Educational resources on Dark Kangaroo Mouse

Dark Kangaroo Mouse or Microdipodops megacephalus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the Dark Kangaroo Mouse

Academic web links for the Dark Kangaroo Mouse.

Dark Kangaroo Mouse Frame
Order: Rodentia Order Description: Rodents Family: Heteromyidae Family Description: Pocket Mice,Kangaroo Mice and Rats
imnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/bio/mammal/Rod/pcktmc/dkmo/dkmofrm.htm

North American Mammals: Microdipodops megacephalus
Microdipodops megacephalus Dark Kangaroo Mouse Order: Rodentia Family: Heteromyidae ... Kangaroo Mice have fat deposits in the middle of their tails. The fat deposits
www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=165

Abstract
Molecular Phylogenetics of the Dark Kangaroo Mouse, Microdipodops megacephalus Nathan S. Upham Project Advisor: John C. Hafner The distribution of kangaroo
departments.oxy.edu/urc/projects/abstracts/2004/04biologyU.htm

Abstract
Phylogenetics and Biogeography of the Dark Kangaroo Mouse, Microdipodops megacephalus Nathan Upham Project Advisor: John Hafner The distribution of the Dark
departments.oxy.edu/urc/projects/abstracts/2005/05biologyUp.htm

North American Mammals: Microdipodops pallidus
The Dark Kangaroo Mouse, not surprisingly, is darker: the fur on its back is brownish, blackish, or grayish. Also known as: Pallid Kangaroo Mouse
www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=166

North American Mammals: Search Results
Microdipodops megacephalus (Dark Kangaroo Mouse) Microdipodops pallidus (Pale Kangaroo Mouse) Perognathus alticola (White-eared Pocket Mouse)
www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_menu.cfm?family=17

Mammalian Species Accounts
Dark Kangaroo Mouse (Microdipodops megacephalus) Pale Kangaroo Mouse (Microdipodops pallidus) Texas Mouse (Peromyscus attwateri)
www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/msiaccounts.html

North American Mammals: Microdipodops megacephalus
Microdipodops megacephalus (Dark Kangaroo Mouse) Credit: painting by Elizabeth McClelland from Kays and Wilson's
www.mnh.si.edu/mna/full_image.cfm?image_id=1333

UMF/ST
Dark kangaroo mouse (Microdipodops megacephalus) X : Pale kangaroo mouse (Microdipodops pallidus) X : White-eared pocket mouse (Perognathus alticola)
www.mnh.si.edu/mna/Resources/Table_2.doc

MSL, Index of Common Names
Last updated on 31 October 1996. Provide comments about the text to Dwight Moore at mooredwi@esumail.emporia.edu. Return to the home page of the Mammal Image Library.
www.emporia.edu/biosci/msl/mslindco.htm