| Neotoma insularis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Neotominae |
| Genus: | Neotoma |
| Species: | N. insularis
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| Binomial name | |
| Neotoma insularis | |
Neotoma insularis, the Angel de la Guarda woodrat,3 is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.1 It is found in the Mexican state of Baja California on Angel de la Guarda Island.14
Description
This species is described as being of medium body size with a relatively short tail.5
Classification
This species, initially described as such by Townsend in 1912, was listed as a subspecies of Neotoma lepida by Burt in 1932.45 Patton et al. (2008) revised the systematic position of Neotoma lepida and found it to be a species complex, with N. l. insularis being readily distinct from N. lepida, by means of mtDNA phylogeny and various morphological attributes, therefore reverting this population to its initial status as a species, as described by Townsend.5
References
References
- Patton, J.; Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T. (2017). "Neotoma insularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017 e.T116989038A119112253. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T116989038A119112253.en.
- Townsend, Charles H. (1912). "Mammals Collected by the 'Albatross' Expedition in Lower California in 1911, with Descriptions of New Species" (PDF). 31 (13). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History: 125. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
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- Verts, B. J.; Carraway, Leslie N. (2002). ""Neotoma lepida"". Journal of Mammalogy. Mammalian Species. 699 (6): 1–12. doi:10.1644/1545-1410(2002)699<0001:NL>2.0.CO;2. S2CID 198968924. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- Patton, J.L.; Huckaby, D.G.; Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T. (2008). "The evolutionary history and a systematic revision of woodrats of the Neotoma lepida group". University of California Publications in Zoology. 135: 1–411. ISBN 978-0-520-09866-4.