Texas Kangaroo Rat Draft CCAA and NEPA Documents

This agreement between Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is a programmatic Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (CCAA) for the Texas kangaroo rat (Dipodomys elator) (TKR) and part of TPWD’s application to the USFWS for an Enhancement of Survival Permit (Permit) under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

Publication date

Feb 18, 2022

Type of document

Plan

Facility

Texas Coastal and Central Plains Ecological Services Fort Worth Sub-office

The Texas Coastal and Central Plains Ecological Services Field Office Fort Worth Sub-office works to protect and recover our nation’s most imperiled species.

Conservation Office

Fort Worth,TX

Program

Ecological Services

The Ecological Services Program works to restore and protect healthy populations of fish, wildlife, and plants and the environments upon which they depend. Using the best available science, we work with federal, state, Tribal, local, and non-profit stakeholders, as well as private land owners, to...

Program

Baileys Crossroads,VA

Species

Texas Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys elator)

The Texas kangaroo rat is a nocturnal rodent with long hind feet, long tail and external cheek pouches (Dalquest and Horner 1984, p. 118). Hind feet have four toes and its laterally white-striped, thick tail has a conspicuous white tuft of hair on the tip and is about 160 percent of the length...

FWS Focus

Species

Kingdom

Animalia

Taxonomic Rank

Species

Ecosystem

Rural

FWS and DOI Region(s)

Southwest