Dipodomys venustus Merriam 1904

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 : 849

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Dipodomys venustus Merriam 1904 View in CoL

Dipodomys venustus Merriam 1904 View in CoL , Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 17: 142.

Type Locality: USA, California, Santa Cruz Co., Santa Cruz.

Vernacular Names: Narrow-faced Kangaroo Rat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Dipodomys venustus subsp. venustus Merriam 1904

Subspecies Dipodomys venustus subsp. elephantinus Grinnell 1919

Subspecies Dipodomys venustus subsp. sanctiluciae Grinnell 1919

Distribution: Outer coast ranges from S San Francisco Bay to Estero Bay and Gabilan Range of San Benito and Monterey counties, WC California ( USA).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Revised by Grinnell (1922), who considered elephantinus a separate species. Best et al. (1996) concluded that elephantinus was only a subspecies of venustus , based on both molecular and morphological comparisons; also see Stock (1974), Schnell et al. (1978), and Hall (1981:574). Dipodomys venustus , exclusive of elephantinus, was reviewed by Best (1992, Mammalian Species No. 403); elephantinus as a distinct species was reviewed by Best (1986, Mammalian Species No. 255).

References

Best, T. L., R. K. Chesser, D. A. McCullough, and G. D. Baumgardner. 1996. Genic and morphometric variation in kangaroo rats, genus Dipodomys, from coastal California. Journal of Mammalogy, 77: 785 - 800.

Grinnell, J. 1922. A geographical study of the kangaroo rats of California. University of California Publications in Zoology, 24: 1 - 124.

Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.

Schnell, G. D., T. L. Best, and M. L. Kennedy. 1978. Interspecific morphologic variation in kangaroo rats (Dipodomys): degree of concordance with genic variation. Systematic Zoology, 27: 34 - 48.

Stock, A. D. 1974. Chromosome evolution in the genus Dipodomys and its taxonomic and phylogenetic implications. Journal of Mammalogy, 55: 505 - 526.