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title: "Szczuroskoczek zwinny"
description: "Dipodomys agilis — Ssaki. The agile kangaroo rat (Dipodomys agilis) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/agile-kangaroo-rat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Szczuroskoczek zwinny

> Dipodomys agilis — Ssaki. The agile kangaroo rat (Dipodomys agilis) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae.

- Scientific name: *Dipodomys agilis*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `desert` (Pustynia)
- iNaturalist observations: 101
- Wikidata: [Q303546](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q303546)
- iNaturalist taxon: [44115](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/44115)

## Names

- en: Agile Kangaroo Rat
- de: Pazifik-Kängururatte
- es: Rata canguro de Baja California
- nl: Pacifische kangoeroegoffer
- pl: Szczuroskoczek zwinny

## Countries with the most observations

US (73)

## Summary

The agile kangaroo rat (Dipodomys agilis) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is endemic to southern California in the United States. In the 1980s, it was classified as monotypic, though later studies have recognized two subspecies.
Relatively little information has been published on the natural history, life history, ecology, or behavior of the agile kangaroo rat. The species appears to be part of the Californian kangaroo rat radiation, which is derived from a common ancestor with Ord's kangaroo rat. An observational study found distinct habitat differences between the agile and Stephens's kangaroo…

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

## Photo

![Szczuroskoczek zwinny](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/agile-kangaroo-rat/medium.jpg)

Photo: rockybajada · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10084026

## Machine access

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