Dipodomys nitratoides

C. H. Merriam, 1894

San Joaquin Kangaroo Rat

Dipodomys nitratoides brevinasus, Short-nosed Kangaroo Rat. Oblique view of animal feeding on seeds from a person's hand. Also as San Joaquin Valley Kangaroo Rat.
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Location:USA, CA, San Luis Obispo Co., Elkhorn PlainDate taken:1 January 1988Description:Dipodomys nitratoides brevinasus, Short-nosed Kangaroo Rat. Oblique view of animal feeding on seeds from a person's hand. Also as San Joaquin Valley Kangaroo Rat.

Distribution :

S San Joaquin Valley, WC California, USA

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1098

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Supramyomorpha
Infraorder: Castorimorphi
Superfamily: Geomyoidea
Family: Heteromyidae
Subfamily: Dipodomyinae
Genus: Dipodomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Merriam, C.H. 1894-06-21. Preliminary descriptions of eleven new kangaroo rats of the genera Dipodomys and Perodipus. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 9:109-115.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2328785

Original name as described

Dipodomys merriami nitratoides

Other common names

San Joaquin Valley Kangaroo Rat · Fresno Kangaroo Rat · Short-nosed Kangaroo Rat · Tipton Kangaroo Rat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:54674

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3dea5ec55-435a-4f7f-a87f-b0fbda70c11f

Type locality

Tipton, San Joaquin Valley, Tulare Co., California, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(CA)

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001900

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 7 names and synonyms.

Dipodomys merriami exilis

C. H. Merriam, 1894

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

exilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:34843 (= USNM:MAMM:A43823)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

United States: California: Fresno County, California: 36°44′22″N, 119°50′20″W.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/373c76342-02e8-4fe6-be32-3235e1dc91d7

Authority page

113

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2328786

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:479, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Miller (1912:277, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7828382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11760)

Dipodomys merriami nitratoides

C. H. Merriam, 1894

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

nitratoides

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:54674

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Tipton, San Joaquin Valley, California.

Type locality

United States: California: Tulare County, California: 36°3′36″N, 119°18′37″W.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3dea5ec55-435a-4f7f-a87f-b0fbda70c11f

Authority page

112

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2328785

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:479, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Miller (1912:278, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7828383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11760)

Dipodomys merriami brevinasus

J. Grinnell, 1920

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

brevinasus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:28634

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Hayes Station, near B. M. 503, 19 miles southwest of Mendota, Fresno County, California

Type locality

United States: California: Fresno County, California.

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:28634

Authority page

179

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52848162

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Dipodomys nitratoides brevinasus:

J. Grinnell, 1933

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

brevinasus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

162

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

Grinnell (1933:162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69515)
Williams, Genoways & Braun (1993:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34982)
Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Dipodomys nitratoides exilis:

J. Grinnell, 1933

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

exilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

161

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

Grinnell (1933:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69515)
Williams, Genoways & Braun (1993:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34982)
Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Dipodomys nitratoides:

J. Grinnell, 1933

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

nitratoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

161

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

Grinnell (1933:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69515)
Corbet & Hill (1980:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Patton (1993:479) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69022)
Williams, Genoways & Braun (1993:69) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34982)
Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785978) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6683) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6683) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001900) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6683/22228395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dipodomys nitratoides nitratoides:

J. Grinnell, 1933

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

nitratoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

161

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

Grinnell (1933:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69515)
Williams, Genoways & Braun (1993:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34982)
Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

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