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The Tipton kangaroo rat (Dipodomys nitratoides nitratoides), is a subspecies of the San Joaquin kangaroo rat, a rodent in the family Heteromyidae. [1] [2] Description
Tipton kangaroo rat (D. nitratoides nitratoides) at the California Living Museum in Bakersfield Kangaroo rats inhabit overlapping home ranges. These home ranges tend to be small with most activities within 200–300 ft and rarely 600 ft. [ 4 ] Home range size can vary within species with Merriam's kangaroo rats having larger home ranges than ...
Giant kangaroo rat: Dipodomys ingens: U.S. (CA) E Morro Bay kangaroo rat: Dipodomys heermanni morroensis: U.S. (CA) E San Bernardino Merriam's kangaroo rat: Dipodomys merriami parvus: U.S. (CA) E Stephens's kangaroo rat: Dipodomys stephensi (incl. D. cascus) U.S. (CA) E Tipton kangaroo rat: Dipodomys nitratoides nitratoides: U.S. (CA) E ...
The Santa Cruz kangaroo rat, more closely related to chipmunks and gophers than kangaroos or rats, had not been spotted in the area since the 1940s. The Santa Cruz kangaroo rat, more closely ...
Conservationists rejoiced when California declared the San Bernardino kangaroo rat an endangered species. The celebration was short lived however.
Heteromyidae is a family of rodents consisting of kangaroo rats, kangaroo mice, pocket mice and spiny pocket mice.Most heteromyids live in complex burrows within the deserts and grasslands of western North America, though species within the genus Heteromys are also found in forests and their range extends as far south as northern South America.
Dipodomyinae is the sister group of a Perognathinae-Heteromyinae clade; the two are estimated to have split about 22-24 million years ago.The most recent common ancestor of extant dipodomyines is thought to have lived 15-16 Ma ago, when the two genera split.
Texas kangaroo rat; Tipton kangaroo rat This page was last edited on 29 March 2013, at 10:34 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...