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Dipodomys venustus (narrow-faced kangaroo rat)

Wikipedia Abstract

The narrow-faced kangaroo rat (Dipodomys venustus) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is endemic to California in the United States.
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Infraspecies

Dipodomys venustus elephantinus (Big-eared kangaroo rat) (Attributes)
Dipodomys venustus sanctiluciae
Dipodomys venustus venustus (Narrow-faced kangaroo rat)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
17
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.37
EDGE Score: 1.85
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  85 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 %
Gestation [3]  30 days
Litter Size [1]  3
Litters / Year [3]  2
Nocturnal [4]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [3]  6 inches (16 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
California interior chaparral and woodlands United States Nearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
California montane chaparral and woodlands United States Nearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Northern California coastal forests United States Nearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Ventana Wilderness Area   California, United States  

Biodiversity Hotspots

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

Prey / Diet

Bromus rigidus (ripgut brome)[1]
Heterotheca grandiflora (Telegraph Weed)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Microtus californicus (California vole)1
Sylvilagus audubonii (Desert Cottontail)1

Predators

Canis latrans (Coyote)[5]
Felis silvestris (Wildcat)[5]
Lynx rufus (Bobcat)[5]
Urocyon cinereoargenteus (Gray Fox)[5]
Vulpes vulpes (Red Fox)[5]

Consumers

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Dipodomys venustus, Troy L. Best, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 403, pp. 1-4 (1992)
♦ 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
♦ 4Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 6International 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