Order Rodentia - Family Aplodontidae Author Don E. Wilson text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 417 417 book chapter 194060 10.5281/zenodo.7359187 241f012b-6489-4357-a2d3-30a65aa205af 1-56098-217-9 7359187 Aplodontia rufa (Rafinesque, 1817) . Am. Mon. Mag., 2:45 . TYPE LOCALITY: USA , Oregon , neighborhood Columbia River . DISTRIBUTION: SW British Columbia ( Canada ) to C California ( USA ). STATUS: IUCN - Indeterminate as A. r. nigra and A. r. phaea . SYNONYMS: californica, chryseola, Columbiana , grisea, humboldtiana , leporinus, major , nigra , olympica , pacifica , phaea , rainieri. COMMENTS: See Taylor (1918) .