Narrow-faced Kangaroo Rat

Narrow-faced Kangaroo Rat
Dipodomys venustus
Narrow-faced Kangaroo Rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Heteromyidae
Genus: Dipodomys
Species: D. venustus
Binomial name
Dipodomys venustus
(Merriam, 1904)

The Narrow-faced Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys venustus, is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is endemic to California in the United States.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Linzey, A.V. & NatureServe (Hammerson, G.) (2008). Dipodomys venustus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 14 January 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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