kangaroo rat

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kan=ga=roo rat

WORDNET DICTIONARY

kangaroo rat(n = noun.animal) desert rat, dipodomys phillipsii - any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico; largest members of the family Heteromyidae; Array

is a kind of pocket rat

is a member of dipodomys, genus dipodomys

has particulars: dipodomys ordi, ord kangaroo rat

kangaroo rat(n = noun.animal) rat kangaroo - any of several rabbit-sized ratlike Australian kangaroos; Array

is a kind of kangaroo

is a member of potoroinae, subfamily potoroinae

has particulars: potoroo, bettong, jerboa kangaroo, kangaroo jerboa

kangaroo rat, n.

A jumping rodent of the genus Dipodomys of the family Heteromyidae, which lives in arid regions of Mexico and the western U. S. [PJC]
An Australian mammal of the genus Notomys. [PJC]
a small ratlike Australian kangaroo of the genus Potorous, also called the potoroo. [PJC]

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