Dipodomys ingens (Merriam, 1904)

James L. Patton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Heteromyidae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 477-486 : 478

Dipodomys ingens (Merriam, 1904) . Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 17:141.

TYPE LOCALITY: USA, California, San Luis Obispo Co., Carrizo Plain, Painted Rock, 20 [=25.5] mi (32 km) SE of Simmler .

DISTRIBUTION: Western edge of Joaquin Valley, adjacent Carrizo and Elkhorn plains and upper Cuyama Valley of WC California ( USA).

STATUS: U.S. ESA and State of California Dept, of Fish and Game - Endangered; IUCN - Indeterminate. Extirpated over much of its original range.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Williams and Kilburn (1991, Mammalian Species, 377).