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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER CASTORIMORPHA
--> FAMILY Heteromyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Dipodomyinae
--> GENUS Dipodomys
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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