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Morro Bay kangaroo rat
Conservation status
Endangered (ESA)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Rodentia
Family:
Heteromyidae
Genus:
Dipodomys
Species:
D. heermanni
Subspecies:
D. h. morroensis
Trinomial name
Dipodomys heermanni morroensis
(Merriam, 1907)
The Morro Bay kangaroo rat(Dipodomys heermanni morroensis), is an endagered rodent in the Heteromyidae family and endemic to San Luis Obispo County, California. The species is the smallest subspecies of the Heermann's kangaroo.
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endangered species, such as the federally and state-endangered Fresno kangaroorat (Dipodomys nitratoides exilis) and the palmate-bracted bird's-beak (Cordylanthus...
surrounding foothills and valleys. Giant kangaroorat – the largest of all kangaroo rats. The giant kangaroorat is also endemic to California and now only...
listed endangered San Joaquin kit fox, blunt-nosed leopard lizard, giant kangaroorat, and species of Federal concern such as the western spadefoot toad, the...
Area. On the Central Coast of California, on the southeastern shore of MorroBay, Los Osos contains the El Moro Elfin Forest Natural Area. The area is...
Desert; including coyote, black-tailed jackrabbit, ground squirrel, kangaroorat, quail, roadrunner, rattlesnakes, and several species of lizards. The...
threatened or endangered by development and habitat loss including Stephens' kangaroorat, the California gnatcatcher, orange-throated whiptail, and Bell's Sparrow...
Quillota - A yellow canary. San Marcos de Arica - "El Bravo del Morro" (A Brave of The Morro) - A figure resembling a chilean War of the Pacific soldier....
well as raptors, feed on rodents such as the jackrabbit and kangaroorat. The kangaroorat is especially adapted to waterless environments because it does...
is the narrow-faced kangaroorat. The rodent's name comes from the jumping style of movement, resembling the Australian kangaroo. Bird species observed...
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of mammals found on the refuge include: desert cottontail, Merriam's kangaroorat, muskrat, raccoon, valley pocket gopher, striped skunk, coyote, bobcat...
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threatened desert tortoise. Also common in the area are the rosy boa, kangaroorat, and the large lizard, after which the mountains are named - the chuckwalla...
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