Panamint kangaroo rat
Panamint kangaroo rat | |
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A taxidermied Panamint kangaroo rat at a visitor center | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Heteromyidae |
Genus: | Dipodomys |
Species: | D. panamintinus
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Binomial name | |
Dipodomys panamintinus (Merriam, 1894)
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The Panamint kangaroo rat (Dipodomys panamintinus) is a species of
Description
The Panamint kangaroo rat is considered medium-sized for its
The Panamint kangaroo rat can be distinguished from other species of the genus because the hind feet have five toes which varies in comparison to other members which have four toes on their hind feet. Sexual dimorphism is present where males tend to be larger than females in body size. [3]
A notable characteristic of the Panamint kangaroo rat is the fur lined cheek pouches that it uses to obtain large quantities of food. These pouches keep the food separate from the mouth which aids in preventing moisture loss.[3]
Ecology
Range and habitat
The Panamint kangaroo rat has a rather restricted distribution in comparison to some species of the genus. It is centered in Great Basin bush desert in western Nevada and east of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California with a long extension southward into the western Mojave Desert. They tend to live at higher elevations between 1,200 and 1,950 meters (3,940 and 6,400 ft).[3][4]
Panamint kangaroo rats occupy holes in small mounds of sand that have accumulated around clumps of brush. In the Panamint Mountains, one animal may occupy a burrow that has 12 or more tunnels, the mouths of which are connected on the surface by well-defined runways. Home range size varies throughout the year, peaking in February and July.[3]
Diet
Dipodomys panamintinus is a
They tend to partake in both scatter
Behavior
The Panamint kangaroo rat is
Locomotion
The
Mating and reproduction
Responses between males and females change cyclically as a female passes through
Physiology
Because of the dry desert environment that the Panamint kangaroo rat inhabits, it has developed a specialized way to
References
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- ^ S2CID 85806413. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
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