RANGE: The San Bernardino kangaroo rat was once a common resident of the San Bernardino Valley in Southern California's San Bernardino County and in the San Jacinto River valley in Riverside County.

The musky rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus ... become more efficient at body masses over 5 kilograms. Hypotheses range from predator escape, to energy preservation, to the opening of ...

The musky rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus ... more efficient at body masses over five kilograms. Hypotheses range from predator escape, to energy preservation, to the opening of vegetation ...

To investigate that, researchers turned to a sort of evolutionary second-cousin of the kangaroo, the musky rat-kangaroo.

When we included the animal’s smaller size into the analysis, the robust features of the desert rat-kangaroo’s skull were only found to be effective enough to handle eating a softer range of ...

RANGE: The San Bernardino Valley in Southern California's ... Once considered common, the San Bernardino kangaroo rat had lost significant habitat by the 1930s. With continued habitat fragmentation ...

A giant kangaroo rat, rescued and safely released by a permit-holder during a PG&E pipeline excavation project. Giant kangaroo rats are native to dry habitats in CA and adapted to short droughts ...

“When we included the animal’s smaller size into the analysis, the robust features of the desert rat-kangaroo’s skull were only found to be effective enough to handle eating a softer range ...

The musky rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus ... especially given it only really becomes more efficient at body masses over five kilograms. Hypotheses range from predator escape, to energy ...