More than 170 subspecies are listed as threatened or endangered under the US
Endangered Species Act. Most of these subspecies were described decades ago on the …

Three species of pocket mice (Chaetodipus artus, C. goldmani, and C. pernix) characterize
the Sinaloan subregion of the Sonoran regional desert. They occur primarily in Sinaloan …

Traditional Dipodomys (sub) species identification uses geography, phenotype, and
external/skull measurements. Such measurements are correlated with size and thus …

Abstract The Morro Bay kangaroo rat Dipodomys heermanni morroensis is a small,
nocturnal, burrowing rodent endemic to the vicinity of Morro Bay in San Luis Obispo County …

The montane sky islands of the Great Basin are characterized by unique, isolated habitats
and communities that likely are vulnerable to extirpation with environmental change. A …

The white-footed deer mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) and the North American deer mouse
(P. maniculatus) are widely distributed throughout North America, often with overlapping …

Rodentia includes all rodents, such as agoutis, squirrels, jutias, beavers, hamsters, dormice,
marmots, prairie dogs, rats, mice, tuco-tuco, and gophers. It is the most diverse order of …

Variation and differentiation among populations provide a framework to decipher how
populations are, or are not, changing due to gene flow, genetic drift, and selection. The …