Narrow-faced kangaroo rat
Species of rodent
| Narrow-faced kangaroo rat | |
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Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Heteromyidae |
| Genus: | Dipodomys |
| Species: | D. venustus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dipodomys venustus (Merriam, 1904) | |
The narrow-faced kangaroo rat (Dipodomys venustus) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae.[2] It is endemic to California in the United States.[1]
Like all other heteromyids, the dental formula of Dipodomys venustus is 1.0.1.31.0.1.3 × 2 = 20.[3]
Narrow-faced kangaroo rats lives within chaparral, mixed chaparral, and on sandy soils with oak or pine. They are distributed along West-central California in the coastal mountains.[4]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dipodomys venustus.
- ^ a b Cassola, F. (2016). "Dipodomys venustus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T42605A22227166. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T42605A22227166.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Patton, J.L. (2005). "Family Heteromyidae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 849. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Myers, Phil (2001). "Heteromyidae: kangaroo rats, pocket mice, and relatives". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ Best, Troy L. “Dipodomys Venustus.” Mammalian Species, no. 403, 1992, pp. 1–4. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3504315.Retrieved 3 December 2017.
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Extant species of family Heteromyidae (subfamily Dipodomyinae)
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Rodentia
- Superfamily: Geomyoidea
(Kangaroo rats)
- Agile kangaroo rat (Dipodomys agilis)
- California kangaroo rat (Dipodomys californicus)
- Gulf Coast kangaroo rat (Dipodomys compactus)
- Desert kangaroo rat (Dipodomys deserti)
- Texas kangaroo rat (Dipodomys elator)
- Big-eared kangaroo rat (Dipodomys elephantinus)
- San Quintin kangaroo rat (Dipodomys gravipes)
- Heermann's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys heermanni)
- Giant kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ingens)
- San José Island kangaroo rat (Dipodomys insularis)
- Merriam's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami)
- Chisel-toothed kangaroo rat (Dipodomys microps)
- Nelson's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys nelsoni)
- Fresno kangaroo rat (Dipodomys nitratoides)
- Ord's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ordii)
- Panamint kangaroo rat (Dipodomys panamintinus)
- Phillips's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys phillipsii)
- Dulzura kangaroo rat (Dipodomys simulans)
- Banner-tailed kangaroo rat (Dipodomys spectabilis)
- Stephens's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys stephensi)
- Narrow-faced kangaroo rat (Dipodomys venustus)
(Kangaroo mice)
- Dark kangaroo mouse (Microdipodops megacephalus)
- Pale kangaroo mouse (Microdipodops pallidus)
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