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No. The kangaroo rat is not a pouched mammal, or marsupial. The kangaroo rat is completely unrelated to the marsupil known as the kangaroo; nor is it related to the rat-kangaroo, the smaller species of kngaroos.
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What does opossums mean?
An Opossum is a mammal. It is North America's only marupial (pouched animal).
What are the 3 mammals found in the desert?
In North America one could find kangaroo rats, jackrabbits and coyotes and many other species of mammal.
Is a red kangaroo a mammal?
No. Rodents are placental mammals and kangaroos are marsupials. The two are not even remotely related. Confusion can arise from the fact that there are kangaroo rats, which are rodents of North America, and rat-kangaroos which are marsupials, and members of the kangaroo family in Australia.
Is there a North American animal that lives in a burrow?
The woodchuck or groundhog (Marmota monax) lives in a burrow.The kangaroo rat (genus Dipodomys), a desert dwelling mammal which is not related to the rat-kangaroo of Australia, is also a burrowing animal found in the deserts of North America.
Which is the mammal that does not inhabit north America?
aordvark
What is a fisher?
A fisher is a small mammal, a member of the weasel family, from North America.
What is the third largest mammal in north America?
Hippo
What marsupials live in north America?
The Virginia Opossum is the only marsupial native to North America. However, due to the illegal trade in exotic animals, wild populations of wallabies are present in some regions. Further, due to the fact that some people tire of their exotic pets very quickly, there are also wild populations of sugar gliders present in parts of North America.
Kangaroo rats are native of what country?
Kangaroo rats are native to North America. Kangaroo rats are placental mammals, and quite different to rat-kangaroos, which are marsupials that are native to Australia. Kangaroo rats can be found in the arid and semi-arid areas of North America, specifically, Canada, the United States and Mexico, as long as there is some grass or other vegetation.
Do kangaroo rats live in Maine?
No. kangaroo rats are native to the drier parts of North America. They can be found in the arid and semi-arid areas of North America, specifically, Canada, the United States and Mexico, as long as there is some grass or other vegetation.
What are the adaptations for kangaroo rats that live in the cold desert?
Kangaroo rats do not live in the cold desert. They are found only in the hot deserts of North America.
Do kangaroo mice live in the grasslands?
Kangaroo mice are quite different to kangaroos, kangaroo rats and rat-kangaroos. There are two species of kangaroo mice in North America, but several more species in Australia. They are quite unrelated to kangaroos or rat-kangaroos, but they are related to the North America kangaroo rats. Kangaroo mice in Australia are more commonly known as native hopping mice.There are several species of hopping mice, and they tend to inhabit sandy deserts, rather than grasslands.
