Common Name
San Joaquin Valley Kangaroo Rat
Order
Rodentia
Family
Heteromyidae
Species Name
Dipodomys nitratoides
Status
U.S. ESA – Endangered as D. n. nitratoides and D. n. exilis; California Dept. of Fish and Game - Endangered as D. n. exilis; D. n. nitratoides is of Special Concern; and D. n. brevinasus is California Fully Protected.
States
California
Distribution
Southern San Joaquin Valley, west central California.
Notes
Revised by Grinnell (1922) and reviewed by Best (1991, Mammalian Species No. 381) and Williams et al. (1993). Considered closely related to merriami, but clearly distinct based on morphological (e.g., baculum, Best and Schnell, 1974), chromosomal (Stock,