Kangaroo Rats Pocket Mice and Kangaroo Mice: Heteromyidae - Physical Characteristics, Diet, Behavior And Reproduction, Conservation Status, San Joaquin Pocket Mouse (perognathus Inornatus): Species Accounts - GEOGRAPHIC RANGE, HABITAT, KANGAROO RATS POCKE
SAN JOAQUIN POCKET MOUSE (Perognathus inornatus): SPECIES ACCOUNTS
GIANT KANGAROO RAT (Dipodomys ingens): SPECIES ACCOUNTS
GEOGRAPHIC RANGE
Heteromyids are found in the western United States, southwestern Canada, Mexico, Central America, and northern South America.
HABITAT
Heteromyids live in deserts, dry grasslands, and, in a few cases, wet and dry tropical forests. Desert pocket mice and kangaroo rats like arid, dry, climates that contain sand, scrubs, sagebrush, grasses, and chaparral. Kangaroo mice prefer sandy habitats. In all cases, heteromyids like areas that contain many seeds.
KANGAROO RATS POCKET MICE KANGAROO MICE AND PEOPLE
Kangaroo rats are considered keystone species because their burrows provide habitat for a variety of plants and animals. A keystone species is a species that is important in maintaining the biodiversity, the variety of different animals and plants, of an area.
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