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Dipodomys ordii

(Ord's kangaroo rat)

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Common Names in English:

Ord's kangaroo rat, Ord's Kangaroo-Rat

Common Names in Spanish:

Rata-Canguro Com, Rata-canguro común, Rata-canguro común

Description

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Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,793 meters (0 to 9,163 feet).[1]

Ecology: Occurs in a variety of vegetation types , but all are associated with fine-textured, sandy soils. Vegetation includes semi-arid grasslands, mixed-grasslands, and scrublands.[2].

List of Habitats :

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Dipodomys ordi Woodhouse 1853

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 22-Apr-2004

Similar Species

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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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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 12, 2008:

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Footnotes

  1. Mean = 1,300.490 meters (4,266.699 feet), Standard Deviation = 612.820 based on 1,355 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
  2. Linzey, A.V. & Timm, R. 2008. Dipodomys ordii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
Last Revised: 2012-07-14