Counting kangaroo rats from space

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Carrizo Plain National Monument in south-central California is the largest single native grassland remaining in the state. One of its denizens is a small creature known as the giant kangaroo rat, which has spent decades on both the federal and state endangered species lists while eking out a living on less than 2 percent of its original range. Isolated areas in Central California west of the San Joaquin Valley, like the Carrizo Plain, are all it has left.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news140928029.html">Counting kangaroo rats from space</a></p> <p>(PhysOrg.com) -- The Carrizo Plain National Monument in south-central California is the largest single native grassland remaining in the state. One of its denizens is a small creature known as the giant kangaroo rat, which has spent decades on both the federal and state endangered species lists while eking out a living on less than 2 percent of its original range. Isolated areas in Central California west of the San Joaquin Valley, like the Carrizo Plain, are all it has left.</p>