Common Name
Desert Kangaroo Rat
Order
Rodentia
Family
Heteromyidae
Species Name
Dipodomys deserti
States
Arizona
California
Nevada
Utah
Distribution
Deserts of eastern California, to southern and western Nevada, southwestern Utah, western and south central Arizona (USA), northwestern Sonora and northeastern Baja California (Mexico).
Notes
Revised by Nader (1978). Reviewed by Best et al. (1989, Mammalian Species No. 339). Williams et al. (1993) regard each named form as valid subspecies. Mainly nocturnal, but may actively excavate new burrows or remove sand from existing burrows during t