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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Panamint Kangaroo Rat

For Students 4th - 8th
The Panamint Kangaroo Rat lives where vegetation includes creosote bush, cactus, yucca, juniper trees, and Joshua trees. A seed eater, this Kangaroo Rat makes particularly efficient use of its external cheek pouches, as it removes the...