Neotoma (Teanopus) phenax Merriam 1903

Neotoma (Teanopus) phenax Merriam 1903, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 16: 81.

Type Locality: México, Sonora, Río Mayo, Camoa.

Vernacular Names: Sonoran Woodrat.

Distribution: SW Sonora and NW Sinaloa, México.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Teanopus . Type species of Teanopus, a taxon recognized as genus until reduced to a subgenus by Burt and Barkalow (1942). Karyotype interpreted as highly derived (Koop et al., 1985); highly differentiated from and cladistically basal to most species surveyed by Planz et al. (1996) using mitochondrial DNA restriction site analyses. See Jones and Genoways (1978, Mammalian Species, 108).