PETITION FILED TO LIST TEXAS KANGAROO RAT AS FEDERALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES

WildEarth Guardians filed a petition yesterday to list the Texas kangaroo rat as a federally endangered species because the sparse brushland where the large, hopping rodent makes its home is being threatened by development and agriculture.

The rat, which can grow more than a foot long from head to tail and hop up to a yard in a single bound, is already listed as threatened in the state. But the Denver-based environmental group wants a threatened or endangered listing through the Endangered Species Act.

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