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Margarita Island kangaroo rat
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| Margarita Island kangaroo rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Heteromyidae |
| Genus: | Dipodomys |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | D. m. margaritae
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| Trinomial name | |
| Dipodomys merriami margaritae Merriam, 1907
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The Margarita Island kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami margaritae) is a subspecies of rodent in the family Heteromyidae.[3]
It is endemic to Mexico, where it is found only on Isla Santa Margarita of Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur. The natural habitat of the species is hot deserts. It is threatened by predation by feral cats and dogs.[1][failed verification]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Castro-Arellano, I.; Lacher, T.; Vázquez, E. & Arroyo-Cabrales, J. (2008). "Dipodomys margaritae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2009.
- ^ Baillie, J. (1996). "Dipodomys margaritae". In Baillie, Jonathan; Groombridge, Brian (eds.). 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals (PDF). Gland, Switzerland: The IUCN Species Survival Commission, IUCN. p. 23. ISBN 2-8317-0335-2. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ Patton, J.L. (2005). "Family Heteromyidae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 846. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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