kangaroo rat
any of various small jumping rodents of the family Heteromyidae, of Mexico and the western U.S.
an Australian desert rodent of the genus Notomys.
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In the Ord kangaroo rat, the bulk of the liver lies on the right side of the body cavity.
Speciation in the Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ordii | Henry W. SetzerAccounts of these four mammals and of a previously unnamed subspecies of kangaroo rat on Mustang Island, Texas, follow.
The ground squirrel and kangaroo rat were found by us on only the sandy areas where there were xerophitic shrubs.
The only animal that we saw during our excursion was a small kangaroo-rat; it was skipping about the rocks near the sea.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia | Phillip Parker KingAnd why stop at the kangaroo-rat—the first mammal to bring forth its young alive?
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British Dictionary definitions for kangaroo rat
any small leaping rodent of the genus Dipodomys, related to the squirrels and inhabiting desert regions of North America, having a stocky body and very long hind legs and tails: family Heteromyidae
Also called: kangaroo mouse any of several leaping murine rodents of the Australian genus Notomys
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