Dipodomys elator

C. H. Merriam, 1894

Texas Kangaroo Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Castorimorphi
Superfamily : Geomyoidea
Family : Heteromyidae
Subfamily : Dipodomyinae
Genus : Dipodomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Merriam, C.H. 1894-06-21. Preliminary descriptions of eleven new kangaroo rats of the genera Dipodomys and Perodipus. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 9:109-115.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2328782

Original name as described

Dipodomys elator

Other common names

Loring's Kangaroo Rat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:64802

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e9782de0-9bec-497b-9247-fe5ba4e0071c

Type locality

Henrietta, Clay Co., Texas, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(TX, OK)

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001893

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 1 name and synonym.

Dipodomys elator

C. H. Merriam, 1894

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

elator

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:64802

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e9782de0-9bec-497b-9247-fe5ba4e0071c

Authority page

109

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2328782

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:579, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Bailey (1905:148, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801807) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14873)
Miller (1912:277, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7828382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11760)
Corbet & Hill (1980:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Patton (1993:478) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69022)
Williams, Genoways & Braun (1993:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34982)
Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785978) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6675) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6675) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001893) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6675/22227507) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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