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ANIMAL INFORMATION: Please note, this part of mongabay has been updated |
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Ord's Kangaroo RatEducational resources on Ord's Kangaroo RatOrd's Kangaroo Rat [an error occurred while processing this directive] IUCN Profile of the Ord's Kangaroo Rat Ord's Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys ordii) Ord's Kangaroo Rat Order Rodentia: Family Heteromyidae : Dipodomys ordii Woodhouse. Description. A five-toed kangaroo rat of medium size; tail relatively www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/dipoordi.htm Pocket Mice And Kangaroo Rats (Family Heteromyidae) Ord's Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys ordii richardsoni (J. A. Allen) Description: The Ord's kangaroo rat is a heavy-bodied mouse that can be distinguished from other rodents in Kansas www.ksr.ku.edu/libres/Mammals_of_Kansas/dipodomys.html NDIS Ord's Kangaroo Rat Wildlife Page Habitat: They inhabit a variety of habitats from semidesert shrublands and piñon-juniper woodlands to shortgrass or mixed prairie and silvery wormwood in Colorado, Utah, and ndis.nrel.colostate.edu/wildlifespx.asp?SpCode=050155 North American Mammals: Dipodomys ordii By occupying the short grass prairie of the Great Plains, and a variety of habitats where there are fine-textured, sandy soils, Ord's Kangaroo Rat has managed a truly enormous www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=76 Ord's Kangaroo Rat Frame Order: Rodentia Order Description: Rodents Family: Heteromyidae Family Description: Pocket Mice,Kangaroo Mice and Rats imnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/bio/mammal/Rod/pcktmc/okra/ordsfrm.htm Ord's kangaroo rat ©2008 The University of Utah Vice President for Research; 201 S. President's Circle Room 210 Salt Lake City UT 84112; Phone 801.581.7236 • 801.585.6212 entrada.utah.edu/d_ordii_rat.html photographs by Mark Chappell This is the widely distributed Ord's kangaroo rat (D. ordii), which lives in scrublands throughout much of western North America. It's one of the smaller species, weighing 30-50 faculty.ucr.edu/~chappell/INW/mammals/Ords.html Texas Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys elator) The burrow is similar to that of the Ord’s kangaroo rat, but usually it is shorter and the animal does not plug the entrances during the daytime. www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/dipoelat.htm Ord's Kangaroo Rat Habitat Model for Species: Ord's Kangaroo Rat IdleGrass, Past, Hay, Low, Med, High Cov, Habitat Restrictions (Rosenstock, S. S., 1996) (Higgins, K. F.et al., 2000) (Hauk, J. K wfs.sdstate.edu/sdgap/mammal/mammallandcov/OrdsKangarooRat.pdf Order Rodentia Ord’s Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ordii Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys spectabilis Mexican Spiny Pocket Mouse, Liomys irroratus www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/ordroden.htm
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