Dipodomys californicus Merriam, 1890

James L. Patton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Heteromyidae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 477-486 : 477

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scientific name	Dipodomys californicus Merriam, 1890
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Dipodomys californicus Merriam, 1890 View in CoL . N. Am. Fauna, 4:49.

TYPE LOCALITY: USA, California, Mendocino Co., Ukiah .

DISTRIBUTION: SC Oregon and N California to north of San Francisco Bay ( USA).

STATUS: Subspecies eximius is listed as of Special Concern by the State of California Dept, of Fish and Game.

SYNONYMS: eximius Grinnell, saxatilis Grinnell and Linsdale.

COMMENTS: Considered distinct from heermanni based on chromosomal ( Fashing, 1973) and biochemical data ( Patton et al., 1976). Hall (1981:578) listed californicus as a subspecies of heermanni , without discussion of Patton et al. (1976). Reviewed by Kelt (1988b, Mammalian Species, 324).