Common Name
Stephen's Kangaroo Rat
Order
Rodentia
Family
Heteromyidae
Species Name
Dipodomys stephensi
Status
U.S. ESA – Endangered; California Dept. of Fish and Game – Threatened
States
California
Distribution
Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego cos. Of southern California.
Notes
Relationships to other species of the heermanni group studied by Lackey (1967). Reviewed by Bleich (1977, Mammalian Species No. 73). Uses a network of surface trails linking burrow entrances. Sometimes occupies abandoned pocket gopher or ground squirrel