Dipodomys ingens

(C. H. Merriam, 1904)

Giant Kangaroo Rat

Oblique view
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Location:USA, CA, San Luis ObispoDate taken:Jan 1, 1982Description:Oblique view

Distribution :

Western edge of Joaquin Valley, adjacent Carrizo and Elkhorn plains and upper Cuyama Valley of WC California (USA).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 787

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. 1904-07-14. New and little known kangaroo rats of the genus Perodipus. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 17:139-145.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2345556

Original name as described

Perodipus ingens

Type material

USNM:MAMM:128805

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ca81532f-8bc2-4b2d-a9c7-1cd07c674b34

Type locality

"Painted Rock, 20 miles southeast of Simmler, Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo Co., California."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(CA)

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001896

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: 2 names and synonyms.

Perodipus ingens

(C. H. Merriam, 1904)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

ingens

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:128805

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ca81532f-8bc2-4b2d-a9c7-1cd07c674b34

Authority page

141

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2345556

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Miller (1912:273, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7828378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11760)

Dipodomys ingens

J. Grinnell, 1933

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

ingens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

160

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

Grinnell (1933:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69515)
Corbet & Hill (1980:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:384) (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 (1993:55) (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 (2016:230) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6678) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6678) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001896) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6678/220892537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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