Banner-tailed kangaroo rat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the banner-tailed kangaroo rat lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Dipodomys spectabilis
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Near threatened (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	North America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Heteromyidae

Where does the banner-tailed kangaroo rat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the banner-tailed kangaroo rat in 2 countries and territories across North America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the banner-tailed kangaroo rat endangered?

The banner-tailed kangaroo rat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the banner-tailed kangaroo rat?

The banner-tailed kangaroo rat (Dipodomys spectabilis) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Heteromyidae, genus Dipodomys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the banner-tailed kangaroo rat

The banner-tailed kangaroo rat (Dipodomys spectabilis) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in arid environments in the southwestern United States and Mexico where it lives in a burrow by day and forages for seeds and plant matter by night.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Banner-tailed kangaroo rat (revision 1341549121), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q305280 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).