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
=Arizona=: _Mohave County_: near S Boundary Kaibab Indian
Reservation, 4 (MVZ); 6 mi. N Wolf Hole, 8 (MVZ); 4 mi. N Wolf
Hole; 3 mi. NW Diamond Butte, 7 (USBS); 20 mi. S Wolf Hole, 1
(USBS); 1 mi. W Diamond Butte, 1 (USBS); 6 mi. N Mt. Trumbull, 1
(USBS); Nixon Springs, 6250 ft., W Base Mt. Trumbull, 6 (3 USBS; 3
MVZ); 5 mi. S Trumbull Spring, 1 (USBS). _Coconino County_:
Fredonia, 3 (USBS); 2 mi. W Lees Ferry, 3 (MVZ); Jacobs Pools,
4000 ft., Houserock Valley, 15 (MVZ); 10 mi. S Jacobs Pools,
Houserock Valley, 2 (MVZ); Houserock Valley, 10 (USBS).
=Dipodomys ordii palmeri= (Allen)
_Dipodops ordii palmeri_ Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 8:187,
1881.
_Cricetodipus ordii palmeri_, Trouessart, Catalogus Mammalium,
1:581, 1897.
_Perodipus ordii palmeri_, Goldman, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
30:113, May 23, 1917.
_Dipodomys ordii palmeri_, Grinnell, Journ. Mamm., 2:96, May 2,
1921.
_Cotypes._--Two males, adults, nos. 5886 and 5887, Mus. Comp.
Zool.; San Luis Potosí, Mexico; obtained on May 1, 1878, and
September 1, 1878, respectively, by Dr. Edward Palmer. (Types not
seen.)
_Range._--Eastern Zacatecas, Aguascaliente, northern Jalisco, San
Luis Potosí, Hidalgo, and probably Querétaro; marginal occurrences
are: Zacatecas, Canitas and Berriozobal; Aguascaliente, 1 mi. N
Chicalote; Jalisco, 9 mi. N Encarnación; Guanajuato, Celaya;
Hidalgo, Irolo.
_Diagnosis._--Size small (see measurements). Color dark, entire
dorsal surface (_h_) between Cinnamon and Sayal Brown, purest on
sides and flanks, upper parts strongly suffused with black;
posterior surfaces and fold of pinnae of ears, white; arietiform
markings, plantar surfaces of hind feet, inside of pinnae of ears,
dorsal and ventral stripes of tail, blackish. Skull small; nasals
long; rostrum long and narrow; interorbital region relatively
wide; degree of inflation of auditory bullae about average for
species; zygomatic arches light and bowed laterally; pterygoid
fossae subcircular; braincase but slightly vaulted.
_Comparisons._--From _Dipodomys ordii ordii_, _D. o. palmeri_
differs as follows: Size somewhat larger; color darker; skull
larger; nasals longer and flaring distally; interorbital width
greater; narrower across auditory bullae; interparietal region
narrower; breadth across maxillary arches greater; zygomatic arches
bowed laterally as opposed to relatively straight; pterygoid
fossae more nearly circular; rostrum longer and narrower.
From _Dipodomys ordii sennetti_, _D. o. palmeri_ differs in larger
size, darker color, longer tail and longer skull.
For comparisons with _Dipodomys ordii obscurus_ and _Dipodomys
ordii fuscus_ see accounts of those subspecies.
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