Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Full reference: R. J. Zakrzewski. 1981. Kangaroo rats from the Borchers local fauna, Blancan, Meade County, Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 84(2):78-88
Belongs to Dipodomys according to R. J. Zakrzewski 1981
Sister taxa: Dipodomys agilis, Dipodomys compactus, Dipodomys deserti, Dipodomys gidleyi, Dipodomys ingens, Dipodomys merriami, Dipodomys microps, Dipodomys minor, Dipodomys nitratoides, Dipodomys ordii, Dipodomys pattersoni, Dipodomys spectabilis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Borchers, which is in a Gelasian terrestrial siltstone in the Crooked Creek Formation of Kansas
Ecology: saltatorial granivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: Kansas collection)
• Blancan of United States (9: Arizona, California)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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