Gulf Coast kangaroo rat
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| Gulf Coast kangaroo rat | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Heteromyidae |
| Genus: | Dipodomys |
| Species: | D. compactus |
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| Dipodomys compactus True, 1889 |
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The Gulf Coast kangaroo rat (Dipodomys compactus) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae found in Mexico and the United States. Its appearance and ecology are very similar to its putative sister-species, Ord's kangaroo rat.[2]
References [edit]
- ^ Linzey, A. V. & NatureServe (Hammerson, G.) (2008). Dipodomys compactus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 27 March 2009.
- ^ Alexander, L.F.; B.R. Riddle (2005). "Phylogenetics of the New World rodent family Heteromyidae". Journal of Mammalogy 86 (2): 366–379.
- 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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