HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER CASTORIMORPHA
--> FAMILY Heteromyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Dipodomyinae
--> GENUS Dipodomys
SPECIES Dipodomys heermanni
Author: | Le Conte, 1853. | Citation: | Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 6: 224. | Common Name: | Heermann’s Kangaroo Rat | Type Locality: | USA, California, Sierra Nevada; restricted to Calaveras River, Calaveras Co. by Grinnell (1922:47). | Distribution: | Inner coastal ranges and western slopes of Sierra Nevada in C California (USA). | Status: | U.S. ESA and California Dept. of Fish and Game – Endangered as D. h. morroensis; U.S. ESA – Presumed Extinct as D. h. berkleyensis [sic]; IUCN – Critically Endangered as D. h. morroensis, Vulnerable as D. h. berkeleyensis, Lower Risk (nt) as D. h. dixoni, otherwise Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Revised by Grinnell (1922). Does not include californicus, see Patton et al. (1976), Williams et al. (1993), and comment under that species. Reviewed by Kelt (1988a, Mammalian Species No. 323). Williams et al. (1993) recognized all but streatori Merriam as valid subspecies. |
|
|
|
|