Dipodomys nitratoides Merriam 1894

Dipodomys nitratoides Merriam, 1894. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 9:112. TYPE LOCALITY: USA, California, Tulare Co., San Joaquin Valley, Tipton. DISTRIBUTION: S San Joaquin Valley, WC California (USA). STATUS: U.S. ESA and IUCN - Endangered as D. n. nitratoides and D. n. exilis. California Dept, of Fish and Game - Endangered as D. n. exilis; D. n. nitratoides is of Special Concern; and D. n. brevinasus is California Fully Protected. SYNONYMS: brevinasus Grinnell, exilis Merriam. COMMENTS: Very similar to merriami except in bacular morphology (Best and Schnell, 1974). Revised by Grinnell (1922) and reviewed by Best (1991, Mammalian Species, 381).Published as part of James L. Patton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Heteromyidae, pp. 477-486 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 479, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.735307