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 ...

These soft soils allow kangaroo rats to dig shallow burrows and they support alluvial sage scrub, coastal sage scrub, and chaparral vegetation. RANGE: The San Bernardino kangaroo rat was once a common ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 San Bernardino County and the San Jacinto River valley in Riverside County THREATS: Loss, degradation, and fragmentation of habitat due to ...

The musky rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus) weighs only 500 grams and looks a bit like ... especially given it only really becomes more efficient at body masses over five kilograms. Hypotheses ...

“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 ...