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Noun: Heteromyidae
  1. 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
    - family Heteromyidae

Type of: mammal family

Part of: Sciuromorpha, suborder Sciuromorpha

Encyclopedia: Heteromyidae