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Dipodomys merriami insularis (San Jose Island kangaroo rat)

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Heteromyidae

Taxonomy
Dipodomys insularis was named by Merriam (1907). It is extant.

It was recombined as Dipodomys merriami insularis by Best and Janecek (1992).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Dipodomys insularis Merriam p. 77
1992Dipodomys merriami insularis Best and Janecek p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderCastorimorpha
superfamilyGeomyoideaBonaparte 1845
familyHeteromyidaeGray 1868
genusDipodomysGray 1841
speciesmerriamiMearns 1890
subspeciesinsularis(Merriam 1907)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Dipodomys merriami insularis Merriam 1907 [San Jose Island kangaroo rat]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: saltatorialg
Diet: granivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 12:40:21
Modified: 2012-05-14 22:23:24
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979
Collections
No collection or age range data are available