Common Name
Gulf Coast Kangaroo Rat
Order
Rodentia
Family
Heteromyidae
Species Name
Dipodomys compactus
States
Texas
Distribution
Mainland, Padre and Mustang Islands of S Texas, and barrier Islands of N Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Notes
Considered distinct from ordii by Johnson and Selander (1971), Schmidly and Hendricks (1976), and Baumgardner and Schmidly (1981), who also documented sympatry between compactus and ordii. Hall (1981:565) provisionally retained compactus as a subspecies
Texas
Unique to TX & Tamaulipas, Mex