Common Name
Dark Kangaroo Mouse
Order
Rodentia
Family
Heteromyidae
Species Name
Microdipodops megacephalus
States
California
Idaho
Nevada
Oregon
Utah
Distribution
Southeastern Oregon, southern Idaho, northeastern and east central California, northern and central Nevada, and westcentral Utah (USA).
Notes
Reviewed by O'Farrell and Blaustein (1974a, Mammalian Species No. 46). Hafner et al. (1979) discounted the suggestion by Hall (1941:380-382) of hybridization between megacephalus and pallidus. Also, Hall's suggestion (1981:560) that leucotis may warrant