The Amazing Kangaroo Rat By: Joanna and Shawn

 Appearance  Kangaroo rats are very small. Their length is 30 cm including their tail. They are the size of a guinea pig. They are cute and fuzzy just like other cute small animals. Kangaroo rats have a very long tail just like a horse’s tail.

Kangaroo rats are very small.

Their length is 30 cm including their tail.

They are the size of a guinea pig.

They are cute and fuzzy just like other cute small animals.

Kangaroo rats have a very long tail just like a horse’s tail.

Adaptations The climate in the desert is hot outside so they burrow in the ground where the air is most humid and moist. Kangaroo rats come out between 9pm to 3am.

The climate in the desert is hot outside so they burrow in the ground where the air is most humid and moist.

Kangaroo rats come out between 9pm to 3am.

 Food  Grasses are an important meal in a kangaroo rat’s diet. Dry seeds are an another example of a food kangaroo rats eat.

Grasses are an important meal in a kangaroo rat’s diet.

Dry seeds are an another example of a food kangaroo rats eat.

Habitat They live in scrub or brush covered slopes, often with creosote bush or acacias on hard or gravelly soil. It lives in North America and Canada. They live in burrows, and platforms.

They live in scrub or brush covered slopes, often with creosote bush or acacias on hard or gravelly soil.

It lives in North America and Canada.

They live in burrows, and platforms.

 Defenses  They use their powerful hind legs to cover the ground in series of 2m long hops. Kangaroo rats have big back feet to help them hop away fast.

They use their powerful hind legs to cover the ground in series of 2m long hops.

Kangaroo rats have big back feet to help them hop away fast.

 Is It Extinct?  It is not extinct but it is endangered. People are destroying deserts and hunting Kangaroo rats.  There are many kinds of Kangaroo rats. Most of them are endangered or even sadly extinct. 

It is not extinct but it is endangered.

People are destroying deserts and hunting

Kangaroo rats. 

There are many kinds of Kangaroo rats. Most of them are endangered or even sadly extinct. 

Fun Facts Kangaroo rats are not kangaroos or rats, they are rodents. Kangaroo rats are excellent jumpers just like kangaroos. Kangaroo rats are very skiddish.

Kangaroo rats are not kangaroos or rats, they are rodents.

Kangaroo rats are excellent jumpers just like kangaroos.

Kangaroo rats are very skiddish.

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