The narrow-faced kangaroo rat (Dipodomys venustus) is one of almost 20 species of kangaroo rats, a rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is endemic to California in the United States.
Like all other heteromyids, the dental formula of Dipodomys venustus is .
Narrow-faced kangaroo rats lives within chaparral, mixed chaparral, and on sandy soils with oak or pine. They are distributed along West-central California in the coastal mountains.Best, Troy L. "Dipodomys Venustus." Mammalian Species, no. 403, 1992, pp. 1–4. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3504315.Retrieved 3 December 2017. They have been divided into three subspecies: Dipodomys venustus venustus (Santa Cruz kangaroo rat), which inhabit the Santa Cruz Mountains and Mount Hamilton range, the latter a central sub-range of the Diablo Range Dipodomys venustus elephantinus (Elephant-eared or big-eared kangaroo rat), which inhabit the Gabilan Range and southern Diablo Range Dipodomys venustus sanctiluciae (Santa Lucia kangaroo rat); which inhabit the Santa Lucia Range
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