Noun: kangaroo mouse
- Small silky-haired pouched rodent; similar to but smaller than kangaroo rats
"The kangaroo mouse hopped quickly across the desert sand";
- dwarf pocket rat
- Leaping rodent of Australian desert areas
"The kangaroo mouse bounded across the arid landscape"
Derived forms: kangaroo mice
Type of: jerboa rat, pocket rat
Part of: genus Microdipodops, genus Notomys, Microdipodops, Notomys
Encyclopedia: Kangaroo mouse