Dipodomys nitratoides Merriam 1894

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Heteromyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 844-858 : 847

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11342717

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Dipodomys nitratoides Merriam 1894
status

 

Dipodomys nitratoides Merriam 1894 View in CoL

Dipodomys nitratoides Merriam 1894 View in CoL , Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 9: 112.

Type Locality: USA, California, Tulare Co., San Joaquin Valley, Tipton.

Vernacular Names: San Joaquin Valley Kangaroo Rat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Dipodomys nitratoides subsp. nitratoides Merriam 1894

Subspecies Dipodomys nitratoides subsp. brevinasus Grinnell 1920

Subspecies Dipodomys nitratoides subsp. exilis Merriam 1894

Distribution: S San Joaquin Valley, WC California ( USA).

Conservation: U.S. ESA – Endangered as D. n. nitratoides and D. n. exilis. IUCN – Critically Endangered as D. n. exilis and D. n. nitratoides , Lower Risk (nt) as D. nitratoides and as D. n. brevinasus. California Dept. of Fish and Game - Endangered as D. n. exilis; D. n. nitratoides is of Special Concern; and D. n. brevinasus is California Fully Protected.

Discussion: Revised by Grinnell (1922) and reviewed by Best (1991, Mammalian Species No. 381) and Williams et al. (1993). Considered closely related to merriami , but clearly distinct based on morphological (e.g., baculum, Best and Schnell, 1974), chromosomal ( Stock, 1974), and molecular ( Johnson and Selander, 1971; Patton et al., 1976) characters.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Heteromyidae

Genus

Dipodomys

Loc

Dipodomys nitratoides Merriam 1894

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Dipodomys nitratoides

Merriam 1894: 112
1894
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