Narrow-faced kangaroo rat
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| Narrow-faced kangaroo rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Heteromyidae |
| Genus: | Dipodomys |
| Species: | D. venustus
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| Dipodomys venustus (Merriam, 1904)
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The narrow-faced kangaroo rat (Dipodomys venustus) is one of almost 20 species of kangaroo rats, a rodent in the family Heteromyidae.[2] It is endemic to California in the United States.[1]
Like all other heteromyids, the dental formula of Dipodomys venustus is 1.0.1.31.0.1.3 × 2 = 20.[3]
Narrow-faced kangaroo rats lives within chaparral, mixed chaparral, and on sandy soils with oak or pine. They are distributed along West-central California in the coastal mountains.[4] They have been divided into three subspecies:
- Dipodomys venustus venustus (Santa Cruz kangaroo rat),[5][6] which inhabit the Santa Cruz Mountains and Mount Hamilton range, the latter a central sub-range of the Diablo Range
- Dipodomys venustus elephantinus (Elephant-eared or big-eared kangaroo rat),[5][6] which inhabit the Gabilan Range and southern Diablo Range
- Dipodomys venustus sanctiluciae (Santa Lucia kangaroo rat); which inhabit the Santa Lucia Range[6]
References
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- ^ a b Cassola, F. (2016). "Dipodomys venustus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T42605A22227166. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T42605A22227166.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Patton, J.L. (2005). "Family Heteromyidae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 849. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Myers, Phil (2001). "Heteromyidae: kangaroo rats, pocket mice, and relatives". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ Best, Troy L. “Dipodomys Venustus.” Mammalian Species, no. 403, 1992, pp. 1–4. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3504315.Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ a b Goldingay, Ross L., Kelly, Patrick A., Williams, Daniel F. (1997). "The Kangaroo Rats of California: endemism and conservation of keystone species". Pacific Conservation Biology. 3 (1): 47–60.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c Alhajeri,Bader H. (2025). "Cranial variation in species and subspecies of kangaroo rats (Dipodomys, Dipodomyinae, Rodentia) according to geometric morphometrics". Integrative Zoology. 20: 108–134.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Dipodomys
- Endemic fauna of California
- Endemic rodents of the United States
- Fauna of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Fauna of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Mammals described in 1904
- Taxa named by Clinton Hart Merriam
- Geomyoidea stubs