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
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.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24344001Original 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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