DIPODOMYS. 



Family VI. Heteromyidie. Kangaroo Kats. I'ooket Jlice. 



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Subfamily I. Dipodomyinse. 



Genus 95. I)ipo<loniys. Four-toed Kangaroo Hats. 



Dipodomys Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ist Ser., vn, 1841, p. 521. 



Type Dipodomys phillipsi Gray. 



Macrocolus Wagn., Schreb. Saugth., Suppl., iv, 1844 (no text), 

 pi. ccxxxix. (Fig. of teeth.) 



717. Dipodomys merriami Mearns. 



Dipodomys merriami Mearns, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 

 1890, p. 290. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., n, 

 1901, p. 232, fig. 53. Zool. Ser. Id. Mamm. Middle Amer. & 

 W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 345, fig. XLVIII. 

 Zool. Ser. 

 MERRIAM'S KANGAROO RAT. 



Type locality. New River, between Phoenix and Prescott, Arizona. 

 Geogr. Distr. Arizona south into States of Sonora and Chihuahua, 

 Mexico. 



a. I)i IKX/OIII i/x in I'rri inn i iicriitlriixix Merriam. 



Dipodomys merriami nevadensis Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., ix, 

 1894, p. in. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., n, 

 1901, p. 232. Zool. Ser. 

 NF-:VADA KANGAROO RAT. 



Type locality. Pyramid Lake, Washoe Countv, Nevada. 

 Geogr. Distr. Northwestern Nevada. Range unknown. 



/>. 1 >i ixxlniii u* nn-rritiiiii iiilriitux Merriam. 



Dipodomys merriami nitratus Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., ix, 

 1894, p. 112. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., n, 

 1901, p. 233. Zool. Ser. 

 KEELER KANGAROO RAT. 



Type locality. Keeler, Owens Lake, Inyo County, California. 

 Geogr. Distr. Type locality only. 



K nii'rrinini HI t rnli tlrx Merriam. 

 Dipodomys merriami nitratoides Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., ix, 

 1894, p. 112. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., n, 

 1901, p. 233. Zool. Ser. 

 SIMILAR KANGAROO RAT. 



Type locality. Tipton, San Joaquin Valley, Tulare County, Cali- 

 fornia. 



Geogr. !>istr. South central C.-ilil'ornia. 



