kangaroo-ratn.
/ˌkaŋɡəˈruːrat/, U.S. /ˌkæŋɡəˈruˌræt/ 1. A small Australian marsupial, belonging to one or other of several genera, esp. Potorous and Bettongia; a rat-kangaroo, potoroo, or bettong.
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1788 Phillip in Hist. Rec. New S. Wales I. ii. 135 Either the squirrel, kangaroo rat, or opossum.
1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales I. xvii. 310 The kangaroo rat, or more properly rabbit, is about the size of the smallest of the latter kind of animal.
1855 C. Knight Eng. Cycl.: Nat. Hist. III. 710 The manners of the Kangaroo-Rat are mild and timid.
2. An American pouched rodent, Dipodomys, common in the south-western States and in Mexico.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Heteromyidae (kangaroo-rat or mouse)
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1891 W. H. Flower & R. Lydekker Introd. Study Mammals 479 D[ipodomys] phillipsi, the Kangaroo-Rat of the desert regions east of the Rocky Mountains.
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