California Kangaroo Rat
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The California Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys californicus. is a species of rodent
in the family Heteromyidae
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It is endemic to the United States
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Rodent
Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....
in the family Heteromyidae
Heteromyidae
The family of rodents that include kangaroo rats, kangaroo mice and rock pocket mice is the Heteromyidae family. Most heteromyids live in complex burrows within the deserts and grasslands of western North America, though species within the Heteromys and Liomys genera are also found in forests and...
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It is endemic to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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