Allen's woodrat
| Allen's woodrat Temporal range: Recent | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Neotominae |
| Tribe: | Neotomini |
| Genus: | Hodomys Merriam, 1894 |
| Species: | H. alleni |
| Binomial name | |
| Hodomys alleni (Merriam, 1892) | |
Allen's woodrat (Hodomys alleni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found only in Mexico. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is the only species in the genus Hodomys.
References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Hodomys alleni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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