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Dipodomys (kangaroo rat)
Taxonomy
Dipodomys was named by Gray (1841). It is extant.
It was assigned to Dipodomyinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980); and to Heteromyidae by Gray (1841) and McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Dipodomyinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980); and to Heteromyidae by Gray (1841) and McKenna and Bell (1997).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1841 | Dipodomys Gray |
| 1980 | Dipodomys Kurten and Anderson p. 231 |
| 1997 | Dipodomys McKenna and Bell |
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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.
G. Dipodomys Gray 1841 [kangaroo rat]
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Dipodomys agilis Gambel 1848 [agile kangaroo rat]
Dipodomys compactus True 1889 [Gulf Coast kangaroo rat]
Dipodomys deserti Stephens 1887 [desert kangaroo rat]
†Dipodomys gidleyi Wood 1935
†Dipodomys hibbardi Zakrzewski 1981
Dipodomys ingens Merriam 1904 [giant kangaroo rat]
Dipodomys merriami Mearns 1890 [Merriam's kangaroo rat]
Dipodomys merriami insularis Merriam 1907 [San Jose Island kangaroo rat]
Dipodomys microps Merriam 1904 [chisel-toothed kangaroo rat]
†Dipodomys minor Gidley 1922
Dipodomys nitratoides Merriam 1894 [San Joaquin kangaroo rat]
Dipodomys ordii Woodhouse 1853 [Ord's kangaroo rat]
Dipodomys ordii montanus Barid 1855 [plains harvest mouse]
†Dipodomys pattersoni Dalquest and Carpenter 1986
Dipodomys spectabilis Merriam 1890 [bannertail kangaroo rat]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.806 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.806 Ma
Collections (117 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Blancan | USA (California) | Dipodomys compactus (20104 20118 20122) Dipodomys compactus, Dipodomys hibbardi (20098 20115) Dipodomys hibbardi (20116) Dipodomys sp. (19714 19722 19725 19737 19739 19740 20093 20095 20099 20102 20106 20120 20540) Dipodomys sp., Dipodomys compactus (20107) Dipodomys sp., Dipodomys compactus, Dipodomys hibbardi (20112) Dipodomys sp., Dipodomys compactus, Dipodomys hibbardi, Dipodomys minor (20108) | |
| Blancan | USA (Arizona) | Dipodomys hibbardi (19650 19659) Dipodomys hibbardi, Dipodomys gidleyi (19658) Prodipodomys minor (19624 19628 19638 19642) | |
| Blancan | USA (Nevada) | Dipodomys gidleyi (20017) | |
| Blancan - Irvingtonian | USA (California) | Dipodomys sp. (20298) | |
| Blancan - Irvingtonian | USA (Arizona) | Dipodomys hibbardi (19652) | |
| Gelasian | USA (Kansas) | Dipodomys hibbardi (19927) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Nebraska) | Dipodomys sp. (20143) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (California) | Dipodomys deserti, Dipodomys merriami (20515) Dipodomys sp. (20124 20126 20173 20176 20177 20178 20180 20181 20186 20187 20189 20191 20192 20195 20200 20205 20206 20207 20209 20210 20211 20212 20214 20216 20220 20223 20230 20232 20233 20234 20244 20245 20248 20249 20251 20319 20327 20374 20454 20460 20464 20470 20472 20528 28221 28223) Dipodomys sp., Dipodomys compactus (20123 20125 20127) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Kansas) | Dipodomys ordii (20165 20295) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Arizona) | Dipodomys gidleyi (20341 20344) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Texas) | Dipodomys ordii (20530) Dipodomys pattersoni (20164) Dipodomys sp. (20163 20413) | |
| Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean | USA (California) | Dipodomys ordii (20146) Dipodomys sp. (20542) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (Colorado) | Dipodomys ordii (20360) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (California) | Dipodomys heermanni (183460) Dipodomys sp. (200313) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Arizona) | Dipodomys sp. (20619) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (New Mexico) | Dipodomys merriami, Dipodomys ordii, Dipodomys spectabilis (93141) Dipodomys sp. (93140) Perodipus montanus (93281) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Kansas) | Dipodomys ordii (20605) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Mexico (Sonora) | Dipodomys sp. (20633) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Texas) | Dipodomys merriami, Dipodomys ordii, Dipodomys spectabilis (74473) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (California) | Dipodomys agilis (20623) Dipodomys sp. (20607 20622) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (New Mexico) | Dipodomys sp. (76059) Dipodomys spectabilis (76060) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial) | USA (Arizona) | Dipodomys spectabilis (93374) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Utah) | Dipodomys microps (93326) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Mexico (Chihuahua) | Dipodomys sp. (71263) | |
| Holocene | USA (Arizona) | Dipodomys merriami (63715) Dipodomys sp. (63710 63724) Dipodomys sp., Dipodomys merriami (63708) | |
| Holocene | USA (Texas) | Dipodomys merriami, Dipodomys ordii, Dipodomys spectabilis (74474) |