San Jose Island Kangaroo Rat

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San Jose Island Kangaroo Rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Heteromyidae
Genus: Dipodomys
Species: D. merriami
Subspecies: D. m. insularis
Trinomial name
Dipodomys merriami insularis
Merriam, 1907

The San Jose Island Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys merriami insularis) is a subspecies of rodent in the Heteromyidae family. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitat is hot deserts. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] References

  • Baillie, J. 1996. Dipodomys insularis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
  • Patton, J. L. 2005. Family Heteromyidae. Pp. 844-858 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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