| Perognathus Temporal range: Early Miocene - Recent
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| Perognathus inornatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Heteromyidae |
| Subfamily: | Perognathinae |
| Genus: | Perognathus Wied-Neuwied, 1839 |
| Type species | |
| Perognathus fasciatus Wied-Neuwied, 1839
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| Species | |
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Perognathus alticola | |
Perognathus is a genus of pocket mouse. Like other members of their family they are more closely related to pocket gophers than to true mice.