Narrow-faced kangaroo rat

Narrow-faced kangaroo rat
Scientific classification
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]

The dental formula of Dipodomys venustus is 1.0.1.31.0.1.3 × 2 = 20, which is the dental formula for all Heteromyids.[3]

Distribution

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

  1. 1 2 Linzey, A.V. & Hammerson, G. (NatureServe) (2008). "Dipodomys venustus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 14 January 2009.
  2. ↑ Patton, J.L. (2005). "Family Heteromyidae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. 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.
  3. ↑ Myers, Phil (2001). "Heteromyidae: kangaroo rats, pocket mice, and relatives". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  4. ↑ 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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