San Jose Island Kangaroo Rat

San Jose Island Kangaroo Rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Heteromyidae
Genus: Dipodomys
Species: D. merriami
Subspecies: D. m. insularis
Trinomial name
Dipodomys merriami insularis
Merriam, 1907

The San Jose Island Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys merriami insularis) is a subspecies of rodent in the family Heteromyidae.[2] It is endemic to Mexico, where it is found only on San José Island off the east coast of Baja California Sur. Its natural habitat is hot deserts. It is threatened by habitat degradation by feral goats, and predation by feral cats.

References

  1. ^ Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T., Castro-Arellano, I., Lacher, T., Vázquez, E. & Arroyo-Cabrales, J. (2008). Dipodomys insularis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 March 2009.
  2. ^ Patton, James L. (16 November 2005). "Family Heteromyidae (pp. 844-858)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 846. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12700041.