Kangaroo rat

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Kangaroo rat

• byTjeerd

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Facts

• Tail is always bigger than body
• tail acts as balance when hopping
• solitary by nature
• belligerent often fight by jumping in the air
  and slashing at each other with hind legs
• kick sand into enemies
• only come out at night

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Diet

• grass
• insects
• ocotillo
• succulents
• vegetation
• seeds
• mesquite
• purslane

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Predators

• foxes
• bobcats
• owls
• snakes
• American badgers
• coyotes
• bot fly parasites

Rattle snake
coyote
bobcat
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Description

• Cute
• plump,dumpy little body
• large hind legs
• large ,dorsally placed eyes
• small rounded ears
• tan,cream and off-white
• White band of fur that crosses the hip from the
  base of the tail
• 9 to 14 inches
• tail is covered with fur

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Habitat

• Australia
• Asia
• Africa
• live in burrows
• deserts

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References

• http//www.nature.ca/notebooks/English/kangarat.ht
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• http//www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/
  rodent/Kangarooratprintout.shtml
• http//www.blueplanetbiomes.org/kangaroo_rat.htm