Common Name
Merriam's Kangaroo Rat
Order
Rodentia
Family
Heteromyidae
Species Name
Dipodomys merriami
States
Arizona
California
New Mexico
Nevada
Texas
Distribution
Northwestern Nevada and northeastern California to Texas, south to Baja California Sur, northern Sinaloa and Mexican Plateau to San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
Notes
Revised by Lidicker (1960). Includes insularis Merriam, viewed as a separate species by Lidicker (1960; see also Huey, 1964, Hall, 1981, and Best and Thomas, 1991a, Mammalian Species No. 374), but as a subspecies of merriami by Best and Janecek (1992), W