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Narrow-faced kangaroo rat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Heteromyidae
Genus:	Dipodomys
Species:	D. venustus
Binomial name
Dipodomys venustus (Merriam, 1904)

The narrow-faced kangaroo rat (Dipodomys venustus) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is endemic to California in the United States.

Like all other heteromyids, the dental formula of Dipodomys venustus is 1.0.1.31.0.1.3 × 2 = 20.

Narrow-faced kangaroo rats lives within chaparral, mixed chaparral, and on sandy soils with oak or pine. They are distributed along West-central California in the coastal mountains.

References

1. ^ Cassola, F. (2016). "Dipodomys venustus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T42605A22227166. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T42605A22227166.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Patton, J.L. (2005). "Family Heteromyidae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 849. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
3. Myers, Phil (2001). "Heteromyidae: kangaroo rats, pocket mice, and relatives". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
4. Best, Troy L. “Dipodomys Venustus.” Mammalian Species, no. 403, 1992, pp. 1–4. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3504315.Retrieved 3 December 2017.

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• Endemic fauna of California
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• Fauna of the California chaparral and woodlands
• Fauna of the San Francisco Bay Area
• Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
• Mammals described in 1904
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