Order RODENTIA,
Suborder SCIUROGNATHI,
Family HETEROMYIDAE,
Genus Dipodomys
A small rodent with powerful hind legs. Found in the American west and southwest, and Great Sand Hills region of Canada.
Specific types include:
- Ord's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ordii)
- Merriam's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami)
- Pacific kangaroo rat (Dipodomys simulans)
- Stephens' kangaroo rat (Dipodomys stephensi)
- Giant kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ingens)
- Texas kangaroo rat (Dipodomys elator)
- Fresno kangaroo rat (Dipodomys nitratoides exilis)
- Tipton kangaroo rat (Dipodomys nitratoides nitratoides)