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Dipodomys ordii

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Ord's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ordii) is a kangaroo rat native to western North America, specifically the Great Plains and the Great Basin, with its range extending from extreme southern Canada to central Mexico.

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

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2439541	https://www.gbif.org/species/2439541
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	45830	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=45830

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

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

Taxonomy (PBDB)

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

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
species	Dipodomys ordii	Woodhouse 1853

Generic Name

Dipodomys

Common Name

Ord's kangaroo rat

Scientific Name

Dipodomys ordii Woodhouse, 1853

Name Published In

Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia vol.6 p.224

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Dipodomys ordii	species	belongs to Dipodomys	stated without evidence	Woodhouse, 1853

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

1.80 - 0.30 Ma
Pleistocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

granivore (based on Dipodomys)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

Common Name(s)

Ord's Kangaroo Rat, Rata-canguro Común, Ord S Kangaroo Rat

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipodomys_ordii

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Dipodomys ordii celeripes subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys ordii chapmani subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys ordii cinderensis subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys ordii cineraceus subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys ordii columbianus subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys ordii cupidineus subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys ordii durranti subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys ordii evexus subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys ordii extractus subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys ordii fetosus subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys ordii fremonti subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys ordii inaquosus subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys ordii longipes subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys ordii luteolus subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys ordii marshalli subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys ordii medius subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys ordii monoensis subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys ordii montanus subspecies	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Plains Harvest Mouse	1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Dipodomys ordii nexilis subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys ordii obscurus subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys ordii oklahomae subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys ordii ordii subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys ordii pallidus subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys ordii palmeri subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys ordii panguitchensis subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys ordii priscus subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys ordii pullus subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys ordii richardsoni subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys ordii sanrafaeli subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys ordii sennetti subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys ordii terrosus subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys ordii uintensis subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipodomys ordii utahensis subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1853	Dipodomys ordii Woodhouse
1980	Dipodomys ordii Kurten and Anderson p. 232

References

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

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

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)

Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds., 1999: null. The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals. xxv + 750. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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)

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

(1996) database, NODC Taxonomic Code - via Catalogue of Life

(2001) database, Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad - via Catalogue of Life

Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (1992) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing - via Catalogue of Life

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

Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole (2000) Common Names of Mammals of the World - via Catalogue of Life

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 - via Catalogue of Life

Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds. (1999) The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals - via Catalogue of Life

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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