Dark kangaroo mouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Dark kangaroo mouse Microdipodops megacephalus Least concern

Where the dark kangaroo mouse lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild-collected museum specimen (a central record among 2,663 open-licence GBIF records – few open-licence observations were available), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mice, rats & other rodents on the world map

Scientific name	Microdipodops megacephalus
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Heteromyidae

Where does the dark kangaroo mouse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the dark kangaroo mouse in 1 country or territory across North America.

United States

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 dark kangaroo mouse endangered?

The dark kangaroo mouse’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the dark kangaroo mouse?

The dark kangaroo mouse (Microdipodops megacephalus) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Heteromyidae, genus Microdipodops. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the dark kangaroo mouse

The dark kangaroo mouse (Microdipodops megacephalus) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Utah in the United States.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Dark kangaroo mouse (revision 1366525983), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1266041 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).