Nelson's kangaroo rat

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Nelson's kangaroo rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Heteromyidae
Genus: Dipodomys
Species: D. nelsoni
Binomial name
Dipodomys nelsoni
Merriam, 1907

Nelson's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys nelsoni) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae which is endemic to Mexico.

References [edit]

  1. ^ Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I., Lacher, T. & Vázquez, E. (2008). Dipodomys nelsoni. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 13 January 2009.
  • Patton, J. L. 2005. Family Heteromyidae. Pp. 844–858 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

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