Perognathinae

Subfamily Perognathinae
Taxonomic classification
Order:	Rodentia
Suborder:	Supramyomorpha
Infraorder:	Castorimorphi
Superfamily:	Geomyoidea
Family:	Heteromyidae

Perognathinae is a subfamily of pocket mice. Species found in the United States are listed below.

Available taxon pages

The following tribes are available on WhiskerWiki for this subfamily:

• Tribe: No information
  • Genus: Chaetodipus
    • Subgenus: No information
      • Chaetodipus spinatus
      • Chaetodipus baileyi
      • Chaetodipus rudinoris
      • Chaetodipus penicillatus
      • Chaetodipus intermedius
      • Chaetodipus hispidus
      • Chaetodipus formosus
      • Chaetodipus fallax
      • Chaetodipus eremicus
      • Chaetodipus collis
      • Chaetodipus californicus
  • Genus: Perognathus
    • Subgenus: Cricetodipus
      • Perognathus parvus
      • Perognathus mollipilosus
      • Perognathus alticolus
    • Subgenus: Perognathus
      • Perognathus merriami
      • Perognathus longimembris
      • Perognathus inornatus
      • Perognathus flavus
      • Perognathus flavescens
      • Perognathus fasciatus
      • Perognathus amplus

Character comparison for pocket mice

Images showing antitragus, rump spines, and location of the preauricular and postauricular spot are below this table.

Species	Size	Pelage appearance	Postauricular patch	Subaruicular spot	Antitragus	Tail bicolored	Tail crest	Tail tuft	Rump spines	Lateral lines	Lateral line color
Chaetodipus baileyi	large	coarse	absent	when present, it is small	lobed	distinctly or indistinctly	present	present	absent	faint or absent	buff
Chaetodipus californicus	large	coarse	absent	absent	lobed	distinctly	present	present	present (and on flanks)	present; wide	orangish-yellow
Chaetodipus collis	medium	coarse	absent	present; white and small	lobed	distinctly or indistinctly	present	present	present	present	ochraceous-buff, fawn-colored
Chaetodipus eremicus	medium	somewhat soft	present; faint	absent	lobed	distinctly	present	present	absent	faint or absent	yellowish to ochraceous
Chaetodipus fallax	medium	coarse	absent	absent	lobed	distinctly	present	present	present (and on flanks)	present	buff-colored
Chaetodipus formosus	medium	smooth	absent	present; white or buff	lobed	distinctly or indistinctly	present	present	absent	faint or absent	ochraceous
Chaetodipus hispidus	large	coarse and hispid	absent	absent	lobed	distinctly	absent	absent	absent	present; wide	ochraceous
Chaetodipus intermedius	small to medium	coarse	absent	absent	lobed	distinctly	present	present	present; may be difficult to detect	faint or absent	ochraceous
Chaetodipus penicillatus	small to medium	smooth to coarse	present; faint	absent	lobed	distinctly	present	present	absent	faint or absent	buff
Chaetodipus rudinoris	large	smooth	absent	when present, it is small	lobed	indistinctly	present	present	absent	present	ochraceous
Chaetodipus spinatus	medium to medium-large	coarse	present; faint	present; small	lobed	distinctly or indistinctly	present	present	present	faint or absent	buff
Perognathus alticolus	small to medium	smooth	present; faint	present; white or buff	lobed	distinctly or indistinctly	absent; slightly crested near tip	absent	absent	faint	buffy
Perognathus amplus	small	smooth	present; faint	present; white	lobed	distinctly or indistinctly	absent	absent	absent	present	buffy
Perognathus fasciatus	small to medium	smooth	present: buffy	present; white	absent	indistinctly	absent	absent	absent	present	bright buffy to yellowish buff
Perognathus flavescens	small to medium	smooth	present	present; white	absent	indistinctly	absent	absent	absent	present	dark ochraceous to pale yellowish
Perognathus flavus	small	smooth	present; buff	present; white or buff	absent	indistinctly	absent	absent	absent	present; may be indistinct, buff	buff or ochraceous
Perognathus inornatus	small to medium	smooth	indistinct, buffy	present; white	lobed; very small and not always obvious	indistinctly	absent	absent	absent	present	ochraceous
Perognathus longimembris	small	smooth	present; faint	when present, it is faint	lobed; very small and not always obvious	distinctly or indistinctly	absent	absent or present; if present hairs 3-7 mm	absent	absent or faint
Perognathus merriami	small	smooth	present; clear buff	present; white	absent	indistinctly	absent	absent	absent	present	ochraceous
Perognathus mollipilosus	medium	smooth	present	present	lobed	distinctly or indistinctly	absent; slightly crested near tip	absent	absent	present; faint	olive colored or ochraceous
Perognathus parvus	medium	smooth	present	present	lobed	distinctly or indistinctly	absent; slightly crested near tip	absent	absent	present; wide	buffy yellowish