Dipodomys ornatus Merriam, 1894
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Merriam, & Hart, C. (1894). Preliminary descriptions of eleven new kangaroo rats of the genera Dipodomys and Perodipus. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Vol. 9.
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Rodentia
- family
- Heteromyidae
- genus
- Dipodomys
- species
- Dipodomys ornatus
Name
- Synonyms
- Dipodomys phillipsii ornatus Merriam, 1894
- Homonyms
- Dipodomys ornatus Merriam, 1894
- Common names
- Altiplano-Kangururatte in German
- Ornate Kangaroo Rat in English
- Plateau Kangaroo Rat in English
- Plateau Kangaroo Rat in English
- Plateau Kangaroo Rat in English
- Rat-kangourou orné in French
- Rata canguro de altiplano in language.
Bibliographic References
- Fernández, Jesús A., Fernando A. Cervantes, and Mark S. Hafner, 2012: Molecular systematics and biogeography of the Mexican endemic kangaroo rat, Dipodomys phillipsii (Rodentia: Heteromyidae). Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 93, no. 2. 560-571.
- Merriam, C. Hart, 1894: Preliminary descriptions of eleven new kangaroo rats of the genera Dipodomys and Perodipus. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 9. 109-115.