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Noun: kangaroo mouse
  1. Small silky-haired pouched rodent; similar to but smaller than kangaroo rats
    - dwarf pocket rat
     
  2. Leaping rodent of Australian desert areas

Derived forms: kangaroo mice

Type of: jerboa rat, pocket rat

Part of: genus Microdipodops, genus Notomys, Microdipodops, Notomys

Encyclopedia: Kangaroo mouse