Narrow-faced kangaroo rat

Narrow-faced kangaroo rat
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Heteromyidae
Genus:	Dipodomys
Species:	D. venustus
Binomial name
	Dipodomys venustus; (Merriam, 1904)

The narrow-faced kangaroo rat (Dipodomys venustus) is a species of

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]

References

^
doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T42605A22227166.en
. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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.

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doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T42605A22227166.en
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[3] Myers, Phil (2001). "Heteromyidae: kangaroo rats, pocket mice, and relatives". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 20 November 2017.

[4] Best, Troy L. “Dipodomys Venustus.” Mammalian Species, no. 403, 1992, pp. 1–4. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3504315.Retrieved 3 December 2017.

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