Dipodomys venustus Merriam 1904
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Dipodomys venustus Merriam 1904
Dipodomys venustus Merriam 1904, 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).
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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/D75B2752799301DCCADC161A20996008 (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/6AF118B94AD8F0E5343F7BADFEAD3D7F (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231546970 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Heteromyidae
- Genus
- Dipodomys
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Merriam
- Species
- venustus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Dipodomys venustus Merriam, 1904 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Grinnell, J. 1922. A geographical study of the kangaroo rats of California. University of California Publications in Zoology, 24: 1 - 124.
- 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.
- Stock, A. D. 1974. Chromosome evolution in the genus Dipodomys and its taxonomic and phylogenetic implications. Journal of Mammalogy, 55: 505 - 526.
- 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.