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vaughani, and several heteromyid taxa, including Dipodomys gidleyi, Oregonomys cf.

Pliocene Amphibians and Reptiles from Clark County, Nevada

The only species of rodent captured in the grassland grazing exclosure was Ord's kangaroo rat, Dipodomys ordii (Table 4).

Impact of Grazing and Desertification in the Chihuahuan Desert: Plant Communities, Granivores and Granivory

The study concentrated on a simple community of two species of kangaroo rats (Dipodomys deserti and D.

Interactions between predation risk and competition: a field study of kangaroo rats and snakes

Eight montane voles (Microtus montanus; 2 males, 6 females) were captured in May and three Ord's kangaroo rats (Dipodomys ordii; 1 male, 2 females) were captured in August.

Effect of cheatgrass on abundance of the North American deermouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)

Increases were documented for Dipodomys merriami (55%, P=0.014), Chaetodipus hispidus (196%, P=0.011), Perognathus flavus (526%, P=0.001), Peromyscus maniculatus (339%, P=0.001) and Reithrodontomys megalotis (230%, P=0.005) (Table 3).

Rodent habitats in a Chihuahuan Desert/desert plains grassland ecotone

We used standard laboratory methods to assess agonistic behavior of Merriam's kangaroo rats, Dipodomys merriami.

Sex Differences in Agonistic Behavior of Merriam's Kangaroo Rats (Dipodomys merriami)

In a Sonoran Desert community of four granivorous species (Arizona pocket mouse, Perognathus amplus; Merriam's kangaroo rat, Dipodomys merriami; round-tailed ground squirrel, Spermophilus tereticaudus; and Harris's antelope squirrel, Ammospermophilus harrisii), we concluded that two mechanisms were jointly responsible for community organization.

Foraging theory, patch use, and the structure of a Negev Desert granivore community

Dipodomys spectabilis (banner-tailed kangaroo rat) is a large kangaroo rat whose current distribution is limited to Upper and Lower Sonoran lifezones from northern New Mexico southward into Mexico.

Late Wisconsin mammalian fauna from Dust Cave, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Culberson County, Texas

Captures of Baiomys taylori (n=8), Onychomys leucogaster (n=6), Dipodomys ordii (n=2) and Spermophilus spilosoma (n=1) were not sufficient for statistical analysis.

Trap-revealed microhabitat use by small mammals in monoculture grasslands

Schiffman (1994) found giant kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ingens) activity increases the diversity of exotic grass species while decreasing the diversity of native species in a California grassland and the North American beaver (Castor canadensis) is notable for its extensive alteration of resources (Naiman, 1988).

Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) Disturbance to Vegetation and Potential Net Nitrogen Mineralization and Nitrification Rates in a Freshwater Tidal Marsh

This flea is associated with Ord's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ordii), although it also has been reported on P.

Siphonaptera of Peromyscus in the Niobrara Chalk Barrens, Colorado

17 Jan-8 Feb 1993 25 Dec 1995 15 Jun 1996 Species (180 pellets) (84 pellets) (140 pellets) Cryptotis 16 (5.80) 10 (5.18 5 (1.45) parva Sylvilagus -- 1 (0.52) -- audubonii Cratogeomys 31 (11.23) -- -- castanops Geomys 4 (1.45) 2 (1.04) 6 (1.74) bursarius Chaetodipus -- 24 (12.44 41 (11.88) hispidus Dipodomys -- -- -- ordii Baiomys -- 21 (10.88) -- taylori Neotoma 1 (0.36) -- -- micropus Onychomys 4 (1.45) -- 4 (1.16) leucogaster Peromyscus sp.

Vertebrate remains found in barn owl pellets from Crosby County, Texas