Panamint Kangaroo Rat

Panamint Kangaroo Rat
Dipodomys panamintinus
Panamint Kangaroo Rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Heteromyidae
Genus: Dipodomys
Species: D. panamintinus
Binomial name
Dipodomys panamintinus
(Merriam, 1894)

The Panamint Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys panamintinus, is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is endemic to the Mojave Desert in California and Nevada, in the United States.[1] Their tails are 7 inches long.[2] It can swim well.[3] They are also good swimmers.[4]

The Panamint Kangaroo Rat is named after an area of its range in the Panamint Valley and Panamint Range Mountains just west of Death Valley.

References

  1. ^ a b Linzey, A.V. & NatureServe (Hammerson, G.) (2008). Dipodomys panamintinus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 14 January 2009.
  2. ^ Reid, Fiona A. (2006). Mammals of North America. ISBN 0-395-93596-2. 
  3. ^ Reid, Fiona A. (2006). Mammals of North America. ISBN 0-395-93596-2. 
  4. ^ Reid, Fiona A. (2006). Mammals of North America. ISBN 0-395-93596-2. 
  • 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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