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Are they from the same family??

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a kangaroo and a kangaroo rat?

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  1. Kangaroo-

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Mammalia

    Subclass: Marsupialia

    Order: Diprotodontia

    Suborder: Macropodiformes

    Family: Macropodidae

    Genus: Macropus

    Kangaroo Rat-

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Mammalia

    Order: Rodentia

    Family: Heteromyidae

    Subfamily: Dipodomyinae

    Genus: Dipodomys

    No they are not from the same family, the Kangaroo is in the Macropodidae family and the Kangaroo Rat is a member of the Heteromyidae family. They are both members of the Mammalia class.


  2. i thinkso

  3. There is a rat kangaroo.... not kangaroo rat which is a rodent

    See info on rat kangaroo http://www.australianwildlife.com.au/mar...

    http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgur...

    For kangaroo rat

    http://www.desertusa.com/aug96/du_krat.h...

    http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgur...

  4. No, Kangaroo Rats are rodents, Kangaroos are marsupiles

  5. Nope, one is a rodent the other is a marsupial.

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