Heteromyidae (kangaroo rats, kangaroo mice)

Scientific Classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Heteromyidae
Common:kangaroo rats, kangaroo mice

Related Page Hierarchy

Family: Anomaluridae (scaly-tailed squirrels)
Family: Aplodontiidae (mountain beaver)
Family: Castoridae (beavers)
Family: Heteromyidae (kangaroo rats, kangaroo mice)
Trinidad Spiny Pocket mouse (Heteromys anomalus)
Southern Spiny Pocket mouse (Heteromys australis)
Desmarest's Spiny Pocket mouse (Heteromys desmarestianus)
Gaumer's Spiny Pocket mouse (Heteromys gaumeri)
Goldman's Spiny Pocket mouse (Heteromys goldmani)
Nelson's Spiny Pocket mouse (Heteromys nelsoni)
Pocket mouse (Heteromys nubicolens)
Pocket mouse (Heteromys oasicus)
Mountain Spiny Pocket mouse (Heteromys oresterus)
Pocket mouse (Heteromys teleus)
Agile kangaroo rat (Dipodomys agilis)
California kangaroo rat (Dipodomys californicus)
Gulf Coast kangaroo rat (Dipodomys compactus)
Desert kangaroo rat (Dipodomys deserti)
Texas kangaroo rat (Dipodomys elator)
San Quintin kangaroo rat (Dipodomys gravipes)
Heerman's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys heermanni)
Giant kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ingens)
Merriam's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami)
Chisel-toothed kangaroo rat (Dipodomys microps)
Nelson's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys nelsoni)
Fresno kangaroo rat (Dipodomys nitratoides)
Ord's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ordii)
Panamint kangaroo rat (Dipodomys panamintinus)
Phillip's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys phillipsii)
Dulzura Kangaroo rat (Dipodomys simulans)
Banner-tailed kangaroo rat (Dipodomys spectabilis)
Stephen's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys stephensi)
Narrow-faced kangaroo rat (Dipodomys venustus)
Pale Kangaroo mouse (Microdipodops pallidus)
Dark Kangaroo mouse (Microdipodops megacephalus)
White-eared Pocket mouse (Perognathus alticola)
Arizona Pocket mouse (Perognathus amplus)
Olive-backed Pocket mouse (Perognathus fasciatus)
Plains Pocket mouse (Perognathus flavescens)
Silky Pocket mouse (Perognathus flavus)
San Joaquin Pocket mouse (Perognathus inornatus)
Little Pocket mouse (Perognathus longimembris)
Merriam's Pocket mouse (Perognathus merriami)
Great Basin Pocket mouse (Perognathus parvus)
Little Desert Pocket mouse (Chaetodipus arenarius)
Narrow-skulled Pocket mouse (Chaetodipus artus)
Bailey's Pocket mouse (Chaetodipus baileyi)
California Pocket mouse (Chaetodipus californicus)
Dalquest's Pocket mouse (Chaetodipus dalquesti)
Chihuahuan Pocket mouse (Chaetodipus eremicus)
San Diego Pocket mouse (Chaetodipus fallax)
Long-tailed Pocket mouse (Chaetodipus formosus)
Goldman's Pocket mouse (Chaetodipus goldmani)
Hispid Pocket mouse (Chaetodipus hispidus)
Rock Pocket mouse (Chaetodipus intermedius)
Lined Pocket mouse (Chaetodipus lineatus)
Nelson's Pocket mouse (Chaetodipus nelsoni)
Desert Pocket mouse (Chaetodipus penicillatus)
Sinaloan Pocket mouse (Chaetodipus pernix)
Baja California Pocket mouse (Chaetodipus rudinoris)
Spiny Pocket mouse (Chaetodipus spinatus)
Family: Diatomyidae (Laotian rock rat)
Family: Ctenodactylidae (gundis)
Family: Bathyergidae (African mole rats)
Family: Hystricidae (old world porcupines)
Family: Abrocomidae (chinchilla rats)
Family: Capromyidae (hutias)
Family: Ctenomyidae (tuco-tucos)
Family: Dasyproctidae (agoutis)
Family: Dinomyidae (pacaranas)
Family: Echimyidae (spiny rats)
Family: Myocastoridae (nutria)
Family: Octodontidae (octodonts)
Family: Dipodidae (jerboas, jumping mice)
Family: Calomyscidae (mouse-like hamsters)
Family: Cricetidae (hamsters, new world rats, mice, voles)
Family: Gliridae (dormice)
Family: Muridae (true mice, rats, gerbils, spiny mice, crested rat)
Family: Nesomyidae (climbing mice, rock mice, white-tailed rat, Malagasy rats, mice)
Family: Pedetidae (springhares)
Family: Petromuridae (dassie rat)
Family: Platacanthomyidae (spiny dormice)
Family: Spalacidae (mole rats, bamboo rats, zokors)
Family: Thryonomyidae (cane rats)