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Dipodomys merriami (Merriam's kangaroo rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae

Taxonomy
Dipodomys merriami was named by Mearns (1890). It is extant.

Subspecies
D. insularis
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. heermanni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Dipodomys merriami Mearns
1980Dipodomys merriami Kurten and Anderson p. 232
1992Dipodomys merriami Best and Janecek p. 5

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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
speciesmerriamiMearns 1890

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 Mearns 1890 [Merriam's kangaroo rat]
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Dipodomys merriami insularis Merriam 1907 [San Jose Island kangaroo rat]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.3 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Dipodomys merriami (20515)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Dipodomys merriami (93141)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Dipodomys merriami (74473)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Arizona) Dipodomys merriami (63708 63715)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Texas) Dipodomys merriami (74474)