Biology:Narrow-faced kangaroo rat
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Short description: Species of rodent
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Heteromyidae |
| Genus: | Dipodomys |
| Species: | D. venustus
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| Binomial name | |
| Dipodomys venustus (Merriam, 1904)
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cassola, F. (2016). "Dipodomys venustus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T42605A22227166. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T42605A22227166.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42605/22227166. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ 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. pp. 849. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=12700126.
- ↑ Myers, Phil (2001). "Heteromyidae: kangaroo rats, pocket mice, and relatives". http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Heteromyidae/.
- ↑ Best, Troy L. “Dipodomys Venustus.” Mammalian Species, no. 403, 1992, pp. 1–4. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3504315.Retrieved 3 December 2017.
Wikidata ☰ Q2703587 entry
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