Dipodomys deserti Stephens 1887 (desert kangaroo rat)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Belongs to Dipodomys according to A. E. Wood 1935
See also Alroy 2002
Sister taxa: Dipodomys agilis, Dipodomys compactus, Dipodomys gidleyi, Dipodomys heermanni, Dipodomys hibbardi, Dipodomys ingens, Dipodomys kansensis, Dipodomys merriami, Dipodomys microps, Dipodomys minor, Dipodomys nitratoides, Dipodomys ordii, Dipodomys pattersoni, Dipodomys spectabilis
Ecology: saltatorial granivore
Distribution: found only at Saltmarsh (Quaternary of California)
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