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References

• "Desert USA - Kangaroo Rats" (On-line). Accessed November 17, 1999 at www.desert.usa.com/aug96/du_krat.html.
• "The Mammals of Texas- Merriam's Kangaroo Rat" (On-line). Accessed November 17, 1999 at www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot/dipomerr.htm.
• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes. 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79
• Burnstein, S. "Kangaroo Rat" (On-line). Accessed November 17, 1999 at www.hillsborough.k12.nj.us/hhs/endspeci/KANGARAT.HTM.
• Grzimek, B. 1990. Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals. McGraw-Hill Publishing Co..
• Original description: Mearns, E.A., 1890.  Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 2:290.
• Richard Weigl (2005) Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World. Kleine Senckenberg-Reihe 48: Stuttgart.
• Vaughan, T., J. Ryan, N. Czaplewski. June, 1999. Mammalogy. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders College Publishing.
• Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207
• Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole. 2000. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204
• Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds. 1999. The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals. xxv + 750