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Taxon: Family Heteromyidae Gray, 1868 - pocket mice, kangaroo rats, and kangaroo mice (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation (Gray, 1868) Allen & Chapman, 1893
Original name Gray, 1868:200.
Subsequent rank 1893. Allen & Chapman, 1893: 233.

Variants

Current rankHeteromyinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1868 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 183.
Former rankHeteromyinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1868 Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 58. [inferred]

Synonyms

Synonymous nameSaccomyidae (Family) Baird, 1857 Ref: PBDB: 26 Jul 2015.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full namewangzakmuizen
muisgoffers

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namepocket mice, kangaroo rats, and kangaroo mice
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