Dipodomys pattersoni Dalquest and Carpenter 1986 (kangaroo rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae

Full reference: W. W. Dalquest and R. M. Carpenter. 1986. Dental characters of some fossil and recent kangaroo rats, with description of a new species of Pleistocene Dipodomys. Texas Journal of Science 38(3):251-263

Belongs to Dipodomys according to W. W. Dalquest and R. M. Carpenter 1986

Sister taxa: Dipodomys agilis, Dipodomys compactus, Dipodomys deserti, Dipodomys gidleyi, Dipodomys hibbardi, Dipodomys ingens, Dipodomys merriami, Dipodomys microps, Dipodomys minor, Dipodomys nitratoides, Dipodomys ordii, Dipodomys spectabilis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Burnett Quarry, which is in an Irvingtonian terrestrial horizon in the Seymour Formation of Texas

Ecology: saltatorial granivore

Distribution: found only at Burnett Quarry

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