Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Craniata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Heteromyidae
Genus: Dipodomys

Three adaptations the Texas Kangaroo Rat has to help him survive in it's enviorment are:
1.) Big eyes: This allows the Texas Kangaroo Rat to see better at night. Since this animal is a nocturnal, their big eyes help the rat to see at night at a greater ease rather than it would with smaller eyes.
2.) Gestation Period: The Texas Kangaroo Rat is able to start reproducing at 12 weeks old and carries their offspring for 32 days. This is very beneficial so the rat has more time to produce.
3.) : The habitat that the Texas Kangaroo Rat lives in is a very dry grassland type enviorment. This means that at times it is hard for animals to find water to hydrate themselves. The Texas Kangaroo Rat has the unique ability to turn the seeds that they eat in to water and since the Texas Kangaroo Rat does not perspirate the water they collect is enough for them to survive.

The adaptation that would be most beneficial to our company and allow us to become very profitiable by selling these animals as pets. The Texas Kangaroo Rat would be a very low maintenance house pet. They are the perfect size so they can fit in a cage that would fit easily in a household. They are also extremely fuzzy, cute and friendly. But one of the main reasons for having this pet over any other pet is because they do not need much maintenance this being that the seeds you feed them can be their liquid and food.

The procedures I would follow to carry out my experiment would first be to obtain the animal. I would travel to it's local breeding ground of north Texas. Along with obtaining my species, I would also try to duplicate their original habitat which would include grass, clay, and other forms of vegetation. After collecting the species and it's habitat, I would allow the Texas Kangaroo Rat to adjust to it's newly reformed home. Once he adapted, I would begin the breeding process by having it mate with the Dipodomys. The Dipodomys is a Kangaroo Rat while the Dipodomys elator is the Texas Kangaroo Rat. Both animals are in the same family and have similar traits such as appearance, eating habbits, mating technique, etc. With this, the new species that is created would be very similar to both the Dipodomys and the Dipodomys elator plus it will be able to adapt and survive in a broader range of enviorment.

This experiment would be extremely beneficial and profitable for the company. This would be a great step in getting off the threatened species list. The new species created would enable a more variety of humans to purchase these animals because the new species can survive in various habitats.

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