family Heteromyidae
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Noun | 1. | family 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 mammal family - a family of mammals pocket mouse - any of various small nocturnal burrowing desert rodents with cheek pouches and long hind legs and tail genus Perognathus, Perognathus - pocket mice genus Liomys, Liomys - pocket mice Dipodomys, genus Dipodomys - kangaroo rats genus Microdipodops, Microdipodops - kangaroo mice Sciuromorpha, suborder Sciuromorpha - large more or less primitive rodents: squirrels; marmots; gophers; beavers; etc. |
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