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SPECIES Onychomys leucogaster

Author:Wied-Neuwied, 1841.
Citation:Reise in Nord America, 2: 99.
Common Name:Northern Grasshopper Mouse
Type Locality:USA, North Dakota, Oliver Co., Mandan village near Fort Clark.
Distribution:S Alberta, S Saskatchewan, and SW Manitoba, Canada, south through much of Great Plains and Great Basin region of USA, to NC Sonora and N Tamaulipas, México.
Status:IUCN – Data Deficient as O. l. durranti, otherwise Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Geographic variation and subspecific taxonomy reviewed for C Great Plains (Engstrom and J. Choate, 1979) and for Great Basin region (Riddle and J. Choate, 1986). Biogeographic implications of intraspecific differentiation explored by Riddle and J. Choate (1986) and Riddle et al. (1993). See McCarty (1978, Mammalian Species, 87).
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Synonyms:

    albescens Merriam, 1904
    arcticeps Rhoads, 1898
    breviauritus Hollister, 1913
    brevicaudus Merriam, 1891
    capitulatus Hollister, 1913
    durranti Riddle and J. Choate, 1986
    fuliginosus Merriam, 1890
    fuscogriseus Anthony, 1913
    longipes Merriam, 1889
    melanophrys Merriam, 1889
    missouriensis (Audubon and Bachman, 1851)
    pallescens Merriam, 1890
    pallidus Herrick, 1885
    ruidosae Stone and Rehn, 1903
    utahensis Goldman, 1939

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