Figure 7 (right)
A young desert kangaroo rat (Dipodomys deserti ) from the Mojave Desert of California, USA. Note the huge hind feet, adapted for rapid hopping locomotion. This baby animal is learning to pick up seeds (the orange objects are canary seeds) and to place them into the external fur-lined pouches on either side of its mouth. Image credit: Mark A. Chappell, University of California, Riverside.