88 MAMMALS OF UTAH 



APACHE POCKET MOUSE 



PEROGNATHUS APACHE (Merriam) 



Perognathus apache Merriam, N. A. F. No. 1, 14, 1889; ibid.. 

 No. 3, 73, 1890; Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y. V, 

 71, 1893, (part) ibid, VII, 216, 1895. 



Perognathus flavus subsp. Merriam, N. A. P. No. 3, 73, 1890. 



Description — Color: Above rich buff, with light ad- 

 mixture of black, effecting a suspicion of olivaceous ; lateral 

 line moderately well defined; below, pure white, ears buff, 

 very faintly dusky within, a white spot on inflexed part and 

 on inferior margin ; tail white below, buff above with traces 

 of dusky toward tip. In the early spring "left-over" pelage 

 the color is a beautiful clear buff with very few dusky-tipped 

 hairs. 



Distribution — Southern Utah, eastern Arizona and 

 western New Mexico. The Utah specimens are from San 

 Juan county. 



PANAMINT POCKET MOUSE 



PEROGNATHUS PANAMINTINUS (Merriam) 



Perognathus longimembris panamintinus Merriam, Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila., September 27, 1894, 265. 



Description — Color : Above, grayish buff, often with a 

 pearly appearance caused by a pale buff ground color over- 

 laid by dark-tipped hairs ; lateral line pale buff, not sharply 

 defined ; subauricular spot small and inconspicuous ; forelegs 

 buffy or white; under parts white; tail, above, dusky, 

 strongly so distally, below buff or whitish. (Osgood.) 



Distribution — Panamint mountains, California, and 

 eastward through southern Nevada to St. George, Utah. 

 The Utah specimens are all from Washington county. 



NEVADA POCKET MOUSE 



PEROGNATHUS NEVADENSIS (Merriam) 



Perognathus nevadensis Merriam, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 

 September 27, 1894, 264. 



Description — Color: Much as in panamintinus, but 

 darker, and with belly colored like sides. 



