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Are they from the same family??

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a kangaroo and a kangaroo rat?

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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.
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i thinkso
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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...
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No, Kangaroo Rats are rodents, Kangaroos are marsupiles
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Nope, one is a rodent the other is a marsupial.
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