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 columbianus_, Hall, Univ. California Publ. Zool.,
37:5, April 10, 1931 (part--the part from Ogden, Utah.)
_Type._--Male, adult, no. 55115, U. S. Nat. Mus. Biol. Surv. Coll.;
Ogden, Weber County, Utah; obtained on July 15, 1893, by Vernon
Bailey, original no. 4085.
_Range._--Between Great Salt Lake and the Wasatch Mountains from
extreme northern Utah, south to northern Sevier County, Utah;
marginal occurrences, all in Utah, are: Promontory Point, Ogden,
St. John, Cedar Valley, Nephi, Aurora, Spring City, Provo and 4
mi. N Draper.
_Diagnosis._--Size small (see measurements). Color dark, entire
dorsal surface (_a_) between Cinnamon-Buff and Clay Color, purest
on sides, flanks and cheeks, with heavy admixture of black in
upper parts; arietiform markings, pinnae of ears, plantar surfaces
of hind feet, dorsal and ventral stripes of tail blackish. Skull
small; rostrum short and narrow; interorbital region moderately
wide; interparietal large, spatulate anteriorly; lacrimal
processes relatively large; braincase vaulted; zygomatic arches
robust and straight; auditory bullae relatively, as well as
actually, greatly inflated.
_Comparisons._--From _Dipodomys ordii marshalli_, _D. o.
utahensis_ differs as follows: Size smaller; color darker; skull
smaller; rostrum longer and narrower; interorbital region wider;
lacrimal processes larger; interparietal region larger; auditory
bullae less inflated; palate longer and narrower.
From _Dipodomys ordii pallidus_, _D. o. utahensis_ differs in:
Size smaller; color darker; skull smaller; rostrum shorter and
narrower; interorbital region narrower; auditory bullae less
inflated laterally, posteriorly and ventrally; interparietal
region larger; lacrimal processes smaller; foramen magnum with
ventral notch as opposed to rounded ventrally; pterygoid fossae
circular as opposed to subcircular; palate longer and narrower.
From _Dipodomys ordii cinderensis_, _D. o. utahensis_ differs as
follows: Size larger, except hind foot which is shorter; color
somewhat lighter, more reddish; skull larger; rostrum longer;
nasals longer; braincase more vaulted; pterygoid fossae circular
as opposed to subcircular; auditory bullae less inflated laterally
but more inflated ventrally.
For comparisons with _Dipodomys ordii columbianus_, _D. o.
fetosus_, _D. o. marshalli_, _D. o. panguitchensis_ and _D. o.
cineraceus_ see accounts of those subspecies.
_Remarks._--The systematic status of _D. o. utahensis_ has long been
in doubt. Several workers have, at various times, considered it to be
indistinguishable from _Dipodomys ordii columbianus_. Durrant and
Setzer (1945:29) recognized it as a valid subspecies and gave diagnostic
characters by which it could be distinguished from _D. o.
columbianus_.
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