Ord's Kangaroo Rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Subclass: Eutheria Order: Rodentia Family: Heteromyidae Genus: Dipodomys Species: D. ordii
Binomial name
Dipodomys ordii Woodhouse, 1853

Ord's Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ordii, is a kangaroo rat that is native to Western North America, specifically the Great Plains and the Great Basin with its range extending from extreme southern Canada to central Mexico. This article explains how to read a taxobox. ... For other uses, see Scientific classification (disambiguation). ... Animalia redirects here. ... {{{subdivision_ranks}}} See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ... I smoke weed im growing a blue penis dude#REDIRECT penises are cool ... Eutheria is a taxon (specifically, an infraclass) nearly synonymous with Placentalia, containing the placental mammals and the nearest ancestors of placental mammals (which are known only from the fossil record). ... Suborders Sciuromorpha Castorimorpha Myomorpha Anomaluromorpha Hystricomorpha Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents. ... SubFamilies Dipodomyinae Heteromyinae Perognathinae Most Heteromyidae live in complex burrows within the deserts and grasslands of western North America, though species within the Heteromys and Liomys genera are also found in forests and extend down as far as northern South America. ... Kangaroo rats, genus Dipodomys, are small rodents native to North and Central America. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Species 22, see text Kangaroo rats, genus Dipodomys, are small rodents native to North America. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... The Great Plains is the broad expanse of prairie which lies east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada. ... Drainage map showing the Great Basin in orange Various Definitions of the Great Basin (NPS) The Great Basin is a large, arid region of the western United States. ...

Ord's Kangaroo Rat has a 5th toe on its hind foot which distinguishes it from Dipodomys elator. It is bicolored with gold-brown dorsal hair and a white stomach. It has a long tail with a bushy tip, and is dark dorsally and ventrally with a white lateral stripe. Its hind foot is modified for jumping and exceeds 35 mm in length, and its total length exceeds 240 mm. Its tail is usually less than 160 mm, distinguishing it from Dipodomys elator (which exceeds 160 mm).