NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Perognathus
  Subfamily - Perognathinae
  Family - Heteromyidae
  Suborder - Castorimorpha
  Order - Rodentia
  Infraclass - Eutheria
  Subclass - Theria
  Class - Mammalia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Perognathus flavus flavus
      Subspecies - Perognathus flavus bimaculatus
      Subspecies - Perognathus flavus bunkeri
      Subspecies - Perognathus flavus fuliginosus
      Subspecies - Perognathus flavus fuscus
      Subspecies - Perognathus flavus goodpasteri
      Subspecies - Perognathus flavus hopiensis
      Subspecies - Perognathus flavus medius
      Subspecies - Perognathus flavus mexicanus
      Subspecies - Perognathus flavus pallescens
      Subspecies - Perognathus flavus parviceps
      Subspecies - Perognathus flavus piperi
      Subspecies - Perognathus flavus sanluisi
      Subspecies - Perognathus flavus sonoriensis