family heteromyidae

1. Small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping;
   Adapted to desert conditions: pocket mice;
   Kangaroo mice;
   Kangaroo rats (synset 102351057)
   is a type of: mammal family - a family of mammals
   member holonym:

   • pocket mouse - any of various small nocturnal burrowing desert rodents with cheek pouches and long hind legs and tail
   • genus perognathus, perognathus - pocket mice
   • genus liomys, liomys - pocket mice
   • dipodomys, genus dipodomys - kangaroo rats
   • genus microdipodops, microdipodops - kangaroo mice
   belongs to: sciuromorpha, suborder sciuromorpha - large more or less primitive rodents: squirrels; marmots; gophers; beavers; etc.
   same as: heteromyidae

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