Common Name
Texas Kangaroo Rat
Order
Rodentia
Family
Heteromyidae
Species Name
Dipodomys elator
Status
Listed by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department as Threatened.
States
Oklahoma
Texas
Distribution
Southwestern Oklahoma and northcentral Texas.
Notes
Has 4 toes & a "banner" tuft on its tail. Reviewed by Carter et al. (1985, Mammalian Species No. 232) and Williams et al. (1993). Sexual dimorphism and morphometric variation reviewed by Best (1987, 1993d) and molecular systematic relationships by Mantoo
Oklahoma
Probably no longer occurs in Oklahoma (Caire et al., 1989). This Kangaroo rat has not been recorded in OK for about 75 years (in a sorghum field near Chattanooga in Comanche Co.).
Texas
Unique to TX & one county in OK. Large-sized with white tuft on tail.