| Dipodomyinae Temporal range: Late Miocene – Recent
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| Kangaroo rat | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Heteromyidae |
| Subfamily: | Dipodomyinae Gervais, 1853 |
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Dipodomyinae is a subfamily of heteromyid rodents, the kangaroo rats and mice. Dipodomyines, as implied by both their common and scientific names, are bipedal; they also jump exceptionally well. Kangaroo rats and mice are native to desert and semidesert ecosystems of western North America from southern Canada to central Mexico. They are generally herbivorous foragers, and dig and live in burrows.
- ^ Samuels, J.X.; Calede, J.J.-M.; Hunt, R.M. (March 2023). "The earliest dipodomyine heteromyid in North America and the phylogenetic relationships of geomorph rodents". PeerJ. 11: e14693. doi:10.7717/peerj.14693. PMC 10007967. PMID 36915658.