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kangaroo rats,
kangaroo mice,
pocket mice and
spiny pocket mice. Most
heteromyids live in
complex burrows within the
deserts and gr****lands of western...
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pouches back to
their burrowed homes. An
extraordinary fact
about some
heteromyid species, such as the
kangaroo mouse, is that they can
spend several extended...
- the
snout so
narrow in
heteromyids that the
infraorbital canals from
either side connect. Essentially, if the
skull of a
heteromyid is
viewed from the side...
- Gopher-like
rodents (geomyoid rodents)
Pocket or true
gophers (geomyids)
Heteromyids:
kangaroo rats and
kangaroo mice Porcupine-like
rodents (hystricomorphs)...
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Extinct in the wild (EW): 2
species Critically endangered (CR): 203
species Endangered (EN): 505
species Vulnerable (VU): 536
species Near threatened...
- The
overlook spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys catopterius) is a
species of
heteromyid rodent endemic to Venezuela. McCay, S. (2019). "Heteromys catopterius"...
- (e.g.,
dipodids and
hopping mice).
Kangaroo rats are four or five-toed
heteromyid rodents with big hind legs,
small front legs, and
relatively large heads...
- The
giant kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ingens) is an
endangered species of
heteromyid rodent endemic to California. The
giant kangaroo rat, is the
largest of...
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rodent native to
northern Africa and Asia
Kangaroo mouse and
kangaroo rat:
heteromyid rodents of
North America Kultarr: an
unrelated marsupial with a similar...
- Djawdan, M (1993). "Locomotor
performance of
bipedal and
quadrupedal heteromyid rodents".
Functional Ecology. 7 (2): 195–202. Bibcode:1993FuEco...7..195D...
