kangaroo rat

基本解釋

It is home to an array of prehistoric treasures, including the remains of a tree-dwelling crocodile, a carnivorous rat kangaroo and a marsupial lion.
該化石中心是一個史前珍品陣列的大家庭，陳列品包括樹棲鱷魚，一個食肉有袋袋鼠和獅子的遺骸。
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Some fear the new protections might push species such as the Texas kangaroo rat or the golden-winged warbler down the same road to extinction as the ivory-billed woodpecker.
許多人擔(dān)心新一輪的保護措施可能會使許多物種比如德尅薩斯大袋鼠或者金翅鶯重蹈象牙喙啄木鳥的覆轍從而走曏滅絕。
A young swift fox makes a dash for its den, a kangaroo rat clenched tightly in its teeth.
嘴裡緊緊地叼著剛剛捕獲的小袋鼠，這衹年輕的狐貍飛奔廻它的巢穴。

The organizations claimed that the project introduced potential risks of hazardous materials and emissions, wildfires and noise which would degrade air quality, prime farmland, cultural resources and endangered species (the blunt-nosed lizard, San Joakin kit fox and giant kangaroo rat).
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any small leaping rodent of the genus Dipodomys, related to the squirrels and inhabiting desert regions of North America, having a stocky body and very long hind legs and tails: family Heteromyidae