Sites in this category contain details for kids and teens about Kangaroo Rats, which are not related to Kangaroos.
Information includes size, appearance, diet and food habits, distribution, habitat, breeding, life cycle, longevity, interaction with humans, predators, and conservation.
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Animal Fact Sheet: Merriam's Kangaroo Rat
Offers physical features, adaptations, habitats, locations, wild status, diet, predators, burrows, lifespan, size, and fun-facts. From Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.
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Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys spectabilis)
Animal Diversity covers locations and habitat, breeding, size, appearance, locomotion, territories, status, and adaptations.
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Earth's Endangered Creatures: Kangaroo Rat
Covers scientific name, endangered subspecies, group, date listed as endangered, and the area where it is at risk.
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Enchanted Learning: Kangaroo Rat
Explores relatives, types, characteristics, anatomy, and diet. Offers printable coloring page.
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Giant Kangaroo Rat
From Earth's Endangered Creatures, facts include scientific name, classification group, date listed, and areas where it is considered Endangered.
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Giant Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys ingens)
Facts and status, description, range and habitat, biology, threats and conservation, and related species from ARKive.org article.
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Giant Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys ingens)
Species overview gives physical description, distribution, habitat, diet, behavior and reproduction, interaction with people, and status.
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Heermann's Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys heermanni)
Explores biogeography, habitat, reproduction, diet, conservation status, behavior and social structure, and economic importance. From University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web.
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Nature.ca: Ord's Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys ordii)
Combines sketch of species and distribution map with information on size, habitat, locations, diet, activity, social structure, and predation.
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San Quintin Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys gravipes)
Conservation status, profile and pictures, tidbits, status and trends, and biology and ecology from Animal Info.org.
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Stephens' Kangaroo Rat
Contains names, status, profile, tidbits, IUCN status and trends, and biology and ecology from Animal Info.org.