Species
Merriam's Kangaroo Rat
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Research
725 papers- Immunohistochemistry of kangaroo rat hindlimb muscles.Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) · 2022
- Uterine Receptivity in Merriam's Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys merriami).Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) · 2018
- Kangaroo rat locomotion: design for elastic energy storage or acceleration?The Journal of experimental biology · 1988
- Comparison between the kinematics for kangaroo rat hopping on a solid versus sand surface.Royal Society open science · 2022
- Microbial diversity in active and abandoned desert kangaroo rat burrows and from proximal surface sand.Microbiology spectrum · 2025
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Kangaroo rats, small mostly nocturnal rodents of genus Dipodomys, are native to arid areas of western North America. The common name derives from their bipedal form. They hop in a manner similar to the much larger kangaroo, but developed this mode of locomotion independently, like several other clades of rodents (e.g., dipodids and hopping mice).
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