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Dipodomys Gray 1841

Description

Dipodomys Gray, 1841. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [ser. 1], 7:521.

TYPE SPECIES: Dipodomys phillipsii Gray 1841.

SYNONYMS: Dipodops Merriam, Perodipus Fitzinger.

COMMENTS: Interspecific relationships summarized by Setzer (1949), Lidicker (1960), Johnson and Selander (1971), Stock (1974), Best and Schnell (1974), and Schnell et al. (1978). Key to species given by Hall (1981:563-564) and Best (1991).

Notes

Published as part of James L. Patton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Heteromyidae, pp. 477-486 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 477, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353079

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Heteromyidae
Genus
Dipodomys
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Rodentia
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Gray
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Dipodomys Gray, 1841 sec. Patton, 1993

References

  • Setzer, H. W. 1949. Subspeciation in the kangaroo rat, Dipodomys ordii. University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, 1: 473 - 573.
  • Lidicker, W. Z., Jr. 1960. An analysis of intraspecific variation in the kangaroo rat Dipodomys merriami. University of California Publications in Zoology, 67: 125 - 218.
  • Johnson, W. E., and R. K. Selander. 1971. Protein variation and systematics in kangaroo rats (genus Dipodomys). Systematic Zoology, 20: 377 - 405.
  • Stock, A. D. 1974. Chromosome evolution in the genus Dipodomys and its taxonomic and phylogenetic implications. Journal of Mammalogy, 55: 505 - 526.
  • Best, T. L., and G. D. Schnell. 1974. Bacular variation in kangaroo rats (genus Dipodomys). American Midland Naturalist, 91: 257 - 270.
  • 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.
  • 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.