Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Merriam's Kangaroo Rat
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,765 meters (0 to 9,072 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
()
- (Szalay & McKenna, 1971) McKenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
()
- (Weber, 1904) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Order:
Rodentia
()
- Bowdich, 1821
- Rodents
- Suborder:
Myomorpha
()
- Brandt, 1855
- Infraorder:
Geomorpha
()
- (Thaler, 1966) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superfamily:
Geomyoidea
()
- (Bonaparte, 1845) Weber, 1904
- Family:
Geomyidae
()
- (Bonaparte, 1845) Gill, 1872
- Subfamily:
Heteromyinae
()
- Tribe:
Dipodomyini
()
- Genus:
Dipodomys
()
- Gray, 1841
- Specific name:
merriami
- Subspecies:
merriami
- Scientific name: - Dipodomys merriami merriami
- Subspecies:
merriami
- Specific name:
merriami
- Genus:
Dipodomys
(
- Tribe:
Dipodomyini
(
- Subfamily:
Heteromyinae
(
- Family:
Geomyidae
(
- Superfamily:
Geomyoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Geomorpha
(
- Suborder:
Myomorpha
(
- Order:
Rodentia
(
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Dipodomys
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 53 species and subspecies in this genus:
D. agilis (Agile Kangaroo-Rat) · D. agilis agilis (Agile Kangaroo Rat) · D. agilis gambel (Agile Kangaroo Rat) · D. californicus (Californian Kangaroo-Rat) · D. californicus californicus (California Kangaroo Rat) · D. californicus eximius (Marysville Kangaroo Rat) · D. compactus (Gulf Coast Kangaroo-Rat) · D. compactus compactus (Padre Island Kangaroo Rat) · D. deserti (Desert Kangaroo-Rat) · D. deserti deserti (Desert Kangaroo Rat) · D. elator (Texas Kangaroo-Rat) · D. elephantinus (Elephant-Eared Kangaroo Rat) · D. gravipes (San Quintin Kangaroo Rat) · D. heermanni (Heerman's Kangaroo Rat) · D. heermanni berkeleyensis (Berkeley Hills Kangaroo Rat) · D. heermanni dixoni (Merced Kangaroo Rat) · D. heermanni heermanni (Heermann's Kangaroo Rat) · D. heermanni morroensis (Heermann's Kangaroo Rat) · D. ingens (Giant Kangaroo-Rat) · D. insularis (San Jose['] Island Kangaroo Rat) · D. margaritae (Margarita Island Kangaroo Rat) · D. merriami (Merriam's Kangaroo-Rat) · D. merriami collinus (Aguanga Kangaroo Rat) · D. merriami merriami (Merriam's Kangaroo Rat) · D. merriami parvus (San Bernardino Kangaroo Rat) · D. microps (Houserock Chisel-Toothed Kangaroo Rat) · D. microps alfredi (Gunnison Island Kangaroo Rat) · D. microps leucotis (House Rock Valley Kangaroo Rat) · D. microps microps (Chisel-Toothed Kangaroo Rat) · D. microps russeolus (Dolphin Island Chisel-Toothed Kangaroo Rat) · D. nelsoni (Nelson's Kangaroo Rat) · D. nitratoides (San Joaquin Kangaroo Rat) · D. nitratoides brevinasus (Fresno Kangaroo Rat) · D. nitratoides exilis (Fresno Kangaroo Rat) · D. nitratoides nitratoides (Tipton Kangaroo Rat) · D. ordi (Ord's Kangaroo Rat) · D. ordii (Ord's Kangaroo-Rat) · D. ordii cineraceus (Dolphin Island Awl-Toothed Kangaroo Rat) · D. ordii ordii (Ord's Kangaroo Rat) · D. panamintinus (Panamint Kangaroo-Rat) · D. panamintinus argusensis (Argus Mountains Kangaroo Rat) · D. panamintinus panamintinus (Panamint Kangaroo Rat) · D. phillipsii (Phillip's Kangaroo Rat) · D. phillipsii phillipsii (Phillips's Kangaroo Rat) · D. simulans (Dulzura Kangaroo Rat) · D. spectabilis (Banner-Tailed Kangaroo-Rat) · D. spectabilis baileyi (New Mexico Banner-Tailed Kangaroo Rat) · D. spectabilis spectabilis (Banner-Tailed Kangaroo Rat) · D. spectabilis zygomaticus (Banner-Tailed Kangaroo Rat) · D. stephensi (Stephens's Kangaroo Rat) · D. venustus (Big-Eared Kangaroo-Rat) · D. venustus elephantinus (Big-Eared Kangaroo Rat) · D. venustus venustus (Narrow-Faced Kangaroo Rat)
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Further Reading
- An account of the mammals and birds of the lower Colorado Valley: with especial reference to the distributional problems presented / by Joseph Grinnell. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1914. url p. 101, p. 106, p. 217, p. 241, p. 78.
- Animal life of the Carlsbad cavern, by Vernon Bailey. .. Baltimore, The Williams & Wilkins Company, 1928. url , p. 189, p. 86.
- Biology of the Heteromyidae / edited by Hugh H. Genoways, James H. Brown. [Provo, Utah]: American Society of Mammalogists, 1993. url p. 241, p. 60, p. 651.
- Brigham Young University science bulletin. 1 1960 Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, [1955-1976] url p. 40.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 277, p. 291, p. 390, p. 408, p. 532, p. 836.
- Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1902-1971. url p. 102, p. 103, p. 225, p. 37, p. 53.
- Catalogue of type specimens of mammals in Chicago Natural History Museum [by] Colin Campbell Sanborn. 32 1947 [Chicago]1947. url p. 237.
- Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- url p. 134.
- Field book of North American mammals; descriptions of every mammal known north of the Rio Grande, together with brief accounts of habits, geographical ranges, etc., by H. E. Anthony. .. with 32 coloured plates and 175 photographs, pen-and-ink sketches and maps. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. url p. 320.
- Great Basin naturalist memoirs. 1983 [Provo, Utah]Brigham Young University, 1976-1992. url p. 115.
- Journal of mammalogy. Baltimore, Md.: American Society of Mammalogists url p. 179, p. 95.
- List of North American land mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911; by Gerrit S. Miller, jr. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1912. url p. 277.
- Naturalist's guide to the Americas, prepared by the Committee on the Preservation of Natural Conditions of the Ecological Society of America, with assistance from numerous organizations and individuals, assembled and edited by chairman, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1926. url p. 564, p. 592, p. 592, p. 593, p. 593.
- North American fauna. Washington: Fish and Wildlife Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U. S. Govt. Print. Off. url .
- Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas. 1990 Lawrence, Kan.: The University, 1971-1994. url p. 27.
- Proceedings - California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 106.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 141, p. 181, p. 205, p. 75.
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 106, p. 107, p. 117, p. 144, p. 145, p. 346, p. 356, p. 591.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 264.
- Studies in neotropical mammalogy: essays in honor of Philip Hershkovitz / edited by Bruce D. Patterson, Robert M. Timm. 39 1987 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1987. url p. 430, p. 446.
- The Great Basin naturalist. 2 1941 Provo, Utah: M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 1939-1999. url p. 134, bienek & grundmann, page 190.
- The coccidian parasites (Protozoa, Sporozoa) of rodents Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1965. url p. 51, p. 52.
- The mammals of the Huachua Mountains, southeastern Arizona Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1954. url p. 107, p. 42.
- Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 13 1964 [San Diego]: The Society, 1905-1989. url p. 121, p. 361, p. 390, p. 412.
- University of California publications in zoology. Berkeley: University Press, 1906- url p. 101, p. 106, p. 128, p. 217, p. 241, p. 320, p. 78, p. 82.
- University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 9 1956 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 162, p. 242, p. 246, p. 25, p. 278, p. 279, plate 4, p. 485, p. 489, p. 528, p. 531, p. 551, p. 560.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 18, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 12 providers.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3404026
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-625249
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13907643
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 625249
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 501341
Footnotes
- Mean = 1,090.530 meters (3,577.854 feet), Standard Deviation = 508.950 based on 258 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
