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SPECIES Dipodomys stephensi

Author:Merriam, 1907.
Citation:Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 20: 78.
Common Name:Stephens’s Kangaroo Rat
Type Locality:USA, California, Riverside Co., San Jacinto Valley, west of Winchester.
Distribution:Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego Cos. of S California (USA).
Status:U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Lower Risk (conservation dependent); California Dept. of Fish and Game – Threatened.
Comments:Relationships to other species of the heermanni group studied by Lackey (1967). Reviewed by Bleich (1977, Mammalian Species No. 73).
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    cascus Huey, 1962

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