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California Kangaroo Rat

Dipodomys californicus

Classification

The California kangaroo rat (Dipodomys californicus) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. However, populations are declining, having not fully recovered after the drought in California from 2013 to 2015 destroyed their habitat (the grasslands) and changed it into desert. Description Size The California kangaroo rat is, on average, 312 mm long, with its tail vertebrae comprising 195mm of that total length.

Distribution

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