Lexic.us

Definition of Kangaroo mouse

1. Noun. Small silky-haired pouched rodent; similar to but smaller than kangaroo rats.

Definition of Kangaroo mouse

1. Noun. One of the two species in the Microdipodops genus native to the deserts of the South-western United States. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kangaroo Mouse

Literary usage of Kangaroo mouse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. My Home in Tasmania: During a Residence of Nine Years by Charles Meredith (1852)
"kangaroo mouse. THE " Devil" is the name universally given here to the Dasyurus ursinus, and, as I have never heard any other appellation applied to this ..."

2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"Kangaroo - Mouse, n. more strictly called the Pouched-Mouse (qV). ... known on the plains as the ' kangaroo-mouse ' ; but all have the same characteristics. ..."

3. Australasia: With an Appendix, Containing Authentic Documents,illustrating by Robert Stewart (1853)
"The kangaroo-rat and kangaroo-mouse are two varieties of the same species ; the former is about the size ..."

4. Southern California: Its Valleys, Hills and Streams; Its Animals, Birds, and by Theodore Strong Van Dyke (1886)
"There is also a long-tailed jumping-mouse, or jerboa, often called "kangaroo mouse." It is of light gray above and whitish below, with large ears and long ..."

5. Animal Products: Their Preparation, Commercial Uses, and Value by Peter Lund Simmonds (1877)
"One species, the Jerboa, or kangaroo mouse, discovered by Sir Thomas Mitchell, is not larger than the common field Mouse. ..."

6. The Writings of John Burroughs by John Burroughs (1913)
"We have in this latitude but one species of hibernating mouse — the long-tailed jumping mouse, or kangaroo mouse, as it is sometimes called from its mode of ..."

Other Resources: