Microdipodops ruficollaris

E. R. Hall, 1941

Kawich Kangaroo Mouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Hall, E.R. 1941-05-20. New heteromyid rodents from Nevada. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 54:55-61.

Original name as described

Microdipodos pallidus ruficollaris

Other common names

Pale Kangaroo Mouse · Pallid Kangaroo Mouse

Type material

MVZ:Mamm:49254

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"5 mi. S. E. Kawich Post Office, 5400 ft., Kawich Valley, Nye County, Nevada", USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(NV)

Taxonomy notes

split from M. pallidus

Taxonomy notes citation

Hafner, J.C., Upham, N.S., Gowen-Huang, F. and Light, J.E. 2025. Cryptic species and taxonomic revision of kangaroo mice, the rodent genus Microdipodops. Journal of Mammalogy 106(6):1342-1371. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyaf070

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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