Dark Kangaroo Mouse

Dark Kangaroo Mouse
Dark Kangaroo Mouse
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Heteromyidae
Genus: Microdipodops
Species: M. megacephalus
Binomial name
Microdipodops megacephalus
Merriam, 1891

The Dark Kangaroo Mouse (Microdipodops megacephalus) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is endemic to California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Utah in the United States.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Linzey, A.V. & NatureServe (Hammerson, G.) (2008). Microdipodops megacephalus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 14 January 2009.



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