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kangaroo rat

DEFINITIONS OF: kangaroo rat

1

n any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico; largest members of the family Heteromyidae

Synonyms:
Dipodomys phillipsii, desert rat
Types:
Dipodomys ordi, Ord kangaroo rat
most widely distributed kangaroo rat: plains and mountain areas of central and western United States
Type of:
pocket rat
any of various rodents with cheek pouches

n any of several rabbit-sized ratlike Australian kangaroos

Synonyms:
rat kangaroo
Types:
potoroo
Australian rat kangaroos
bettong
short-nosed rat kangaroo
jerboa kangaroo, kangaroo jerboa
brush-tailed rat kangaroo
Type of:
kangaroo
any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail
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