Species
Durrant suggested that D. microps speciated from others in the genus as a result of the formation and subsequent recession of Lake Bonneville which occupied much of the Great Basin in the Pleistocene. D. microps can quickly colonize areas that were recently underwater.
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- kangaroo rat
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- P105
- species
- P141
- Least Concern
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DipodomysEndemic rodents of the United StatesFauna of the Great BasinFauna of the Mojave DesertFauna of the Sierra Nevada (United States)Fauna of the Western United StatesIUCN Red List least concern speciesLeast concern biota of the United StatesMammals described in 1904Natural history of the Transverse RangesTaxa named by Clinton Hart Merriam