Dipodomys spectabilis

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• Taxonomy
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Overview

Near Threatened

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

This species prefers heavy soils that can support a large and complex system of burrows. Mounds can be several feet in diameter and may have a dozen entrances.[1]

Ecology: Desert grasslands with scattered shrubs . However, these kangaroo rats disappear when invasive shrub cover exceeds 20%. Thus, their presence is an indicator of the health of desert grasslands (Krogh et al. 2002; Waser and Ayers 2003).[2].

List of Habitats :

•     8     Desert   
  
•     8.2     Desert - Temperate   
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Biology

Diet

The kangaroo rat may store large amounts of food in the dens for use in times of scarcity. Primarily a seed eater, the kangaroo rat will consume seeds of grasses, weeds and mesquite.[1]

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 22-Apr-2004

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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Notes

Contributors

• Baillie, J. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
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• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 12, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 9 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Linzey, A.V., Timm, R., Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Frey, J. & Lacher, T. 2008. Dipodomys spectabilis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
• New Mexico Wildlife. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Version of April 24, 2009.
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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 12, 2008:

• Burke Museum: Mammal Specimens
• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Colección de Mamíferos de la Sierra Volcánica Transversal de México (UAM-I)
• Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science: Mammal specimens
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
• Michigan State University Museum: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum of Texas Tech University (TTU): Mammal specimens
• Sternberg Museum of Natural History: Mammal Collection
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNMA/Coleccion Nacional de Mamiferos
• University of Alaska Museum of the North: MSB Mammals Specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 110240
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-180246
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 180246
• IUCN ID: 205684
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AMAFD03110
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1107

Footnotes

1. New Mexico Wildlife. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Version of April 24, 2009. [back]
2. Linzey, A.V., Timm, R., Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Frey, J. & Lacher, T. 2008. Dipodomys spectabilis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]

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