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Dipodomys nitratoides (Fresno kangaroo rat; San Joaquin kangaroo rat)

Wikipedia Abstract

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;
View Wikipedia Record: Dipodomys nitratoides

Infraspecies

Dipodomys nitratoides brevinasus (Short-nosed kangaroo rat)
Dipodomys nitratoides exilis (Fresno kangaroo rat)
Dipodomys nitratoides nitratoides (Tipton kangaroo rat)

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Dipodomys nitratoides

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
40
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 6.03
EDGE Score: 3.34
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  36 grams
Birth Weight [1]  3 grams
Male Weight [3]  39 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  20 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  20 %
Diet - Plants [2]  30 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  30 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  88 days
Gestation [1]  34 days
Litter Size [1]  2
Litters / Year [3]  2
Maximum Longevity [3]  10 years
Nocturnal [2]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [3]  3.937 inches (10 cm)
Weaning [1]  27 days

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
California Central Valley grasslands United States Nearctic Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
California interior chaparral and woodlands United States Nearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Carrizo Plain Preserve Nature Conservancy - Preserve Ia 7550 California, United States  
Pixley Vernal Pools Preserve 37 California, United States
Sand Ridge Preserve Nature Conservancy - Preserve Ia 285 California, United States

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
California Floristic Province Mexico, United States Yes

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Meringis californicus[4]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 4International Flea Database
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0