Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Agile Kangaroo Rat
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,412 meters (0 to 4,633 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
()
- (Szalay & McKenna, 1971) McKenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
()
- (Weber, 1904) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Order:
Rodentia
()
- Bowdich, 1821
- Rodents
- Suborder:
Myomorpha
()
- Brandt, 1855
- Infraorder:
Geomorpha
()
- (Thaler, 1966) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superfamily:
Geomyoidea
()
- (Bonaparte, 1845) Weber, 1904
- Family:
Geomyidae
()
- (Bonaparte, 1845) Gill, 1872
- Subfamily:
Heteromyinae
()
- Tribe:
Dipodomyini
()
- Genus:
Dipodomys
()
- Gray, 1841
- Specific name:
agilis
- Subspecies:
agilis
- Scientific name: - Dipodomys agilis agilis
- Subspecies:
agilis
- Specific name:
agilis
- Genus:
Dipodomys
(
- Tribe:
Dipodomyini
(
- Subfamily:
Heteromyinae
(
- Family:
Geomyidae
(
- Superfamily:
Geomyoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Geomorpha
(
- Suborder:
Myomorpha
(
- Order:
Rodentia
(
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Dipodomys agilis Gambel
Similar Species
Members of the genus Dipodomys
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 53 species and subspecies in this genus:
D. agilis (Agile Kangaroo-Rat) · D. agilis agilis (Agile Kangaroo Rat) · D. agilis gambel (Agile Kangaroo Rat) · D. californicus (Californian Kangaroo-Rat) · D. californicus californicus (California Kangaroo Rat) · D. californicus eximius (Marysville Kangaroo Rat) · D. compactus (Gulf Coast Kangaroo-Rat) · D. compactus compactus (Padre Island Kangaroo Rat) · D. deserti (Desert Kangaroo-Rat) · D. deserti deserti (Desert Kangaroo Rat) · D. elator (Texas Kangaroo-Rat) · D. elephantinus (Elephant-Eared Kangaroo Rat) · D. gravipes (San Quintin Kangaroo Rat) · D. heermanni (Heerman's Kangaroo Rat) · D. heermanni berkeleyensis (Berkeley Hills Kangaroo Rat) · D. heermanni dixoni (Merced Kangaroo Rat) · D. heermanni heermanni (Heermann's Kangaroo Rat) · D. heermanni morroensis (Heermann's Kangaroo Rat) · D. ingens (Giant Kangaroo-Rat) · D. insularis (San Jose['] Island Kangaroo Rat) · D. margaritae (Margarita Island Kangaroo Rat) · D. merriami (Merriam's Kangaroo-Rat) · D. merriami collinus (Aguanga Kangaroo Rat) · D. merriami merriami (Merriam's Kangaroo Rat) · D. merriami parvus (San Bernardino Kangaroo Rat) · D. microps (Houserock Chisel-Toothed Kangaroo Rat) · D. microps alfredi (Gunnison Island Kangaroo Rat) · D. microps leucotis (House Rock Valley Kangaroo Rat) · D. microps microps (Chisel-Toothed Kangaroo Rat) · D. microps russeolus (Dolphin Island Chisel-Toothed Kangaroo Rat) · D. nelsoni (Nelson's Kangaroo Rat) · D. nitratoides (San Joaquin Kangaroo Rat) · D. nitratoides brevinasus (Fresno Kangaroo Rat) · D. nitratoides exilis (Fresno Kangaroo Rat) · D. nitratoides nitratoides (Tipton Kangaroo Rat) · D. ordi (Ord's Kangaroo Rat) · D. ordii (Ord's Kangaroo-Rat) · D. ordii cineraceus (Dolphin Island Awl-Toothed Kangaroo Rat) · D. ordii ordii (Ord's Kangaroo Rat) · D. panamintinus (Panamint Kangaroo-Rat) · D. panamintinus argusensis (Argus Mountains Kangaroo Rat) · D. panamintinus panamintinus (Panamint Kangaroo Rat) · D. phillipsii (Phillip's Kangaroo Rat) · D. phillipsii phillipsii (Phillips's Kangaroo Rat) · D. simulans (Dulzura Kangaroo Rat) · D. spectabilis (Banner-Tailed Kangaroo-Rat) · D. spectabilis baileyi (New Mexico Banner-Tailed Kangaroo Rat) · D. spectabilis spectabilis (Banner-Tailed Kangaroo Rat) · D. spectabilis zygomaticus (Banner-Tailed Kangaroo Rat) · D. stephensi (Stephens's Kangaroo Rat) · D. venustus (Big-Eared Kangaroo-Rat) · D. venustus elephantinus (Big-Eared Kangaroo Rat) · D. venustus venustus (Narrow-Faced Kangaroo Rat)
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Further Reading
- Biology of the Heteromyidae / edited by Hugh H. Genoways, James H. Brown. [Provo, Utah]: American Society of Mammalogists, 1993. url p. 45.
- Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1971- url p. 50.
- Essays in geobotany in honor of William Albert Setchell, edited by T.H. Goodspeed. Berkeley, Calif., University of California Press, 1936. url p. 113.
- Field book of North American mammals; descriptions of every mammal known north of the Rio Grande, together with brief accounts of habits, geographical ranges, etc., by H. E. Anthony. .. with 32 coloured plates and 175 photographs, pen-and-ink sketches and maps. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. url p. 314.
- Journal of mammalogy. Baltimore, Md.: American Society of Mammalogists url p. 96.
- University of California publications in zoology. Berkeley: University Press, 1906- url p. 320.
- University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 7 1954 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 522, p. 525, p. 552.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2482863
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2330887
Footnotes
- Mean = 526.570 meters (1,727.592 feet), Standard Deviation = 623.500 based on 35 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
