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Fresno kangaroo rat Dipodomys nitratoides Vulnerable

Where the Fresno kangaroo rat 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 986 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

Fresno kangaroo rat: Dipodomys nitratoides
Photo: National Park Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Scientific nameDipodomys nitratoides
GroupMice, rats & other rodents
StatusVulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in1 country
ContinentsNorth America
ClassMammal
OrderRodentia
FamilyHeteromyidae

Where does the Fresno kangaroo rat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Fresno kangaroo rat in 1 country or territory 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 Fresno kangaroo rat endangered?

The Fresno kangaroo rat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Fresno kangaroo rat?

The Fresno kangaroo rat (Dipodomys nitratoides) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Heteromyidae, genus Dipodomys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Fresno kangaroo rat

The Fresno kangaroo rat or San Joaquin kangaroo rat (Dipodomys nitratoides) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is endemic to areas within and near the San Joaquin Valley of California in the United States. Habitat destruction due to agricultural development and urbanization has put this species at risk, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as "vulnerable".

There are three subspecies of D. nitratoides:

D. n. exilis (Merriam, 1894) (Fresno subspecies),

D. n. nitratoides (Merriam, 1894) (Tipton subspecies),

D. n. brevinasus (Grinnell, 1920) (short-nose subspecies).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Fresno kangaroo rat (revision 1370230397), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q303570 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).

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