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
1. _D. o. richardsoni_ 2. _D. o. oklahomae_ 3. _D. o. compactus_ 4.
_D. o. sennetti_ 6. _D. o. medius_ 7. _D. o. obscurus_ 14. _D. o.
ordii_ 16. _D. o. extractus_ 23. _D. o. idoneus_ 29. _D. o.
attenuatus_ 30. _D. o. fuscus_ 31. _D. o. longipes_ 35. _D. o.
palmeri_ ]
=Dipodomys ordii terrosus= Hoffmeister
_Dipodomys ordii terrosus_ Hoffmeister, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 55:165, December 31, 1942.
_Dipodomys phillipsi ordi_, Coues and Allen, Monogr. North
American Rodentia, p. 541, August, 1877 (part--the part from
Yellowstone River, Montana).
_Perodipus montanus richardsoni_, Cary, N. Amer. Fauna, 49:124,
December, 1926 (part--the part from Glendive, Montana).
_Type._--Male, no. 93477, Mus. Vert. Zool., Univ. California;
Yellowstone River, 5 mi. W Forsyth, 2,750 ft., Rosebud County,
Montana; obtained on June 2, 1940, by J. R. Alcorn, original no.
1528.
_Range._--Extreme southwestern Saskatchewan and southeastern
Alberta, eastern half of Montana, northern Wyoming and probably
extreme western North Dakota; marginal localities are: 50 mi. W
Swift Current, Saskatchewan; "near Medicine Hat," Alberta; in
Wyoming, Sheep Creek, and 23 mi. SW Newcastle; in Montana,
Medicine Rocks (14 mi. NE Ekalaka), and Glendive.
_Diagnosis._--Size large (see measurements). Color dark, entire
dorsal surface near (_c_) Ochraceous-Buff, purest on sides and
flanks; upper parts mixed with black; arietiform markings, pinnae
of ears, dorsal and ventral stripes of tail and plantar surfaces
of hind feet brownish-black. Skull large; rostrum short, wide and
deep; braincase slightly vaulted; auditory bullae markedly
inflated ventrally; zygomatic arches heavy and bowed laterad;
upper incisors long and robust.
_Comparisons._--From _Dipodomys ordii priscus_, _D. o. terrosus_
differs as follows: Size larger in all measurements taken, except
for length of hind feet, which is less; color darker in all
pigmented areas; skull larger in all parts measured except width
of interparietal, which is less; auditory bullae more inflated
ventrally; zygomatic processes of maxillae wider; rostrum deeper
and shorter.
From _Dipodomys ordii richardsoni_, _D. o. terrosus_ differs as
follows: Size larger; color darker in all pigmented areas; ventral
stripe of tail extending farther distally; skull larger except in
width across auditory bullae, which is the same.
For comparison with _Dipodomys ordii luteolus_ see account of that
subspecies.
_Remarks._--As noted in the comparisons, _D. o. terrosus_ is larger and
darker than _D. o. priscus_, _D. o. luteolus_ or _D. o. richardsoni_,
its closest geographic neighbors, and does not resemble any of them, but
rather resembles _D. o. longipes_ and _D. o. evexus_ in size and
appearance, both of which are distantly removed geographically.
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