San Quintin Kangaroo Rat

San Quintin Kangaroo Rat
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Heteromyidae
Genus:	Dipodomys
Species:	D. gravipes
Binomial name
Dipodomys gravipes Huey, 1925

The San Quintin Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys gravipes) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae.^[2] It is endemic to Mexico, where it is known only from western Baja California. The natural habitat of the species is hot deserts. It is threatened by conversion of its habitat to agriculture. Despite intensive efforts, no specimens have been found since 1986 and the species may actually be extinct.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I. & Lacher, T. (2008). Dipodomys gravipes. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 13 January 2009.
2. ^ Patton, James L. (16 November 2005). "Family Heteromyidae (pp. 844-858)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 845. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12700020.