---
title: "Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rat"
description: "Dipodomys spectabilis — Mammals. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/banner-tailed-kangaroo-rat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rat

> Dipodomys spectabilis — Mammals. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Dipodomys spectabilis*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 135
- Wikidata: [Q305280](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q305280)
- iNaturalist taxon: [44105](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/44105)

## Names

- en: Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rat
- de: Fahnenschwanz-Kängururatte
- es: Rata-canguro cola de bandera
- pl: Szczuroskoczek flagoogonowy

## Countries with the most observations

US (81), MX (18)

## Photo

![Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/banner-tailed-kangaroo-rat/medium.jpg)

Photo: hectormarquez · CC0 · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dipodomys_gravipes_64346443.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/banner-tailed-kangaroo-rat?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).