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Dipodomys ornatus  Merriam, 1894
Taxonomic Serial No.: 900653

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Dipodomys phillipsii ornatus Merriam, 1894
  
  Common Name(s): Plateau Kangaroo Rat [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderRodentia Bowdich, 1821 – esquilo, preá, rato, roedor, rongeurs, rodents  
                                  SuborderCastorimorpha A. E. Wood, 1955  
                                     FamilyHeteromyidae Gray, 1868 – heteromyid rodents, Kangaroo Mice, Kangaroo Rats, Pocket Mice  
                                        SubfamilyDipodomyinae Gervais, 1853  
                                           GenusDipodomys Gray, 1841 – Kangaroo Rats  
                                              SpeciesDipodomys ornatus Merriam, 1894 – Plateau Kangaroo Rat  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Fernández, Jesús A., Fernando A. Cervantes, and Mark S. Hafner  
  Publication Date: 2012   
  Article/Chapter Title: Molecular systematics and biogeography of the Mexican endemic kangaroo rat, Dipodomys phillipsii (Rodentia: Heteromyidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 93, no. 2   
  Page(s): 560-571   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0022-2372   
  Notes: doi: 10.1644/11-MAMM-A-224.1   
  Reference for: Dipodomys ornatus, Plateau Kangaroo Rat [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Merriam, C. Hart  
  Publication Date: 1894   
  Article/Chapter Title: Preliminary descriptions of eleven new kangaroo rats of the genera Dipodomys and Perodipus   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 9   
  Page(s): 109-115   
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  Notes: Available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10198445   
  Reference for: original description   
       

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