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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.
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SUBSPECIES heermanni

SUBSPECIES arenae

SUBSPECIES berkeleyensis

SUBSPECIES dixoni

SUBSPECIES goldmani

SUBSPECIES jolonensis

SUBSPECIES morroensis

SUBSPECIES swarthi

SUBSPECIES tularensis

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