparts white all the way to the base as also do specimens from
Morans, 5000 ft. (29583/41638 BS), in contrast to the plumbeous
underparts of _P. l. nevadensis_. It is on this basis that we identify
specimens from the places mentioned above as _Perognathus longimembris
panamintinus_. "Vicinity of Benton Station" as given by Grinnell (_loc.
cit._) is interpreted to include Morans, Mono County.
~Dipodomys agilis martirensis~ Huey
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