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--> FAMILY Heteromyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Dipodomyinae
--> GENUS Dipodomys
SPECIES Dipodomys ordii
| Author: | Woodhouse, 1853. | | Citation: | Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 6: 224. | | Common Name: | Ord’s Kangaroo Rat | | Type Locality: | USA, Texas, El Paso Co., El Paso. | | Distribution: | SW Saskatchewan and SE Alberta (Canada) and SE Washington south through Great Plains and intermontane basins of W USA, to Mexican Plateau as far south as Hidalgo (Mexico). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Revised by Setzer (1949) and reviewed by Garrison and Best (1990, Mammalian Species No. 353); subspecies follow Williams et al. (1993). Does not include compactus, see Schmidly and Hendricks (1976), Baumgardner and Schmidly (1981), and comment under that species. Williams et al. (1993) provide a list of what they consider as valid subspecies. |
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