Neotoma (Neotoma) stephensi Goldman 1905

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1059

Neotoma (Neotoma) stephensi Goldman 1905

Neotoma (Neotoma) stephensi Goldman 1905 , Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 18: 32.

Type Locality: USA, Arizona, Mohave Co., Hualapai Mtns, 6300 ft (1920 m).

Vernacular Names: Stephen's Woodrat.

Synonyms: Neotoma (Neotoma) relicta Goldman 1932 .

Distribution: Extreme SC Utah, N Arizona, and NW New Mexico, USA.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Neotoma , lepida species group ( sensu Edwards and Bradley, 2002 b ). Morphological separation from N. lepida and geographic variation reviewed by Hoffmeister and de la Torre (1960). Sister taxon to N. mexicana sensu lato based on phallic morphology ( Hooper, 1960) and restriction-site analysis of mitochondrial DNA ( Planz et al., 1996), but associated with the lepida complex based on cytochrome b sequence data ( Edwards and Bradley, 2002 b). See Jones and Hildreth (1989, Mammalian Species, 328).