288 DIPODOMYS. 



Family VI. Heteroiiiyidie. Kangaroo Rats. Pocket ]fliee. 



Subfamily I. Dipodomyinse. 



Genus 95. Dipoclomys. Four-toed Kangaroo Kats. 



Dipodomys Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ist Ser., vii, 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., 11, 

 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. Dipodomys inei-Ticn)ii nevadensis Merriam. 



Dipodomys m.erriami nevadensis M.err., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., ix, 

 1894, p. III. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 

 1901, p. 232. Zool. Ser. 

 Nevada Kangaroo Rat. 



Type locality. Pyramid Lake, Washoe Countv, Nevada. 



Geogr. Distr. Northwestern Nevada. Range unknown. 



b. Dipodomys meTi^iami nitratus Merriam. 



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

 1894, p. 112. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 

 1901, p. 233. Zool. Ser. 

 Keeler Kangaroo Rat. 



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

 Geogr. Distr. Type locality only. 



c. Dipodomys merriami nitratoides Merriam. 



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

 1894, p. 112. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm.. F. C. M. Pub., 11, 

 1901, p. 233. Zool. Ser. 

 Similar Kangaroo Rat. 



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

 fornia. 



Geogr. Distr. South central California. 



