Subspeciation in the Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ordii: KU. Vol 1 No 23 — John Shaqi
Subspeciation in the Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ordii: KU. Vol 1 No 23Setzer, Henry W.
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Subspeciation in the Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ordii: KU. Vol 1 No 23
Setzer, Henry W.
Kangaroo rats
=Dipodomys ordii oklahomae= Trowbridge and Whitaker
_Dipodomys oklahomae_ Trowbridge and Whitaker, Journ. Mamm.,
21:343, August 14, 1940.
_Dipodomys ordii oklahomae_, Davis, Journ. Mamm., 23:332, August
14, 1942.
_Type._--Female, young adult, no. 265454, U. S. Nat. Mus., Biol.
Surv. Coll. (formerly Univ. of Oklahoma, Mus. Zool., no. 14517);
north bank of South Canadian River, 2-1/4 mi. S Norman, Cleveland
County, Oklahoma; obtained on March 16, 1934, by H. L. Whitaker,
original no., X-catalog no. 29312 of U. S. Nat. Mus.
_Range._--Known only from the South Canadian River Valley west of
Minco, Canadian County; and east to Lexington, Cleveland County,
Oklahoma.
_Diagnosis._--Size medium (see measurements). Color light, entire
dorsal surface near (_c_) Vinaceous-Buff, paler on sides with
great suffusion of white; arietiform markings, pinnae of ears,
plantar surfaces of hind feet, proximal ventral portion of tail
and dorsal stripe on tail, brownish. Skull of medium size; rostrum
wide; nasals short, projecting but slightly anteriorly to
incisors; zygomatic processes of maxillae heavy; bullae not
greatly inflated.
_Comparisons._--_Dipodomys ordii oklahomae_ differs from _D. o.
richardsoni_ as follows: Size smaller; color lighter in all
pigmented areas; ventral stripe of tail extending only one-fourth
the length rather than three fourths or to end of tail; skull
smaller in all measurements taken; rostrum heavier; auditory
bullae less inflated; pterygoid fossae larger; braincase slightly
more inflated; nasals more expanded distally; interparietal region
wider.
From _Dipodomys ordii ordii_, _D. o. oklahomae differs_ in: Size
larger in all measurements taken; color lighter in all pigmented
areas; ventral stripe of tail extending one fourth length of tail
rather than to end; skull larger in all respects; rostrum heavier;
zygomatic arches heavier; bullae more inflated ventrally; cutting
edge of upper incisors wider; pterygoid fossae larger; braincase
more vaulted; nasals more expanded distally; orbital region
larger; interparietal region wider.
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