Neotoma pygmaea Harris, 1984
Pygmy woodrat, Pygmy pack rat
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Mexico
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: UTEP 1-1230
Type locality: Lost Valley Site (UTEP Loc. l), Dry Cave, Eddy Co., New Mexico.
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Harris, Arthur H. (1984). Two New Species of Late Pleistocene Woodrats (Cricetidae: Neotoma) from New Mexico. Journal of Mammalogy 65(4): 560-566. [Abstract]
Other references:
Harris, Arthur H. (1987). Reconstruction of Mid Wisconsin Environments in Southern New Mexico. National Geographic Research 3(2): 142-151.
Harris, Arthur H. (1993). Quaternary vertebrates of New Mexico, pp. 179-197. In: Vertebrate Paleontology in New Mexico, New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Bulletin 2: i-vii, 1-338.