| Gulf Coast Kangaroo Rat | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Heteromyidae |
| Genus: | Dipodomys |
| Species: | D. compactus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dipodomys compactus True, 1889 |
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The Gulf Coast Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys compactus) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae found in Mexico and the United States. Its appearance and ecology are very similar to its putative sister-species, Ord's Kangaroo Rat.[2]