Common Name
Heermann's Kangaroo Rat
Order
Rodentia
Family
Heteromyidae
Species Name
Dipodomys heermanni
Status
Listed by U.S. ESA and California Dept. of Fish and Game – Endangered as D. h. morroensis; U.S. ESA – Presumed Extinct as D. h. berkleyensis [sic].
States
California
Distribution
Inner coastal ranges and western slopes of Sierra Nevada in central California (USA).
Notes
Revised by Grinnell (1922). Does not include californicus, see Patton et al. (1976), Williams et al. (1993), and comment under that species. Reviewed by Kelt (1988a, Mammalian Species No. 323). Williams et al. (1993) recognized all but streatori Merriam