Perognathus flavus

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Noun1.Perognathus flavus - small pale yellowish soft-furred rodent of southwestern United States and Mexico
pocket mouse - any of various small nocturnal burrowing desert rodents with cheek pouches and long hind legs and tail
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Rodent species Habitat type GLPD GL December April December April Baiomys taylori -- -- 25 1 Dipodomys merriami -- 1 2 -- Dipodomys ordii -- -- -- -- Dipodomys spectabilis -- -- 3 2 Neotoma albigula -- -- 2 -- Onychomys leucogaster 9 -- 6 -- Peromyscus leucopus -- -- -- -- Peromyscus maniculatus -- -- 9 (3) -- Perognathus flavus 4 1 5 -- Reithrodontomys megalotis -- -- -- -- Sigmodon hispidus -- -- -- -- Overall prevalence (%) 0 0 5.77 0 Rodent species Habitat type MS December April Baiomys taylori -- -- Dipodomys merriami 18 8 Dipodomys ordii 1 2 Dipodomys spectabilis 1 1 Neotoma albigula 7 -- Onychomys leucogaster 7 -- Peromyscus leucopus 1 -- Peromyscus maniculatus 13 4 Perognathus flavus 3 3 Reithrodontomys megalotis 0 1 Sigmodon hispidus 5 4 Overall prevalence (%) 0 0
Otras dos especies, Chaetodipus hispidus y Perognathus flavus (la primera solo en la matriz con Vexillata como genero) comparten un patron similar, excepto porque no se las encuentra en la Peninsula de Baja California (BCa y Calif).
(1997) captured silky pocket mice (Perognathus flavus), deermice (Peromyscus), northern grasshopper mice (Onychomys leucogaster), Ord's kangaroo rats (Dipodomys ordii), and hispid cotton rats in saltcedars, but not in nearby sites with cottonwoods.
Four species (Sigmodon hispidus = hispid cotton rat, Tamias minimus = least chipmunk, Chaetodipus hispidus = hispid pocket mouse, and Perognathus flavus = silky pocket mouse) with fewer than five expected dual captures but one or more observed dual captures were not evaluated further.
leucopus), brush deer-mice (P boylii), Mexican woodrats (Neotoma mexicana), Colorado chipmunks (Tamias quadrivittatus), and silky pocket mice (Perognathus flavus).
crawfordi, as do the western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis), the silky pocket mouse (Perognathus flavus) and Nelson's pocket mouse (Chaetodipus nelsoni) (cf.
Perognathus merriami.--The distribution of Merriam's pocket mouse is known from the western two-thirds of the state, but it is absent from the extreme northern Panhandle and western Trans-Pecos due to the presence of Perognathus flavus (Lee & Engstrom 1991; Davis & Schmidly 1994).
Only a population increase of 1,309% for Perognathus flavus in grass draws was sufficient to cause a vegetation type x year interaction.
Chaetodipus penicillatus (n = 14, n = 6) and Perognathus flavus (n = 1, n = 1) were also captured in traps with the tail-saver device and in traps without the tail-saver device, respectively.
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