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--> SUBFAMILY Perognathinae
--> GENUS Perognathus
SPECIES Perognathus merriami
| Author: | J. A. Allen, 1892. | | Citation: | Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 4: 45. | | Common Name: | Merriam’s Pocket Mouse | | Type Locality: | USA, Texas, Cameron Co., Brownsville. | | Distribution: | SE New Mexico east to S Texas (USA), east from N Chihuahua to Tamaulipas (Mexico). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | 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 (1994b, Mammalian Species No. 473). |
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