Gulf Coast Kangaroo Rat

Gulf Coast Kangaroo Rat
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Heteromyidae
Genus:	Dipodomys
Species:	D. compactus
Binomial name
Dipodomys compactus True, 1889

The Gulf Coast Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys compactus) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in Mexico and the United States.

References

1. ^ Linzey, A. V. & NatureServe (Hammerson, G.) (2008). Dipodomys compactus. 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.