Neotoma lepida

O. Thomas, 1893

Desert Woodrat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Neotominae
Tribe : Neotomini
Genus : Neotoma
Subgenus : Neotoma

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1893-09-01. On two new members of the genus Heteromys and two of Neotoma. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)12(69):233-235.

Original name as described

Neotoma lepida

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Utah." Restricted by E. A. Goldman in 1932 to "somewhere on ‘Simpson's route' between Camp Floyd [= Fairfield] (a few miles west of Utah Lake), Utah, and Carson City, Nevada," USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(UT,ID,AZ,NV,OR,CA)

Taxonomy notes

previously included N. insularis

Taxonomy notes citation

Patton, J. L., Huckaby, D. G., & Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T. (2007). The evolutionary history and a systematic revision on woodrats of the Neotoma lepida group. University of California Publications, Zoology 135.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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