HETEROMYIDAE, Gray, 1868
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6611160 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6607890 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3C3D87A6-874F-B115-1AAD-540AF85BFA93 |
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Carolina |
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HETEROMYIDAE |
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Family HETEROMYIDAE View in CoL
(POCKET MICE, KANGAROO MICE AND KANGAROO RATS)
• Small, non-fossorial nocturnal rodents with external, fur-lined cheek pouches.
• 10-35 cm. View Figure
• Nearctic and Neotropical Regions. View Figure
• From arid deserts to humid tropical forests, including grasslands and chaparral, from cold temperate zones to tropics, from sea level to 3200 m.
• 5 genera, 66 species, 319 axa.
• 1 species Critically Endangered, 6 species Endangered, 4 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.
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