Perognathus parvus (rodent)

Mass: 21.8 g based on Djawdan and Garland Jr 1988 and Morton et al. 1980

Abundance: 0.04 to 84.54% (median 20.73%)

Latitudinal range: 40.1° to 46.6°

Habitats: (6), desert/xeric shrubland (3)

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Found in 9 samples

United States: Raft River Valley, Project ALE (1967), Idaho National Engineering Laboratory Site (day 1, grid 1), Bone Cave (Holocene), Camels Back Cave (Stratum I) (Holocene), Camels Back Cave (Stratum II) (Holocene), Marmes Rockshelter (Harrison horizon) (Pleistocene - Holocene), Marmes Rockshelter (Marmes horizon) (Holocene), Marmes Rockshelter (A6-16 horizon) (Late Pleistocene)

Size measurements:
body mass24.4 gN = 9Djawdan and Garland Jr 1988
body mass17.8 gN = 5Morton et al. 1980
♀ hind foot length22.50 mmN = 4Broadbooks 1954
♀ hind foot length21.30 mmN = 7Broadbooks 1954
♀ hind foot length22.33 mmN = 6Broadbooks 1954
♀ hind foot length22.80 mmN = 4Broadbooks 1954
♂ hind foot length22.86 mmN = 7Broadbooks 1954
♂ hind foot length22.00 mmN = 19Broadbooks 1954
♂ hind foot length22.97 mmN = 11Broadbooks 1954
♂ hind foot length22.11 mmN = 9Broadbooks 1954
♂ hind foot length23 mmN = 1Merriam 1894
hind foot length22 mmN = 11Merriam 1894
♀ skull length25.15 mmN = 8Broadbooks 1954
♀ skull length24.70 mmN = 9Broadbooks 1954
♀ skull length24.86 mmN = 5Broadbooks 1954
♀ skull length26.08 mmN = 4Broadbooks 1954
♂ skull length25.56 mmN = 12Broadbooks 1954
♂ skull length25.67 mmN = 25Broadbooks 1954
♂ skull length26.01 mmN = 10Broadbooks 1954
♂ skull length27.37 mmN = 9Broadbooks 1954
♀ skull width12.92 mmN = 8Broadbooks 1954
♀ skull width12.91 mmN = 10Broadbooks 1954
♀ skull width13.65 mmN = 6Broadbooks 1954
♀ skull width13.50 mmN = 4Broadbooks 1954
♂ skull width13.03 mmN = 11Broadbooks 1954
♂ skull width13.36 mmN = 23Broadbooks 1954
♂ skull width13.85 mmN = 11Broadbooks 1954
♂ skull width13.93 mmN = 9Broadbooks 1954
♀ tail length89.00 mmN = 4Broadbooks 1954
♀ tail length87.20 mmN = 10Broadbooks 1954
♀ tail length92.00 mmN = 6Broadbooks 1954
♀ tail length92.75 mmN = 4Broadbooks 1954
♂ tail length90.14 mmN = 7Broadbooks 1954
♂ tail length90.78 mmN = 18Broadbooks 1954
♂ tail length90.20 mmN = 10Broadbooks 1954
♂ tail length95.50 mmN = 8Broadbooks 1954
♂ tail length96 mmN = 1Merriam 1894
tail length89.4 mmN = 11Merriam 1894
♀ total body length172.25 mmN = 4Broadbooks 1954
♀ total body length160.64 mmN = 8Broadbooks 1954
♀ total body length169.67 mmN = 6Broadbooks 1954
♀ total body length172.25 mmN = 4Broadbooks 1954
♂ total body length172.30 mmN = 7Broadbooks 1954
♂ total body length169.50 mmN = 19Broadbooks 1954
♂ total body length171.00 mmN = 10Broadbooks 1954
♂ total body length179.70 mmN = 9Broadbooks 1954
♂ total body length187 mmN = 1Merriam 1894
total body length170 mmN = 11Merriam 1894

See also Perognathus, Perognathus amplus, Perognathus ancenensis, Perognathus flavescens, Perognathus flavus, Perognathus formosus, Perognathus gidleyi, Perognathus hispidus, Perognathus huastecensis, Perognathus longimembris, Perognathus merriami, Perognathus minutus, Perognathus pearlettensis, Perognathus sp.