About This Object
- A freeze-dried specimen of a Merriam's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami).
Collected in 1978. Collector and locality unknown.
Curious Facts
Clinton Hart Merriam was an American zoologist, mammalogist, ornithologist, entomologist, ecologist, ethnographer, geographer, naturalist, and physician. He is commonly known as the "father of mammalogy," a branch of zoology referring to the study of mammals.