Kangaroo rats are masters of desert survival. Their bodies adapted to reduce the amount of water needed and the amount of water that is lost.

Although the diet of a kangaroo rat is mostly consists of dry seeds, it has almost no need for liquid water. Instead, they survive almost entirely by transforming fats from the seed into water through digestion. Kangaroo rats can extract a half gram of water out of every gram of seeds consumed — that is about one drop of water for every two…
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Packrats, who are not closely related, but found in the same area are fairly large, at about the size of a large orange or small grapefruit.

The different species of kangaroo rats and pocket mice look fairly similar, with silky gray-brown to yellow-brown fur, lighter colored bellies, and long tails with a tuft of hair at the end.

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There are a handful of kangaroo rat species in the Sonoran Desert. The most commonly encountered one at Organ Pipe Cactus is Merriam’s kangaroo rat. You may notice some smaller kangaroo-rat-like rodents called pocket mice. It’s hard to tell exactly who you’re looking at if you only get a brief glance, but pocket mice are generally the smallest, at about the size of a Brussels sprout. Kangaroo rats are about palm-sized.

Kangaroo rats are mostly seed eaters, eating mostly mesquite beans and grass seeds. Occasionally the Kangaroo rat can be seen eating small insects. Kangaroo rats will forage and collect seeds at night, storing seeds and beans in their cheek pouches. Extra seeds are stored in their burrows where the seeds can absorb up to 30 percent more moisture.

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Kangaroo rat tend to live in the desert flatlands, creosote flats, and the sandy soils of the desert washes. The rats burrow into the soil to better survive the sometimes harsh desert environment.

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