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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER CASTORIMORPHA
--> FAMILY Heteromyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Dipodomyinae
--> GENUS Dipodomys
SPECIES Dipodomys nelsoni
| Author: | Merriam, 1907. | | Citation: | Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 20: 75. | | Common Name: | Nelson’s Kangaroo Rat | | Type Locality: | Mexico, Coahuila, La Ventura. | | Distribution: | Mexican Plateau from N Coahuila and S Chihuahua to N San Luis Potosi and S Nuevo Leon (Mexico). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Nader (1978) included nelsoni in spectabilis; Anderson (1972) and Matson (1980) presented evidence of specific distinctness. Williams et al. (1993) summarized the evidence of the status of nelsoni and concluded that it is a distinct species. Reviewed by Best (1988b, Mammalian Species No. 326). |
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