Dipodomys gravipes

Huey, 1925

San Quintin Kangaroo Rat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Huey, L.M. 1925-05-26. Two new kangaroo rats of the genus Dipodomys from Lower California. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 38:83-84.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34557649

Original name as described

Dipodomys gravipes

Type material

SDNHM:MAM:4703

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/sdnhm/mammals?id=urn-catalog-sdnhm-mammals-4703

Type locality

2 mi. [3 km] W Santo Domingo Mission, 30°45'N, 115°58'W, Baja California, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001894

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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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Dipodomys gravipes

Huey, 1925

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

gravipes

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SDNHM:MAM:4703

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/sdnhm/mammals?id=urn-catalog-sdnhm-mammals-4703

Authority page

83

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34557649

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:225) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001894) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6676/22227742) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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