Phillip's Kangaroo Rat

Phillip's Kangaroo Rat
Phillips's Kangaroo Rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Heteromyidae
Genus: Dipodomys
Species: D. phillipsii
Binomial name
Dipodomys phillipsii
Gray, 1841

Phillips's Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys phillipsii, is a species of rodent in the Heteromyidae family. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitat is hot deserts.

References

  1. ^ Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T., Castro-Arellano, I., Lacher, T. & Vázquez, E. (2008). Dipodomys phillipsii. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 March 2009.
  • Patton, J. L. 2005. Family Heteromyidae. Pp. 844-858 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

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