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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER CASTORIMORPHA
--> FAMILY Heteromyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Dipodomyinae
--> GENUS Dipodomys
SPECIES Dipodomys compactus
| Author: | True, 1889. | | Citation: | Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 11: 160. | | Common Name: | Gulf Coast Kangaroo Rat | | Type Locality: | USA, Texas, Cameron Co., Padre Isl. | | Distribution: | Mainland, Padre and Mustang Isls of S Texas (USA) and barrier islands of N Tamaulipas (Mexico). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Considered distinct from ordii by Johnson and Selander (1971), Schmidly and Hendricks (1976), and Baumgardner and Schmidly (1981), who also documented sympatry between compactus and ordii. Hall (1981:565) provisionally retained compactus as a subspecies of ordii. Reviewed by Baumgardner (1991, Mammalian Species No. 369). Williams et al. (1993) regarded sennetti J. A. Allen as a valid subspecies. |
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