No. Like rats, they are rodents, but they exist in a separate family from them. Rats belong to Muridae, the family for True Mice and Rats. Kangaroo Rats belong to the Heteromydae family, which they...
The rat kangaroo is a sub-species of kangaroo, and quite different to the kangaroo rat of North America. Found only in Australia (with some species found in New Guinea), the rat kangaroo is a...