Pale Kangaroo Mouse
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Heteromyidae
Microdipodops
Microdipodops pallidus
This species is primarily quadrupedal, but also uses bipedal locomotion. It does not climb. Some winter activity occurs, but the "kangaroo" tail stores fat, which serves as an energy source during estivation… More »
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Kangaroo mouse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A kangaroo mouse is either one of the two species of jumping mouse (genus Microdipodops ) native to the deserts of the Southwestern United States, predominantly found in the state of Nevada. T...
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Dark Kangaroo Mouse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Dark Kangaroo Mouse ( Microdipodops megacephalus ) is a species of rodent in the Heteromyidae family. It is endemic to the United States.
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Pale Kangaroo Mouse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Pale Kangaroo Mouse ( Microdipodops pallidus ) is a species of rodent in the Heteromyidae family. It is endemic to the United States.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Kangaroo_Mouse
Britannica online encyclopedia article on kangaroo mouse (rodent), either of two species of leaping bipedal rodents found only in certain deserts of the western United States. They have large ears and a large head with fur-lined external cheek pouches. ... dark kangaroo mouse (rodent)
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Ord's Kangaroo Rat (D. ordii) is the most-wide-ranging and occurs between the Sierra Nevada /Cacscade and Rocky mountains from southern Canada to central Mexico. Two species of the smaller Kangaroo Mouse (genus Microdipodops) occur in the Great Basin Desert.
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What do you do when a kangaroo mouse has a broken leg? Here's the answer. He is well on his way to recovery. We are now looking for some very small crutches. 34000 hits (go figure) per end of April 2008.
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The kangaroo mouse lives in open fields, as does the vole (or meadow mouse), but not in low, moist ground. They have the same enemies and about the same food habits. Neither sings. ... The deer mouse, or white-footed mouse, differs from the vole in having a hairy tail as long as its body, large "bug" eyes, large ears,
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The Dark kangaroo mouse has blackish to grayish hair above, with the hair being gray or lead-colored at the base. Their total length is about 5 ¾ to 7 inches (148-177 mm) long with the tail being from 2 7/8 to nearly 4 inches long (74-100 mm). The tail is thicker in the middle than at either end.
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