kangaroo rat in English
noun
1
a seed-eating hopping rodent with large cheek pouches and long hind legs, found from Canada to Mexico.
Her research on the banner-tailed kangaroo rat , a rodent that lives in the desert southwest of the United States, shows evidence of foot-drumming used to communicate territorial ownership.
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1. There is also some variation in length with one of the largest species, the banner-tailed kangaroo rat being six inches in body length and a tail length of eight inches.
2. Animals: AARDVARK, ALPACA, AMADAVAT or Avadavat (Indian song bird), BLACK MAMBA (snake), CARACAL (lynx), CARACARA (vulture-like bird), MATAMATA (a turtle), HELLBENDER (salamander), LEVERET (young hare), TREECREEPER (bird), TREE SHREW, INDRIS (a lemurine animal), SISKIN (bird), KOODOO or COODOO (antelope), MOORCOCK (bird), POTOROO (kangaroo-rat), …