Bull. 1091, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate IX. 





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Fig. 1. — Kangaroo Rat Nest and Young. 



Nest and the two young, the ordinary number in the litter, of Dipodomys s. spectabilis, taken 

 from den on January 31, 1920. 



Fig. 2. — Young of the Kangaroo Rat. 



The same young as shown in Figure 1, above. They were probably about two weeks old, the 

 pelage being short but with the white markings of the adult; the tails are relatively short and 

 with scarcely anv hair. 



