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Kangaroo rat   Listen
noun
kangaroo rat  n.  (Zool.)
1.
A jumping rodent of the genus Dipodomys of the family Heteromyidae, which lives in arid regions of Mexico and the western U. S.
2.
(Zool.) An Australian mammal of the genus Notomys.
3.
(Zool.) A small ratlike Australian kangaroo of the genus Potorous, also called the potoroo.





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"Kangaroo rat" Quotes from Famous Books



... heart long quiet, and all warm with sunshine. His long hind legs were stiff, his tiny forepaws clutched upon his breast, as if to leap; his poor life cut short upon that mountain by some unknown accident. But the Kangaroo rat, it proved, was no such unknown animal; and my ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition - Vol. 2 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson


Words linked to "Kangaroo rat" :   Dipodomys, Potoroinae, kangaroo jerboa, Dipodomys ordi, kangaroo, potoroo, rat kangaroo, desert rat, bettong, pocket rat, Ord kangaroo rat, Dipodomys phillipsii, genus Dipodomys, subfamily Potoroinae


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