Dipodomys deserti Stephens 1887

Dipodomys deserti Stephens 1887, Am. Nat., 21: 42.

Type Locality: USA, California, San Bernardino, Mohave River (3 to 4 mi [5-7 km] from, and opposite, Hesperia; see Hall, 1981:588).

Vernacular Names: Desert Kangaroo Rat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Dipodomys deserti subsp. deserti Stephens 1887

Subspecies Dipodomys deserti subsp. aquilus Nader 1965

Subspecies Dipodomys deserti subsp. arizonae Huey 1955

Subspecies Dipodomys deserti subsp. sonoriensis Goldman 1923

Distribution: Deserts of E California, to S and W Nevada, SW Utah, W and SC Arizona (USA), NW Sonora and NE Baja California (Mexico).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Revised by Nader (1978). Reviewed by Best et al. (1989, Mammalian Species No. 339). Williams et al. (1993) regard each named form as valid subspecies.