Talk:Kangaroo rat

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Dictionary.com says that the common name kangaroo rat refers to the entire family Heteromyidae, not just Heteromys. --Ptcamn 02:40, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

No one is going to call little Perognathus a kangaroo rat. The other genera tend to have other names that are more commonly used (such as kangaroo mice). The vast majority of the time that people say kangaroo rat, they're probably talking about Dipodomys. I tend to think that if we named every article by scientific name we'd alienate parts of our audience. --Aranae 03:09, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] species names have been vandalized

The species names have been vandalized - someone who knows more about the topic than I needs to revise it or Wikipedia needs to change it back.

Didier newton

[edit] Found in Canada too?

Apparently Saskatchewan and Alberta have some type of Kangaroo rat too, and it's endangered, according to this: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2007/08/15/kangeroo-rats.html