Taxonomy Profile: Dipodomys (Gray 1841)

Dipodomys: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Dipodops
Merriam 1890
Macrocolus
Wagner 1846
Perodipus
Fitzinger 1867
Common Name(s):
Kangaroo Rats []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Dipodomys: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Rodentia
rodents |
esquilo |
preá |
rato |
roedor |
rongeurs |
Suborder : Castorimorpha
Family : Heteromyidae
heteromyid rodents |
Pocket Mice |
Kangaroo Rats |
Kangaroo Mice |
Subfamily : Dipodomyinae
Genus : Dipodomys
Kangaroo Rats |
Dipodomys Direct Children(s):
Dipodomys agilis
(Gambel 1848)
Dipodomys californicus
(Merriam 1890)
Dipodomys compactus
(True 1889)
Dipodomys deserti
(Stephens 1887)
Dipodomys elator
(Merriam 1894)
Dipodomys heermanni
(LeConte 1853)
Dipodomys ingens
(Merriam 1904)
Dipodomys merriami
(Mearns 1890)
Dipodomys microps
(Merriam 1904)
Dipodomys nitratoides
(Merriam 1894)
Dipodomys ordii
(Woodhouse 1853)
Dipodomys panamintinus
(Merriam 1894)
Dipodomys spectabilis
(Merriam 1890)
Dipodomys stephensi
(Merriam 1907)
Dipodomys venustus
(Merriam 1904)
Dipodomys simulans
(Merriam 1904)
Dipodomys gravipes
(Huey 1925)
Dipodomys nelsoni
(Merriam 1907)
Dipodomys ornatus
(Merriam 1894)
Dipodomys: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Alfred L. Gardner
Notes:
Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA
Reference for:
Dipodomys
Expert:
James L. Patton
Notes:
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
Reference for:
Dipodomys
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Dipodomys
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1987-01-01 / 1987-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Resource Publication, no. 166
Page(s):
79
Publisher:
United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Dipodomys
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2000-01-01 / 2000-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Common Names of Mammals of the World
Page(s):
xiv + 204
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-383-3/
Notes:
With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer
Reference for:
Dipodomys
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Dipodomys
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
Page(s):
2142
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Dipodomys
Dipodomys: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Dipodomys: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Interspecific relationships summarized by Setzer (1949), Lidicker (1960), Johnson and Selander (1971), Stock (1974), Best and Schnell (1974), Schnell et al. (1978), Best (1993d), Baumgardner and Kennedy (1994), and Carrasco (2000). Hall (1981:563-564), Best (1991), and Williams et al. (1993) provide keys to Recent species