These soft soils allow kangaroo rats to dig shallow burrows and they support alluvial sage scrub, coastal sage scrub, and chaparral vegetation. RANGE: The San Bernardino kangaroo rat was once a common ...

This study shows that much of the remaining giant kangaroo rat range could soon face these longer droughts much more often. "That does not bode well for this already-endangered species," said van ...

RANGE: The San Bernardino Valley in Southern California's ... Once considered common, the San Bernardino kangaroo rat had lost significant habitat by the 1930s. With continued habitat fragmentation ...