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SPECIES Neotoma (Neotoma) lepida
Author: | Thomas, 1893. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 12: 235. | Common Name: | Desert Woodrat | Type Locality: | USA, "Simpson’s Route" between Camp Floyd (= Fairfield), Utah and Carson City, Nevada (as restricted by Goldman, 1932:61). | Distribution: | SE Oregon to C Utah and WC Colorado, south through Nevada, NW Arizona, and S California, USA, to S Baja California Sur, México. | Status: | IUCN – Data Deficient as N. l. intermedia, otherwise Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Neotoma, lepida species group (sensu Edwards and Bradley, 2002b). Even with removal of N. devia, "lepida" may still represent a composite of two species (Mascarello, 1978; Riddle et al., 2000b). As underscored in the phylogeographic study of Patton and Alvarez-Castañeda (In Press), based on cytochrome b data, populations from the coastal region of W California and the Baja California peninsula (= intermedia) are more genetically differentiated from lepida proper than are those of N. devia. Taxonomic stature of these coastal-peninsular populations, and the possible nomenclatural priority of the insular form bryanti for this complex, await integrated morphological and molecular confirmation (see Patton and Alvarez-Castañeda, In Press). As with N. devia, explicit allocation of species-group synonyms is needed. See Verts and Carraway (2002, Mammalian Species, 699). |
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abbreviata Goldman, 1909 arenacea J. A. Allen, 1898 aridicola Huey, 1957 bella Bangs, 1899 californica Price, 1894 desertorum Merriam, 1894 egressa Orr, 1934 felipensis Elliot, 1903 gilva Rhoads, 1894 grinnelli Hall, 1942 insularis Townsend, 1912 intermedia Rhoads, 1894 latirostra Burt, 1932 marcosensis Burt, 1932 marshalli Goldman, 1939 molagrandis Huey, 1945 monstrabilis Goldman, 1932 nevadensis Taylor, 1910 notia Nelson and Goldman, 1931 nudicauda Goldman, 1905 perpallida Goldman, 1909 petricola von Bloeker, 1938 pretiosa Goldman, 1909 ravida Nelson and Goldman, 1931 sanrafaeli Kelson, 1950 sola Merriam, 1894 vicina Goldman, 1909
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