desert rat(n = noun.animal) dipodomys phillipsii, kangaroo rat - any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico; largest members of the family Heteromyidae;
is a kind of pocket rat
is a member of dipodomys, genus dipodomys
has particulars: dipodomys ordi, ord kangaroo rat

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