Order Rodentia - Family Heteromyidae Author James L. Patton text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 477 486 book chapter 193477 10.5281/zenodo.7353079 d7982ff8-9a4d-4a58-be28-fc3ee922e379 1-56098-217-9 7353079 Dipodomys nelsoni Merriam, 1907 . Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington , 20:75 . TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico , Coahuila , La Ventura . DISTRIBUTION: Mexican Plateau from N Coahuila and S Chihuahua to N San Luis Potosi and S Nuevo Leon ( Mexico ). COMMENTS: Nader (1978) included nelsoni in spectabilis ; Anderson (1972) and Matson (1980) presented evidence of specific distinctness. Reviewed by Best (1988b , Mammalian Species, 326).