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Dipodomys

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Description

Kangaroo rats, small mostly nocturnal rodents of genus Dipodomys, are native to arid areas of western North America. The common name derives from their bipedal form. They hop in a manner similar to the much larger kangaroo, but developed this mode of locomotion independently, like several other clades of rodents (e.g. dipodids and hopping mice).

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipodomys, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2439509	https://www.gbif.org/species/2439509
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	41678	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41678

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Heteromyidae : Dipodomys

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
-	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
-	Glires
order	Rodentia
superfamily	Geomyoidea	Bonaparte 1845
family	Heteromyidae	Gray 1868
subfamily	Dipodomyinae
genus	Dipodomys	Gray 1841

Common Name

kangaroo rat

Scientific Name

Dipodomys Gray, 1841

Name Published In

Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [ser. 1] vol.7 p.521

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Dipodomys	genus	belongs to Heteromyidae	stated without evidence	Gray, 1841
Dipodomys	genus	belongs to Dipodomyinae	stated without evidence	Kurten and Anderson, 1980
Dipodomys	genus	belongs to Heteromyidae	implied	McKenna and Bell, 1997

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

12 (75%)

First Recorded Appearance

4.90 - 1.80 Ma
Cenozoic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

granivore

Ecospace Comments

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Dipodomys agilis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Agile Kangaroo Rat	1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Dipodomys californicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys compactus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Gulf Coast Kangaroo Rat	11	4.90 Ma Pliocene	0 Ma Extant
Dipodomys deserti species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Desert Kangaroo Rat	1	1.80 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Dipodomys elator species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys gidleyi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	4.90 Ma Pliocene	1.80 Ma Pleistocene
Dipodomys gravipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys heermanni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys hibbardi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	4.90 Ma Pliocene	4.90 Ma Pliocene
Dipodomys ingens species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Giant Kangaroo Rat			0 Ma Extant
Dipodomys merriami species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Merriam's Kangaroo Rat	6	1.80 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Dipodomys microps species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Chisel-toothed Kangaroo Rat	1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Dipodomys minor ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	4.90 Ma Pliocene	4.90 Ma Pliocene
Dipodomys nelsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys nitratoides species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	San Joaquin Kangaroo Rat			0 Ma Extant
Dipodomys ordii species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Ord's Kangaroo Rat	9	1.80 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Dipodomys ornatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys panamintinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys pattersoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	1.80 Ma Pleistocene	1.80 Ma Pleistocene
Dipodomys phillipsii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys simulans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys spectabilis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Bannertail Kangaroo Rat	5	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Dipodomys stephensi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys venustus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Perodipus Fitzinger, 1867	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Heteromyidae : *Perodipus*
Macrocolus Wagner, 1846	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Heteromyidae : *Macrocolus*
Dipodops Merriam, 1890	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Heteromyidae : *Dipodops*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1841	Dipodomys Gray
1980	Dipodomys Kurten and Anderson p. 231
1997	Dipodomys McKenna and Bell

References

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals

Kurten B., Anderson E. (1980) , Pleistocene mammals of North America, 1-442

McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640

Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 7 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Ignoffo,Carlo M. (1959) Louse populations of some rodents of the great Salt Lake Desert - via Phthiraptera.info

Whitaker,John O., Jr.,Thomas,H. H.,Jr.,Best,T. L. (1990) Ectoparasites of Dipodomys elator from north-central Texas with some data from sympatric Chaetodippus hispidus and Perognathus flavus - via Phthiraptera.info

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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