Dipodomys merriami Mearns 1890
Creators: name: Wilson, Don E.
name: Reeder, DeeAnn
Publisher: name: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Heteromyidae
Dipodomys
Dipodomys merriami

description: Dipodomys merriami Mearns 1890
Dipodomys merriami Mearns 1890, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 2: 290.
Type Locality: USA, Arizona, Maricopa Co., New River, between Phoenix and Prescott (see Lidicker, 1960:165).
Vernacular Names: Merriam's Kangaroo Rat.
Subspecies::
Subspecies Dipodomys merriami subsp. merriami Mearns 1890
Subspecies Dipodomys merriami subsp. ambiguus Merriam 1890
Subspecies Dipodomys merriami subsp. annulus Huey 1951
Subspecies Dipodomys merriami subsp. arenivagus Elliot 1904
Subspecies Dipodomys merriami subsp. atronasus Merriam 1894
Subspecies Dipodomys merriami subsp. brunensis Huey 1951
Subspecies Dipodomys merriami subsp. collinus Lidicker 1960
Subspecies Dipodomys merriami subsp. frenatus Bole 1936
Subspecies Dipodomys merriami subsp. insularis Merriam 1907
Subspecies Dipodomys merriami subsp. margaritae Merriam 1907
Subspecies Dipodomys merriami subsp. mayensis Goldman 1928
Subspecies Dipodomys merriami subsp. melanurus Merriam 1893
Subspecies Dipodomys merriami subsp. mitchelli Mearns 1897
Subspecies Dipodomys merriami subsp. olivaceus Swarth 1929
Subspecies Dipodomys merriami subsp. parvus Rhoads 1894
Subspecies Dipodomys merriami subsp. platycephalus Merriam 1907
Subspecies Dipodomys merriami subsp. quintinensis Huey 1951
Subspecies Dipodomys merriami subsp. trinidadensis Huey 1951
Subspecies Dipodomys merriami subsp. vulcani Benson 1934
Distribution: NW Nevada and NE California to Texas (USA), south to Baja California Sur, N Sinaloa, and Mexican Plateau to San Luis Potosi (Mexico).
Conservation: U.S. ESA – Endangered as D. m. parvus. IUCN – Critically Endangered as D. margaritae and D. insularis; Data Deficient as D. m. collinus and D. m. parvus; otherwise Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Revised by Lidicker (1960). Includes insularis Merriam, viewed as a separate species by Lidicker (1960; see also Huey, 1964, Hall, 1981, and Best and Thomas, 1991 a, Mammalian Species No. 374), but as a subspecies of merriami by Best and Janecek (1992), Williams et al. (1993), and Patton and Alvarez-Castañeda (2000). Also includes margaritae Merriam (see Lidicker, 1960; Williams et al., 1993; Patton and Alvarez-Castañeda, 1999), which has been considered by others to be a distinct species (Best, 1992, Mammalian Species No. 400; Hall, 1981; Huey, 1964). The inclusion of both insularis and margaritae within merriami is supported by mitochondrial DNA sequence data (Riddle et al., 2000 b), although these same data may eventually result in separation of populations of merriami (including insularis and margaritae) from the southern half of the Baja California Peninsula as a species separate from the remaining parts of the species’ range.
description: Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Heteromyidae, pp. 844-858 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 846, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535