Dipodomys heermanni Le Conte 1853

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 : 845

Dipodomys heermanni Le Conte 1853

Dipodomys heermanni Le Conte 1853 , Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 6: 224.

Type Locality: USA, California, Sierra Nevada; restricted to Calaveras River, Calaveras Co. by Grinnell (1922:47).

Vernacular Names: Heermann's Kangaroo Rat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Dipodomys heermanni subsp. heermanni Le Conte 1853

Subspecies Dipodomys heermanni subsp. arenae Boulware 1943

Subspecies Dipodomys heermanni subsp. berkeleyensis Grinnell 1919

Subspecies Dipodomys heermanni subsp. dixoni Grinnell 1919

Subspecies Dipodomys heermanni subsp. goldmani Merriam 1904

Subspecies Dipodomys heermanni subsp. jolonensis Grinnell 1919

Subspecies Dipodomys heermanni subsp. morroensis Merriam 1907

Subspecies Dipodomys heermanni subsp. swarthi Grinnell 1919

Subspecies Dipodomys heermanni subsp. tularensis Merriam 1904

Distribution: Inner coastal ranges and western slopes of Sierra Nevada in C California ( USA).

Conservation: U.S. ESA and California Dept. of Fish and Game – Endangered as D. h. morroensis; U.S. ESA – Presumed Extinct as D. h. berkleyensis [sic]; IUCN – Critically Endangered as D. h. morroensis, Vulnerable as D. h. berkeleyensis, Lower Risk (nt) as D. h. dixoni, otherwise Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Revised by Grinnell (1922). Does not include californicus , see Patton et al. (1976), Williams et al. (1993), and comment under that species. Reviewed by Kelt (1988 a, Mammalian Species No. 323). Williams et al. (1993) recognized all but streatori Merriam as valid subspecies.