Life History Notes on the Banner-Tailed Kangaroo Rat, Merriam's Kangaroo Rat, and the White-Throated Wood Rat in Arizona and New Mexico

1940 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gale Monson ◽  
Wayne Kessler
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
New Mexico ◽  
Kangaroo Rat ◽  
Merriam's Kangaroo Rat

Prevalence of cutaneous evaporation in Merriam's kangaroo rat and its adaptive variation at the subspecific level

2000 ◽  
Vol 203 (4) ◽  
pp. 773-781 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.L. Tracy ◽  
G.E. Walsberg
Keyword(s):  
Water Loss ◽  
Evaporative Water Loss ◽  
Evaporative Water ◽  
Kangaroo Rats ◽  
Dipodomys Merriami ◽  
Kangaroo Rat ◽  
Mesic Site ◽  
Merriam's Kangaroo Rat ◽  
Cutaneous Evaporation ◽  
Subspecific Level

Previous estimates suggested that ventilatory evaporation constitutes the major source of water loss in kangaroo rats (Dipodomys spp.). We quantified rates of water loss in Merriam's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami) and demonstrate the degree to which acclimation to a particular thermal and hydric environment plays a role in the intraspecific variation in water loss evident in this species. We draw the following conclusions: (1) that water loss varies intraspecifically in Merriam's kangaroo rat, in association with habitats of contrasting aridity and temperature; (2) that animals from more xeric locations have lower water loss rates than those from more mesic sites; (3) that most water loss is cutaneous, with ventilatory evaporative water loss contributing, at most, only 44% to total evaporative water loss; and (4) that intraspecific differences in rates of water loss are not acclimatory, but fixed. After acclimating under the same conditions, xeric-site animals still show a 33% lower rate of evaporative water loss than mesic-site animals.

An Unusual Distributional Record of Merriam's Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys merriami (Mammalia: Rodentia: Heteromyidae), in Durango, Mexico

2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 242-244
Author(s):  
Félix J. Flores-Zamarripa ◽  
Cristina Gómez-Valenzuela ◽  
Jesús A. Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Dipodomys Merriami ◽  
Kangaroo Rat ◽  
Merriam's Kangaroo Rat

Vocalization in Merriam's Kangaroo Rat

1974 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 465-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. H. Owings ◽  
J. Irvine
Keyword(s):  
Kangaroo Rat ◽  
Merriam's Kangaroo Rat

The effect of climate change on Merriam's kangaroo rat, Dipodomys merriami

2001 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 581-591 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terri L. Koontz ◽  
Ursula L. Shepherd ◽  
Diane Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Dipodomys Merriami ◽  
Kangaroo Rat ◽  
Merriam's Kangaroo Rat

scholarly journals A new Stamnodes from the southwestern United States (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 923 ◽  
pp. 79-90
Author(s):  
Tanner A. Matson ◽  
David L. Wagner
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Life History ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Mexico ◽  
Dna Barcode ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Southwestern United States ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Larval Stages

Stamnodes fergusonisp. nov. occurs from extreme southeastern Arizona through southern New Mexico east into western Texas, USA. Identity of the new species can be reliably determined by external features, genitalic characters, and COI haplotypes. Larvae are believed to be specialists on Salvia pinguifolia and S. ballotiflora. The adult and larval stages and male and female genitalia are illustrated, available DNA barcode data that support the recognition of the new Stamnodes are reviewed, and its life history briefly characterized.

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