family_heteromyidae
1. [ noun ] (biology,zoology) 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
Synonyms: Heteromyidae
Related terms: mammal_family Sciuromorpha Liomys Dipodomys Microdipodops Perognathus pocket_mouse
Similar spelling:   family_Tethyidae
  family_Triopidae
  family_Trionychidae
  family_Termitidae
  family_Hydrochoeridae
  family_Teredinidae
  family_Theridiidae
  family_Hydrophidae
  family_Hydrobatidae
  family_Atherinidae
  family_Dermestidae
  family_Tenrecidae
  family_Dermochelyidae
  family_Otariidae
  family_Tapiridae
  family_Tarsiidae
  family_Thripidae
  family_Terebellidae
  family_Trombidiidae
  family_Dasyproctidae
  family_Tettigoniidae
  family_Atropidae
  family_Triglidae
  family_Triakidae
  family_Hadrosauridae
  family_Turnicidae
  family_Thraupidae
  family_Tortricidae
  family_Tetraonidae
  family_Theraphosidae
  family_Trombiculidae
  family_Tragulidae
  family_Odobenidae
  family_Trogonidae
  family_Trypetidae
  family_Diomedeidae
  family_Tridacnidae
  family_Torpedinidae
  family_Tetranychidae
  family_Dinornithidae
  family_Trochilidae
  family_Trephritidae
  family_Trichechidae
  family_Trichiuridae
  family_Hydnaceae
  family_Testudinidae