Narrow-faced kangaroo rat
The narrow-faced kangaroo rat is one of almost 20 species of kangaroo rats, a rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is endemic to California in the United States.
Like all other heteromyids, the dental formula of Dipodomys venustus is.
Narrow-faced kangaroo rats lives within chaparral, mixed chaparral, and on sandy soils with oak or pine. They are distributed along West-central California in the coastal mountains. They have been divided into three subspecies:Dipodomys venustus venustus, which inhabit the Santa Cruz Mountains and Mount Hamilton range, the latter a central sub-range of the Diablo RangeDipodomys venustus elephantinus, which inhabit the Gabilan Range and southern Diablo RangeDipodomys venustus sanctiluciae ; which inhabit the Santa Lucia Range