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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER CASTORIMORPHA
--> FAMILY Heteromyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Dipodomyinae
--> GENUS Dipodomys
SPECIES Dipodomys elator
| Author: | Merriam, 1894. | | Citation: | Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 9: 109. | | Common Name: | Texas Kangaroo Rat | | Type Locality: | USA, Texas, Clay Co., Henrietta. | | Distribution: | SW Oklahoma and NC Texas (USA). | | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable; Texas Parks and Wildlife Department – Threatened. | | Comments: | Probably no longer occurs in Oklahoma (Caire et al., 1989). Reviewed by Carter et al. (1985, Mammalian Species No. 232) and Williams et al. (1993). Sexual dimorphism and morphometric variation reviewed by Best (1987, 1993d) and molecular systematic relationships by Mantooth et al. (2000). |
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