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Title: Life History of the Kangaroo Rat

Author: Charles T. Vorhies and Walter P. Taylor

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

BULLETIN No. 1091

Also Technical Bulletin No. 1 of the Agricultural Experiment Station
University of Arizona

Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER September 13, 1922

LIFE HISTORY OF THE KANGAROO RAT
_Dipodomys spectabilis spectabilis_ Merriam

BY

CHARLES T. VORHIES, Entomologist
Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Arizona; and

WALTER P. TAYLOR, Assistant Biologist
Bureau of Biological Survey, U. S. Department
of Agriculture

CONTENTS

Importance of Rodent Groups 1
Identification 3
Description 5
Occurrence 7
Habits 9
Food and Storage 18
Burrow Systems, or Dens 28
Commensals and Enemies 33
Abundance 36
Economic Considerations 36
Summary 38
Bibliography 40

[Illustration]

WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1922

[Illustration: PLATE I.--Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys spectabilis
spectabilis Merriam).

From _Dipodomys merriami_ Mearns and subspecies, which occur over much
of its range, this form is easily distinguished by its larger size and
the conspicuous white brush on the tail.]

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

BULLETIN No. 1091

Also Technical Bulletin No. 1 of the
Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Arizona

Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER September, 1922

LIFE HISTORY OF THE KANGAROO RAT,

_Dipodomys spectabilis spectabilis_ Merriam.

By CHARLES T. VORHIES, _Entomologist, Agricultural Experiment Station,
University of Arizona_; and WALTER P.