Agile Kangaroo Rat

Common Name
Agile Kangaroo Rat
Order
Rodentia
Family
Heteromyidae
Species Name
Dipodomys agilis
States
California

Distribution

Southwestern and south central California.

Notes

Specific distinctness of northern populations with 2n=62 (agilis) from southern forms with 2n=60 (simulans) documented by Best et al. (1986) and Sullivan and Best (1997a). Reviewed, in part, by Best (1978, 1983a) and Lackey (1967); see also Hall (1981:11