Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2
955
1189
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316535
Neotoma (Neotoma) stephensi
Goldman 1905
Neotoma (Neotoma) stephensi
Goldman 1905
,
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 18: 32
.
Type Locality:
USA
,
Arizona
, Mohave Co., Hualapai Mtns,
6300 ft
(
1920 m
).
Vernacular Names:
Stephen's Woodrat
.
Synonyms:
Neotoma (Neotoma) relicta
Goldman 1932
.
Distribution:
Extreme SC
Utah
, N
Arizona
, and NW
New Mexico
,
USA
.
Conservation:
IUCN
– Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion:
Subgenus
Neotoma
,
lepida
species group (
sensu
Edwards and Bradley, 2002
b
). Morphological separation from
N. lepida
and geographic variation reviewed by
Hoffmeister and de la Torre (1960)
. Sister taxon to
N. mexicana
sensu
lato
based on phallic morphology (
Hooper, 1960
) and restriction-site analysis of mitochondrial DNA (
Planz et al., 1996
), but associated with the
lepida
complex based on cytochrome
b
sequence data (
Edwards and Bradley, 2002
b
). See
Jones and Hildreth (1989
, Mammalian Species, 328).