Microdipodops

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Microdipodops - kangaroo mice

genus Microdipodops

mammal genus - a genus of mammals

family Heteromyidae, Heteromyidae - small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping; adapted to desert conditions: pocket mice; kangaroo mice; kangaroo rats

dwarf pocket rat, kangaroo mouse - small silky-haired pouched rodent; similar to but smaller than kangaroo rats

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ordii), the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus), the western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis), the kangaroo mouse Microdipodops megacephalus, and the pocket mouse Perognathus longimembris form large populations in the greasewood and shadescale communities.

4 Protected areas and biosphere reserves in the cold deserts and subdeserts

microps, Perognathus longimembris and Microdipodops megacephalus) between the lightly- and heavily-grazed areas were analyzed separately for each grazing gradient with Student's t-tests.

ordii, Microdipodops megacephalus, Chaetodipus formosus, Perognathus longimembris and P parvus.