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The family of rodents that include kangaroo rats, kangaroo mice and rock pocket mice is the Heteromyidae family. Most heteromyids live in complex burrows within the deserts and grasslands of western North America, though species within the Heteromys and Liomys genera are also found in forests and extend down as far as northern South America. They feed mostly on seeds and other plant parts, which they carry in their cheek pouches^[1] to their burrows.^[2]

Although they are very different in physical appearance, the closest relatives of the heteromyids are pocket gophers in the Geomyidae family.

Taxonomy

Hafner et al. (2007) summarized the molecular and morphological data to date and proposed the following taxonomy:

FAMILY HETEROMYIDAE
- Subfamily Heteromyinae
  - Genus Heteromys — spiny pocket mice
    - Trinidad Spiny Pocket Mouse, Heteromys anomalus
    - Southern Spiny Pocket Mouse, Heteromys australis
    - Overlook Spiny Pocket Mouse, Heteromys catopterius
    - Desmarest's Spiny Pocket Mouse, Heteromys desmarestianus
    - Gaumer's Spiny Pocket Mouse, Heteromys gaumeri
    - Goldman's Spiny Pocket Mouse, Heteromys goldmani
    - Nelson's Spiny Pocket Mouse, Heteromys nelsoni
    - Heteromys nubicolens
    - Paraguaná Spiny Pocket Mouse, Heteromys oasicus
    - Mountain Spiny Pocket Mouse, Heteromys oresterus
    - Ecuadoran Spiny Pocket Mouse, Heteromys teleus
  - Genus Liomys
    - Panamanian Spiny Pocket Mouse, Liomys adspersus
    - Mexican Spiny Pocket Mouse, Liomys irroratus
    - Painted Spiny Pocket Mouse, Liomys pictus
    - Salvin's Spiny Pocket Mouse, Liomys salvini
    - Jaliscan Spiny Pocket Mouse, Liomys spectabilis
- Subfamily Dipodomyinae — kangaroo rats and mice
  - Genus Dipodomys — kangaroo rats
    - Agile Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys agilis
    - California Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys californicus
    - Gulf Coast Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys compactus
    - Desert Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys deserti
    - Texas Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys elator
    - Big-eared Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys elephantinus
    - San Quintin Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys gravipes
    - Heermann's Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys heermanni
    - Giant Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ingens
    - Merriam's Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys merriami
    - Chisel-toothed Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys microps
    - Nelson's Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys nelsoni
    - Fresno Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys nitratoides
    - Ord's Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ordii
    - Panamint Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys panamintinus
    - Phillip's Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys phillipsii
    - Dulzura Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys simulans
    - Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys spectabilis
    - Stephens' Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys stephensi
    - Narrow-faced Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys venustus
  - Genus Microdipodops — kangaroo mice
    - Pale Kangaroo Mouse, Microdipodops pallidus
    - Dark Kangaroo Mouse, Microdipodops megacephalus
- Subfamily Perognathinae — pocket mice
  - Genus Perognathus
    - White-eared Pocket Mouse, Perognathus alticola
    - Arizona Pocket Mouse, Perognathus amplus
    - Olive-backed Pocket Mouse, Perognathus fasciatus
    - Plains Pocket Mouse, Perognathus flavescens
    - Silky Pocket Mouse, Perognathus flavus
    - San Joaquin Pocket Mouse, Perognathus inornatus
    - Little Pocket Mouse, Perognathus longimembris
    - Merriam's Pocket Mouse, Perognathus merriami
    - Great Basin Pocket Mouse, Perognathus parvus
  - Genus Chaetodipus
    - Little Desert Pocket Mouse, Chaetodipus arenarius
    - Narrow-skulled Pocket Mouse, Chaetodipus artus
    - Bailey's Pocket Mouse, Chaetodipus baileyi
    - California Pocket Mouse, Chaetodipus californicus
    - Dalquest's Pocket Mouse, Chaetodipus dalquesti
    - Chihuahuan Desert Pocket Mouse, Chaetodipus eremicus
    - San Diego Pocket Mouse, Chaetodipus fallax
    - Long-tailed Pocket Mouse, Chaetodipus formosus
    - Goldman's Pocket Mouse, Chaetodipus goldmani
    - Hispid Pocket Mouse, Chaetodipus hispidus
    - Rock Pocket Mouse, Chaetodipus intermedius
    - Lined Pocket Mouse, Chaetodipus lineatus
    - Nelson's Pocket Mouse, Chaetodipus nelsoni
    - Desert Pocket Mouse, Chaetodipus penicillatus
    - Sinaloan Pocket Mouse, Chaetodipus pernix
    - Baja Pocket Mouse, Chaetodipus rudinoris
    - Spiny Pocket Mouse, Chaetodipus spinatus

Heteromyidae

Dipodomyinae

	Dipodomys

	Microdipodops

Heteromys

Perognathinae

	Perognathus

	Chaetodipus

Most authorities prior to this (Alexander and Riddle, 2005; Patton, 2005) treat Liomys as a distinct genus from Heteromys.

References
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↑ Morton, S.R. (1980). Cheek pouch capacity in heteromyid rodents. Oecologia 46 (2): 143–146.
↑ Fleming, Theodore (1984). in Macdonald, D.: The Encyclopedia of Mammals. New York: Facts on File, 632–633. ISBN 0-87196-871-1.

Alexander, L. F. and B. R. Riddle. 2005. Phylogenetics of the New World rodent family Heteromyidae. Journal of Mammalogy, 86:366-379.
Hafner, J. C. J. E. Light, D. J. Hafner, M. S. Hafner, E. Reddington, D. S. Rogers, and B. R. Riddle. 2007. Basal clades and molecular systematics of heteromyid rodents. Journal of Mammalogy, 88:1129-1145.
Patton, J. L. 2005. Family Heteromyidae. pp. 844–858 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

External links

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Heteromyidae.html

Rodent Families

Anomaluromorpha: Anomaluridae | †Parapedetidae | Pedetidae

† indicates extinct taxa

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[Morton_et_al_1980-1] Morton, S.R. (1980). Cheek pouch capacity in heteromyid rodents. Oecologia 46 (2): 143–146.

[EoM-2] Fleming, Theodore (1984). in Macdonald, D.: The Encyclopedia of Mammals. New York: Facts on File, 632–633. ISBN 0-87196-871-1.

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