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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Chordata > Vertebrates > Mammals > Eutheria > Rodentia > Dipodomys

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Dipodomys  

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Entry terms

  • Kangaroo Rat
  • Kangaroo Rats
  • Rat, Kangaroo
  • Rats, Kangaroo

Note

  • do not confuse entry term KANGAROO RATS with RAT KANGAROO see POTOROIDAE

Scope note

  • A genus of the family Heteromyidae which contains 22 species. Their physiology is adapted for the conservation of water, and they seldom drink water. They are found in arid or desert habitats and travel by hopping on their hind limbs.

History note

  • 91(82); was see under RODENTIA 1982-90; was KANGAROO RATS see under RODENTS 1975-81

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004173

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