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title: "Narrow-faced Kangaroo Rat"
description: "Dipodomys venustus — Mammiferi. The narrow-faced kangaroo rat (Dipodomys venustus) is one of almost 20 species of kangaroo rats, a rodent in the family Heteromyidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/narrow-faced-kangaroo-rat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Narrow-faced Kangaroo Rat

> Dipodomys venustus — Mammiferi. The narrow-faced kangaroo rat (Dipodomys venustus) is one of almost 20 species of kangaroo rats, a rodent in the family Heteromyidae.

- Scientific name: *Dipodomys venustus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 54
- Wikidata: [Q2703587](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2703587)
- iNaturalist taxon: [44107](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/44107)

## Names

- en: Narrow-faced Kangaroo Rat
- es: Rata canguro californiana
- nl: Santa Cruzkangoeroegoffer
- pl: Szczuroskoczek wąskolicy

## Countries with the most observations

US (38)

## Summary

The narrow-faced kangaroo rat (Dipodomys venustus) is one of almost 20 species of kangaroo rats, a rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is endemic to California in the United States.
Like all other heteromyids, the dental formula of Dipodomys venustus is 1.0.1.31.0.1.3 × 2 = 20.
Narrow-faced kangaroo rats lives within chaparral, mixed chaparral, and on sandy soils with oak or pine. They are distributed along West-central California in the coastal mountains. They have been divided into three subspecies:

Dipodomys venustus venustus (Santa Cruz kangaroo rat), which inhabit the Santa Cruz Mountains and Mount Hamilton…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrow-faced_kangaroo_rat

## Photo

![Narrow-faced Kangaroo Rat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/narrow-faced-kangaroo-rat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Daderot · CC0 · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dipodomys_venustus_santiluciae_-_Pacific_Grove_Museum_of_Natural_History_-_DSC06626.JPG

## Machine access

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