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Banner-tailed kangaroo rat. The banner-tailed kangaroo rat can grow to a length of about 34 cm (13 in). The dorsal surface is ochre-buff with some black-tipped hairs and the underparts are white. The species' most distinctive characteristic is the black-banded, white-tipped bushy tail which is waved like a banner.
Different species of kangaroo rat may have different seed caching strategies to coexist with each other, as is the case for the banner-tailed kangaroo rat and Merriam's kangaroo rat which have overlapping ranges. [3] Merriam's kangaroo rats scatterhoard small caches of seeds in numerous small, shallow holes they dig. [15]
Dipodomyinae is the sister group of a Perognathinae-Heteromyinae clade; the two are estimated to have split about 22-24 million years ago.The most recent common ancestor of extant dipodomyines is thought to have lived 15-16 Ma ago, when the two genera split.
Long-tailed pocket mouse, Chaetodipus formosus; Hispid pocket mouse, Chaetodipus hispidus; Rock pocket mouse, Chaetodipus intermedius; Desert pocket mouse, Chaetodipus penicillatus; Spiny pocket mouse, Chaetodipus spinatus; Merriam's kangaroo rat, Dipodomys merriamii; Ord's kangaroo rat, Dipodomys ordii; Banner-tailed kangaroo rat, Dipodomys ...
Banner-tailed kangaroo rat; Big-eared kangaroo rat; C. California kangaroo rat; ... San Quintin kangaroo rat; Stephens's kangaroo rat; T. Texas kangaroo rat; Tipton ...
The Santa Cruz kangaroo rat, more closely related to chipmunks and gophers than kangaroos or rats, had not been spotted in the area since the 1940s. The Santa Cruz kangaroo rat, more closely ...
Masked white-tailed rat; Bismarck giant rat; Cricetids. Includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, and New World rats and mice. ... Banner-tailed kangaroo rat; Desert ...
Kangaroo fights among adult males can get intense when group hierarchy is on the line. And it takes a strong male to win the fight. However, scientists don’t think that strength is the only ...