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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Neotominae
--> GENUS Neotoma
--> SUBGENUS Neotoma
SPECIES Neotoma (Neotoma) leucodon
| Author: | Merriam, 1894. | | Citation: | Proc. Bio. Soc. Wash., 9: 120. | | Common Name: | White-toothed Woodrat | | Type Locality: | México, San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí. | | Distribution: | SE Colorado, E New Mexico, and W Texas, USA, south in the Mexican Plateau to N Jalisco and N México. | | Comments: | Subgenus Neotoma, micropus species group (sensu Edwards and Bradley, 2002b). Rearranged as a subspecies of N. albigula by Goldman (1910), but specific status defended by Edwards et al. (2001) based on phylogenetic analysis of cytochromeb sequences. Hybridization (reported as N. albigula) suspected with N. micropus in Colorado (Finley, 1958) and apparent intergradation of the two in Coahuila (Anderson, 1969); sister species to N. micropus supported by mitochondrial DNA data (Edwards et al., 2001). With changes in specific definitions and geographic ranges, meaningful delimitation of subspecies is currently unwarranted, as noted by Edwards et al. (2001); provisional allocation of other species-group epithets not sampled by those authors should be confirmed. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
durangae J. A. Allen, 1903
latifrons Merriam, 1894
melas Dice, 1929
montezumae Goldman, 1905
robusta Blair, 1939
subsolana Alvarez, 1962
warreni Merriam, 1908
zacatecae Goldman, 1905
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