The Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rat confines its activities to small areas near the large earthen mounds that contain its complex burrow systems. Usually gentle and timid, this Kangaroo Rat will fight furiously to defend its territory from invasion by other Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rats. Learn more about the Dipodomys spectabilis, more commonly known as a Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rat, in this easy-to-read species overview by the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.