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Dipodomys microps (chisel-toothed kangaroo rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae

Taxonomy
Perodipus microps was named by Merriam (1904). It is extant.

It was recombined as Dipodomys microps by Grinnell (1921) and Heaton (1985).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Perodipus microps Merriam
1921Dipodomys microps Grinnell p. 96
1985Dipodomys microps Heaton p. 359

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
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
speciesmicrops(Merriam 1904)

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 microps Merriam 1904 [chisel-toothed 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, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12600 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0USA (Utah) Dipodomys microps (93326)