Texas kangaroo rat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

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

Where does the Texas kangaroo rat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Texas kangaroo rat 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 Texas kangaroo rat endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the Texas kangaroo rat?

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

About the Texas kangaroo rat

The Texas kangaroo rat (Dipodomys elator) is a rodent of the family Heteromyidae. It is found in Texas and Oklahoma in the United States, where it often lives in association with brush species, like mesquite and lotebush, growing in areas with firm clay-loam soils. The species is listed as threatened by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the IUCN lists the species as vulnerable.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Texas kangaroo rat (revision 1337485525), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q307345 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).