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Dipodomys panamintinus (Panamint kangaroo rat)

Synonyms: Perodipus panamintinus

Wikipedia Abstract

The Panamint kangaroo rat (Dipodomys panamintinus) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is endemic to the Mojave Desert in eastern California and western Nevada, in the United States.
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Infraspecies

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
17
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.51
EDGE Score: 1.87

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  72 grams
Birth Weight [1]  4.5 grams
Male Weight [3]  76 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 [3]  3 months 4 days
Gestation [1]  29 days
Litter Size [1]  4
Litters / Year [3]  1
Maximum Longevity [3]  5 years
Nocturnal [2]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [3]  4.724 inches (12 cm)
Weaning [1]  28 days

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
California montane chaparral and woodlands United States Nearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Great Basin shrub steppe United States Nearctic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Mojave desert United States Nearctic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Sierra Nevada forests United States Nearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Death Valley National Park II 762125 California, Nevada, United States
Hamilton Preserve Nature Conservancy - Preserve Ia 52 California, United States  
Mojave and Colorado Deserts Biosphere Reserve 5901 California, United States  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
California Floristic Province Mexico, United States No

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Meringis californicus[4]
Meringis cummingi[4]
Meringis deserti[4]
Meringis hubbardi[4]
Rhadinopsylla sectilis sectilis[4]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Dipodomys panamintinus, Clare Intress and Troy L. Best, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 354, pp. 1-7 (1990)
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