Gulf Coast kangaroo rat
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| Species: | D. compactus
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| Dipodomys compactus True, 1889
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The Gulf Coast kangaroo rat (Dipodomys compactus) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae found in Mexico and the United States. Its appearance and ecology are very similar to its putative sister-species, Ord's kangaroo rat.[2]
References
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- ^ Alexander, L.F. (2005). "Phylogenetics of the New World rodent family Heteromyidae". Journal of Mammalogy. 86 (2): 366–379.
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- 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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