Neotoma (Neotoma) fuscipes Baird 1857

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1055

Neotoma (Neotoma) fuscipes Baird 1857

Neotoma (Neotoma) fuscipes Baird 1857 , Mammalia, in: Repts. U. S. Expl. Surv., Vol. 8, 1: 495.

Type Locality: USA, California, Sonoma Co., Petaluma.

Vernacular Names: Dusky-footed Woodrat.

Synonyms: Neotoma (Neotoma) affinis Elliot 1898 ; Neotoma (Neotoma) annectens Elliot 1898 ; Neotoma (Neotoma) bullatior Hooper 1939 ; Neotoma (Neotoma) monochroura Rhoads 1894 ; Neotoma (Neotoma) perplexa Hooper 1938 ; Neotoma (Neotoma) riparia Hooper 1938 ; Neotoma (Neotoma) splendens True 1894 .

Distribution: Coastal and Cascade mountains, W Oregon, southwards to Inner Coastal Range, WC California, and N Sierra Nevadas, EC California, USA.

Conservation: U.S. ESA – Endangered as N. f. riparia ; IUCN – Critically Endangered as N. f. riparia, Data Deficient as N. f. annectens , otherwise Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Neotoma , lepida species group ( sensu Edwards and Bradley, 2002 b ). Type species of Homodontomys . Sister‑group relationship subject to conflicting interpretations, either N. cinerea ( Carleton, 1980; Cudmore, 1986; Koop et al., 1985) or the N. lepida complex ( Edwards and Bradley, 2002 b); the former kinship supports synonymy of Homodontomys under subgenus Teonoma , the latter under subgenus Neotoma as enacted by Burt and Barkalow (1942). Subspecific classification revised by Hooper (1938). Patterns of morphological and genetic variation broadly evaluated by Matocq (2003), who demonstrated specific level divergence of southern populations and reinstated those as N. macrotis (see below). See Carraway and Verts (1991, Mammalian Species, 386).