NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Microdipodops
  Subfamily - Dipodomyinae
  Family - Heteromyidae
  Suborder - Castorimorpha
  Order - Rodentia
  Infraclass - Eutheria
  Subclass - Theria
  Class - Mammalia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Microdipodops megacephalus megacephalus
      Subspecies - Microdipodops megacephalus albiventer
      Subspecies - Microdipodops megacephalus ambiguus
      Subspecies - Microdipodops megacephalus atrirelictus
      Subspecies - Microdipodops megacephalus californicus
      Subspecies - Microdipodops megacephalus leucotis
      Subspecies - Microdipodops megacephalus medius
      Subspecies - Microdipodops megacephalus nasutus
      Subspecies - Microdipodops megacephalus nexus
      Subspecies - Microdipodops megacephalus oregonus
      Subspecies - Microdipodops megacephalus paululus
      Subspecies - Microdipodops megacephalus polionotus
      Subspecies - Microdipodops megacephalus sabulonis