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Phillips's Kangaroo Rat

Dipodomys phillipsii

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 1, February 0, March 0, April 1, May 0, June 0, July 0, August 0, September 0, October 1, November 1, December 0.
Mexico4
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave3
Oaxaca1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderRodents · Rodentia
FamilyKangaroo Rats and Pocket Mice · Heteromyidae
GenusKangaroo Rats · Dipodomys

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Phillips's Kangaroo Rat with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.