| NOUN | animal | Heteromyidae, family Heteromyidae | small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping |
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| Meaning | small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping; adapted to desert conditions: pocket mice; kangaroo mice; kangaroo rats. | |
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| Synonym | family Heteromyidae | |
| Member of | Sciuromorpha, suborder Sciuromorpha | large more or less primitive rodents |
| Members | Dipodomys, genus Dipodomys | kangaroo rats |
| Liomys, genus Liomys | pocket mice | |
| Microdipodops, genus Microdipodops | kangaroo mice | |
| Perognathus, genus Perognathus | pocket mice | |
| pocket mouse | Any of various small nocturnal burrowing desert rodents with cheek pouches and long hind legs and tail | |
| Broader | mammal family | A family of mammals |
| Spanish | heterómidos | |
| Catalan | Heteromyidae | |
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