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Heteromyidae
Senin, 2026-05-18 19:33:24

kangaroo rats, kangaroo mice, pocket mice and spiny pocket mice. Most heteromyids live in complex burrows within the deserts and grasslands of western...

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Kangaroo rat
Rabu, 2026-05-06 03:40:40

(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...

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List of heteromyids
Senin, 2026-05-18 09:33:30

part of the Castorimorpha suborder. Members of this family are called heteromyids and include kangaroo rats, kangaroo mice, pocket mice, and spiny pocket...

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Dipodomyinae
Kamis, 2026-01-15 10:14:54

Dipodomyinae is a subfamily of heteromyid rodents, the kangaroo rats and mice. Dipodomyines, as implied by both their common and scientific names, are...

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Giant kangaroo rat
Jumat, 2025-10-03 23:47:34

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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Jerboa
Jumat, 2026-05-22 09:33:53

to China and North America Kangaroo rat and kangaroo mouse – similar heteromyid rodents native to North America; an example of convergence Kultarr – a...

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Kangaroo mouse
Jumat, 2026-06-05 22:49:13

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...

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List of least concern mammals
Selasa, 2026-05-26 02:24:05

  Extinct in the wild (EW): 1 species   Critically endangered (CR): 238 species   Endangered (EN): 559 species   Vulnerable (VU): 567 species   Near threatened...

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Pedetes
Rabu, 2026-03-25 20:59:14

to China and North America Kangaroo mouse and kangaroo rat – similar heteromyid rodents of North America Kultarr – an unrelated marsupial with a similar...

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Perognathinae
Kamis, 2026-01-15 10:14:58

burrows. In the Sonoran Desert there are many closely related species of heteromyid mice and rats. Each has its own niche in the environment which means that...

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Desert pocket mouse
Senin, 2025-09-29 22:50:38

pocket mouse (Chaetodipus penicillatus) is a North American species of heteromyid rodent found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. True to its...

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Bipedalism
Selasa, 2026-04-21 23:46:06

Djawdan, M (1993). "Locomotor performance of bipedal and quadrupedal heteromyid rodents". Functional Ecology. 7 (2): 195–202. Bibcode:1993FuEco...7..195D...

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Plains pocket mouse
Minggu, 2025-10-05 01:59:56

The plains pocket mouse (Perognathus flavescens) is a heteromyid rodent of North America. It ranges from southwestern Minnesota and southeastern North...

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Geomyoidea
Rabu, 2026-03-11 16:52:58

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...

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Bursagnathus
Jumat, 2025-08-15 05:14:14

Bursagnathus is an extinct genus of heteromyid rodent that lived during the Arikareean. Bursagnathus aterosseus is known from the John Day Formation of...

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Bettong
Senin, 2026-02-16 22:03:38

despite not being a member of the genus Bettongia. Kangaroo rat – a heteromyid rodent of North America Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D...

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Overlook spiny pocket mouse
Jumat, 2025-10-03 23:52:07

The overlook spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys catopterius) is a species of heteromyid rodent endemic to Venezuela. McCay, S. (2019). "Heteromys catopterius"...

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Desert kangaroo rat
Senin, 2025-09-29 10:38:05

the species tends to be larger than seeds consumed by other, sympatric heteromyids. When presented with patches with variation in seed sizes and densities—which...

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Great horned owl
Minggu, 2026-06-07 00:00:02

Longland, W. S.; Price, M. V. (1991). "Direct observations of owls and heteromyid rodents: can predation risk explain microhabitat use?". Ecology. 72 (6):...

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Chihuahuan pocket mouse
Senin, 2025-09-29 23:30:35

The Chihuahuan pocket mouse (Chaetodipus eremicus) is a species of heteromyid rodent found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. It was formerly...

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Hopping mouse
Senin, 2025-06-02 09:31:11

to China and North America Kangaroo mouse and kangaroo rat - similar heteromyid rodents of North America Kultarr - an unrelated marsupial with a similar...

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Ord's kangaroo rat
Minggu, 2026-01-18 02:08:23

residents of sand sagebrush prairie. Even in shrub-dominated communities, heteromyids including Ord's kangaroo rat tend to concentrate their activity in open...

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John Day Formation
Sabtu, 2026-03-21 07:05:33

specimens. A heteromyid. P. thorpei Grant & Gilliam counties, Oregon Turtle Cove & Kimberly members. Partial dentaries & teeth. A heteromyid. Protosciurus...

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Mastodon
Sabtu, 2026-05-30 07:07:55

(equids, rhinocerotids), and Rodentia (aplodontiids, castorids, geomyids, heteromyids, cricetids, mylagaulids, and sciurids). The latest Hemphillian of Florida...

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Zapodidae
Kamis, 2026-05-21 06:46:04

rodent native to northern Africa and Asia Kangaroo mouse and kangaroo rat: heteromyid rodents of North America Kultarr: an unrelated marsupial with a similar...

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Great American Interchange
Kamis, 2026-05-14 04:27:10

Geomyid pocket gophers (Orthogeomys thaeleri) – one species, in Colombia Heteromyid mice (Heteromys) – only present in NW South America: Colombia, Venezuela...

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Mammal classification
Sabtu, 2026-05-30 16:09:06

Gopher-like rodents (geomyoid rodents) Pocket or true gophers (geomyids) Heteromyids: kangaroo rats and kangaroo mice Porcupine-like rodents (hystricomorphs)...

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Hoarding (animal behavior)
Minggu, 2026-05-17 20:31:46

(November 1998). "Differences in Food Hoarding Among Six Species of Heteromyid Rodents". J. Mammal. 79 (4): 1221–1233. doi:10.2307/1383013. JSTOR 1383013...

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Scarcity (social psychology)
Rabu, 2026-03-11 16:53:10

(December 3, 1998). "Differences in food hoarding among six species of heteromyid rodents". Journal of Mammalogy. 79 (4): 1221–1233. doi:10.2307/1383013...

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Jaliscan spiny pocket mouse
Jumat, 2025-10-03 10:30:58

The Jaliscan spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys spectabilis) is a species of heteromyid rodent endemic to Mexico. The specific name spectabilis means "striking"...

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List of rodents
Senin, 2026-05-18 08:01:13

extant species in 7 genera. Members of the Heteromyidae family are called heteromyids and include kangaroo rats, kangaroo mice, pocket mice, and spiny pocket...

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Aurimys
Senin, 2026-06-01 22:21:13

is absent in all other living heteromyids. The teeth of Aurimys are larger than those of the largest living heteromyids, and the width of the proximal...

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Heteromyinae
Kamis, 2026-01-15 10:14:57

Riddle, B. R. (2007-10-18). "Basal Clades and Molecular Systematics of Heteromyid Rodents". Journal of Mammalogy. 88 (5): 1129–1145. Bibcode:2007JMamm....

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Merriam's kangaroo rat
Jumat, 2025-10-03 06:57:39

bipedal. They hop or jump rather than scurry or run. Because of this, most heteromyid rodents also have a relatively long tail that acts to counterbalance the...

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Panamanian spiny pocket mouse
Sabtu, 2025-10-04 23:34:38

adspersus), also known as Peter's spiny pocket mouse, is a species of heteromyid rodent endemic to Panama. It is very closely related to Salvin's spiny...

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Heteromys
Jumat, 2026-01-16 18:48:32

Riddle, B. R. (2007-10-18). "Basal Clades and Molecular Systematics of Heteromyid Rodents". Journal of Mammalogy. 88 (5): 1129–1145. Bibcode:2007JMamm....

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Great Basin pocket mouse
Sabtu, 2026-01-24 12:42:21

metabolize water from food. Pocket mice (Perognathus spp.) and other heteromyids are scatterhoarders, caching seeds in shallow depressions and covering...

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List of mice
Selasa, 2026-02-03 02:25:11

includes kangaroo mice, pocket mice, and spiny pocket mice, see List of heteromyids For members of the family Nesomyidae, which includes climbing mice and...

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List of mammals of Canada
Selasa, 2025-11-11 12:19:57

threatened BC: secure ssp. segregatus Red List Family Heteromyidae: heteromyids Ord's kangaroo rat (Rat-kangourou d'Ord) Dipodomys ordii (Woodhouse,...

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Painted spiny pocket mouse
Minggu, 2025-10-05 08:20:44

Riddle, B. R. (2007-10-18). "Basal Clades and Molecular Systematics of Heteromyid Rodents". Journal of Mammalogy. 88 (5): 1129–1145. doi:10.1644/06-MAMM-A-413R1...

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List of herbivorous animals
Kamis, 2025-11-27 13:52:27

Prevost's, and Indian palm squirrels Most Castorimorphs: Beavers Most of the Heteromyids, including most of the kangaroo rats, kangaroo mice, and pocket mice...

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Salvin's spiny pocket mouse
Jumat, 2026-01-16 11:01:23

Rican Heteromyid rodents. Journal of Mammalogy, 55: 543-561. Flemming, T. 1974. The population ecology of two species of Costa Rican heteromyid rodents...

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List of rats
Selasa, 2026-02-03 02:24:57

of the family Heteromyidae, which includes kangaroo rats, see List of heteromyids For members of the family Nesomyidae, which includes pouched rats and...

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Narrow-faced kangaroo rat
Sabtu, 2025-10-04 11:15:19

Heteromyidae. It is endemic to California in the United States. Like all other heteromyids, the dental formula of Dipodomys venustus is 1.0.1.31.0.1.3 × 2 = 20...

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Cloud-dwelling spiny pocket mouse
Sabtu, 2026-04-11 05:36:49

Hafner, John C.; Hafner, Mark S. (1983). "Evolutionary Relationships of Heteromyid Rodents". Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs (7): 3–29. ISSN 0160-239X. JSTOR 23378265...

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Agile kangaroo rat
Rabu, 2026-02-11 01:42:56

and Brett R. Riddle. 2007. "Basal Clades and Molecular Systematics of Heteromyid Rodents." Journal of Mammalogy 88 (5) (October 1): 1129-1145.[1] Price...

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Ash Hollow Formation
Rabu, 2025-10-08 23:04:38

(UNSM 101750) and a partial mandible with lower incisor (UNSM 101573). A heteromyid. Mylagaulus M. monodon Pratt Quarry, Brown County, Nebraska. Merritt Dam...

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Cucaracha Formation
Senin, 2026-04-27 09:33:42

sp. Gaillard Cut A flying squirrel Proheteromys P. sp. Gaillard Cut A heteromyid Texomys T. stewarti Pedro Miguel Lock & Gaillard Cut Teeth A jimomyid...

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San Bernardino kangaroo rat
Rabu, 2025-09-24 07:56:44

likely to have achieved nearly species rank." (Lidicker 1960) In most heteromyids, soil texture is a primary factor in determining species distributions...

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Hispid pocket mouse
Kamis, 2025-10-02 11:11:09

Vander Wall, S. B. et al. Cheek pouch capacities and loading rates of heteromyid rodents. Oecologia, Volume 113, Number 1 (December 1997), pp. 21–28 Texas...

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Sharps Formation
Minggu, 2026-03-01 09:23:17

heteromyid. P. fedti Wounded Knee Area. Right ramus (SDSM 56121). A heteromyid. P. gremmelsi Wounded Knee Area. Left ramus (SDSM 5574). A heteromyid....

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Mexican spiny pocket mouse
Sabtu, 2025-10-04 04:26:16

Riddle, B. R. (2007-10-18). "Basal Clades and Molecular Systematics of Heteromyid Rodents". Journal of Mammalogy. 88 (5): 1129–1145. doi:10.1644/06-MAMM-A-413R1...

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Valentine Formation
Senin, 2025-06-23 00:09:08

Cherry County, Nebraska. Crookston Bridge Member. Several mandibles. A heteromyid. Eucastor E. tortus Brown, Cherry & Knox counties, Nebraska. Cornell Dam...

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Ringold Formation
Kamis, 2026-04-30 07:22:17

P. cf. idahoensis Taunton A beaver. † Prodipodomys † P. sp. Taunton A heteromyid with similarities to Dipodomys (kangaroo rats). Spermophilus † S. cf....

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Sandy inland mouse
Selasa, 2026-03-17 09:33:00

physical and behavioural adaptations of the granivorous North American heteromyid such as cheek pouches and seed-caching through scratch digging holes;...

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Dove Spring Formation
Selasa, 2026-05-05 11:36:07

heteromyid also found in the Avawatz Formation. C. tertius Kern County, California. A heteromyid. C. sp. Kern County, California. A small heteromyid....

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List of rodents of the Caribbean
Jumat, 2026-05-22 20:19:35

Family Geomyidae (pocket gophers): Orthogeomys Family Heteromyidae (heteromyids): Heteromys Suborder Myomorpha Superfamily Muroidea (muroids) Family...

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Perognathus
Minggu, 2025-09-07 09:04:59

animals with soft pelage, long tails, and small feet compared to other heteromyids. They have long claws which are used for digging burrows and sifting...

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2008 in paleontology
Senin, 2025-11-17 10:18:32

ISBN 978-1-891276-27-9. Everett H. Lindsay; Robert E. Reynolds (2008). "Heteromyid rodents from Miocene faunas of the Mojave Desert, Southern California"...

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2016 in paleomammalogy
Senin, 2026-02-16 00:25:49

Korth & Evander Miocene (early Barstovian) United States ( Nebraska) A heteromyid rodent, a species of Mioheteromys. Mimomys chandolensis Sp. nov Valid...

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Pacific pocket mouse
Senin, 2026-05-25 15:13:35

mouse has been on the endangered species list since 1994. Like other heteromyids, the Perognathus longimembris pacificus (Pacific pocket mouse) is generally...

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2023 in paleomammalogy
Minggu, 2026-01-11 03:52:26

X.; Calede, J. J.-M.; Hunt, R. M. (2023). "The earliest dipodomyine heteromyid in North America and the phylogenetic relationships of geomorph rodents"...

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Michael A. Mares
Senin, 2026-05-18 23:15:34

"Experimental Support for Food Particle Size Resource Allocation in Heteromyid Rodents". Ecology. 58 (5): 1186–1190. Bibcode:1977Ecol...58.1186M. doi:10...

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List of threatened mammals of the United States
Rabu, 2025-10-22 07:06:37

Desert pocket gopher (Geomys arenarius) NT IUCN Family Heteromyidae (heteromyids) Texas kangaroo rat (Dipodomys elator) VU IUCN Giant kangaroo rat (Dipodomys...

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Zygomatic plate
Senin, 2025-11-03 12:29:37

S2CID 84088556. Wood, A.E. (1935). "Evolution and relationships of the heteromyid rodents with new forms from the Tertiary of western North America". Annals...

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