[14] Banner-tailed kangaroo rats larderhoard a sizable cache of seeds within the large mounds they occupy. PubMed The process begins in the proximal convoluted tubule (PCT), where the epithelial cells absorb much of the filtrate passing it back into the blood flowing in the surrounding vessels. Occasionally the Kangaroo rat can be seen eating small insects. Dipodomys compactus because the animal can radiate heat. J Am Soc Nephrol 26:29782987, Zhang X-Y, Wang B, Guan Y-F (2016) Nuclear receptor regulation of aquaporin-2 in the kidney. the kidney of the camel involved in urine concentration were outlined. post-Flood. Please refresh the page and try again. Some use drumming to communicate location and other kangaroo rats respond in kind. Their eyes are very large, while their ears are incredibly small. [3] It appears that kangaroo rats can assess their local conditions and adjust their reproductive efforts accordingly. water? Despite its name and mouse-like appearance, the Kangaroo rat is neither a rat or a mouse. Compr Physiol:11851218, Smith CP, Lee W-S, Martial S, Knepper MA, You G, Sands JM, Hediger MA (1995) Cloning and regulation of expression of the rat kidney urea transporter (rUT2). Its mean urine concentration on the seed diet was 2827 mOsm/1, which is lower than any previously reported for the genus. Am J Physiol 306:F664671, Christensen EI, Wagner CA, Kaissling B (2012) Uriniferous tubule: structural and functional organization. Kidney Int 31:629633, Knepper MA, Saidel GM, Hascall VC, Dwyer T (2003) Concentration of solutes in the renal inner medulla: interstitial hyaluronan as a mechano-osmotic transducer. The young are born in a fur-lined nest in the burrows. are used to help the nocturnal kangaroo rats feel their way in the dark. Want to achieve your ambition? The size of the seeds consumed by the species tends to be larger than seeds consumed by other, sympatric heteromyids. Google Scholar, Amemiya M, Loffing J, Lotscher M, Kaissling B, Alpern RJ, Moe OW (1995) Expression of NHE-3 in the apical membrane of rat renal proximal tubule and thick ascending limb. 2 The Loop of Henle The specialized kidney structure known as the Loop of Henle is much longer than in humans and most other creatures. For example, a solution containing 1 mol I1 sodium chloride has an osmolarity of 2 Osmol I1, because in solution, sodium chloride molecules break down into equal numbers of sodium and chloride ions. The greater numbers of mitochondria and cristae in epithelial cells of the loops of Henle of desert rodents suggest a higher capacity for ATP synthesis and therefore active transport of Na+ and Cl ions in the kidney of desert rodents. OpenLearn works with other organisations by providing free courses and resources that support our mission of opening up educational opportunities to more people in more places. Kangaroo rats have a promiscuous mating system. A longer loop of Henle can generate a larger concentration gradient, which allows for the production of a more concentrated urine. Their fur is a yellowish-brown with a white belly, while the tail has a noticeable white tip. Kangaroo Rats are small, weighing up to 4.5 ounces, which is about the weight of granola bar. Model formulation and baseline results. Anyone can learn for free on OpenLearn, but signing-up will give you access to your personal learning profile and record of achievements that you earn while you study. This reduces the urine flow. A higher outer medullary solute concentration directly leads to a higher rate of water diffusion out of the nephron. Animals that don't have ready access to water (such as camels and the kangaroo rat) will have nice, long descending loops to conserve as much water as possible, making their urine super concentrated. The desert kangaroo rat (Dipodomys deserti) is a rodent species in the family Heteromyidae that is found in desert areas of southwestern North America. J Biol Chem 274:39783987. of how human kidneys work.6 The kangaroo rats Loop of Henle is much longer than Kidney Int 51:138146, Yamamoto K, Wilson DR, Baumal R (1984) Blood supply and drainage of the outer medulla of the rat kidney: scanning electron microscopy of microvascular casts. J Biol Chem 279:4804848054, Lassiter WE, Gottschalk CW, Mylle M (1961) Micropuncture study of net transtubular movement of water and urea in nondiuretic mammalian kidney. Our studies of kangaroo rat kidney support this idea in several ways. The water loss does not exceed the gain, even if they live on dry food alone. The kangaroo rat has efficient kidneys that excrete a high uric acid concentration which allows them to use much less water to excrete wastes (Figure 4). Mating in banner-tailed kangaroo rats involves more chasing and foot drumming in the male before the female allows him to mate. [2] Before mating, the male and female will perform nasal-anal circling until the female stops and allows the male to mount her. Kangaroo rats have adaptations that allow them to detect and escape predators easily. Models developed from these studies will reveal fundamental insights into how these fluid and solute exchanges play a role in maintaining proper water balance in the whole organism. [13] To conserve energy and water, they minimize their time away from their cool, dry burrows. Inspired air draws heat and water from the walls of the respiratory tract (i) and gives both back again at exhalation (ii). Kangaroo rats are four or five-toed heteromyid rodents with big hind legs, small front legs, and relatively large heads. Cell 116:281297, Bartter FC, Pronove P, Gill JR Jr, MacCardle RC (1998) Hyperplasia of the juxtaglomerular complex with hyperaldosteronism and hypokalemic alkalosis. temperature down, which minimizes water loss. As such, our urine is quite dilute. (2012), with permission, Advani A, Kelly DJ, Cox AJ, White KE, Advani SL, Thai K, Connelly KA, Yuen D, Trogadis J, Herzenberg AM, Kuliszewski MA, Leong-Poi H, Gilbert RE (2009) The (pro)renin receptor: site-specific and functional linkage to the vacuolar H+-ATPase in the kidney. We investigated the role acclimation may play in urine concentration, and used these measurements as indices of urinary water loss within this subspecies. [18] Banner-tailed kangaroo rats mate on mounds and the more successful males chase away rival males. [3] They have been seen storing the seeds of mesquite, creosote bush, purslane, ocotillo, and grama grass in their cheek pouches. Am J Physiol 307:F991F1002, Centrone M, Ranieri M, Di Mise A, Berlingerio SP, Russo A, Deen PMT, Staub O, Valenti G, Tamma G (2017) AQP2 abundance is regulated by the E3-ligase CHIP via HSP70. PubMed Central Compared with large mammals, the apical membranes in the kidney tubules of small mammal epithelial cells have more infoldings, increasing surface area for absorption. territory. Ducts that collect the urine and transfer it to the ureter are located in the papilla areas. through food. Hence larger animals, even the camel, cannot produce urine as concentrated as that of smaller mammals, because their kidney medulla is relatively small compared with its cortex. J Am Soc Nephrol 9:516528, Bertuccio CA, Ibarra FR, Toledo JE, Arrizurieta EE, Martin RS (2002) Endogenous vasopressin regulates Na-K-ATPase and Na+K+Cl cotransporter rbsc-1 in rat outer medulla. Am J Physiol 306:F321326, Rieg T, Tang T, Uchida S, Hammond HK, Fenton RA, Vallon V (2013) Adenylyl cyclase 6 enhances NKCC2 expression and mediates vasopressin-induced phosphorylation of NKCC2 and NCC. Hoppe-Seylers Z Physiol Chem 276:145178, Lam AKM, Ko BCB, Tam S, Morris R, Yang JY, Chung SK, Chung SMS (2004) Osmotic response element-binding protein (OREBP) is an essential regulator of the urine concentrating mechanism. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00360-018-1164-3, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00360-018-1164-3. Both inspired and expired air pass over the same surface, the nasal mucosa. The specialized kidney structure known as the Loop of Henle Am J Physiol 287:F816F839, Layton AT, Pannabecker TL, Dantzler WH, Layton HE (2010) Functional implications of the three-dimensional architecture of the rat renal inner medulla. Zeitschrift fur Zellforschung 64:381403, Rutishauser J, Kopp P (1999) Aquaporin-2 water channel mutation and nephrogenic diabetes insipidus: new variation on a theme. INCREASING the amount of urea in the plasma has been shown to enhance urine concentration in many mammals (man, cat, dog, sheep, white rat, kangaroo rat, jerboa1,2, and rabbit3). The longer the loop of Henle relative to the overall depth of the cortex, the higher is the osmolarity of the fluid in the bend. The major function of the enzyme alkaline phosphatase is trans-porting across cell membranes [22]. Am J Physiol 274:F413F424, Wang F, Lu X, Peng K, Fang H, Zhou L, Su J, Nau A, Yang KT, Ichihara A, Lu A, Zhou S-F, Yang T (2016a) Antidiuretic action of collecting duct (pro)renin receptor downstream of vasopressin and PGE2 receptor EP4. 2.2 How animals interact with the environment is affected by their body size, 2.4 Behavioural strategies of evaporators, 3.2 Integration of anatomy and behaviour with biochemical and physiological strategies in evaders, 3.3 Integration of anatomical features and biochemical and physiological strategies in evaporators, 3.4 Integration of anatomical features and biochemical and physiological strategies in endurers, Animals at the extremes: the desert environment, Figure 26 Exhaled air temperatures of seven species of bird and the kangaroo rat at various ambient temperatures. They are certainly wonders The brown isothermal line shows what the relationship would be if the temperatures of inhaled and expelled air were equal, Figure 27 A diagram of a temporal counter-current heat exchanger: the nasal heat exchanger. The apical membranes of the epithelial cells lining the descending loop of Henle have a very low permeability to ions and urea but a very high permeability to water. Am J Physiol 293:F1308F1313, Blount MA, Mistry AC, Frohlich O, Price SR, Chen G, Sands JM, Klein JD (2008) Phosphorylation of UT-A1 urea transporter at serines 486 and 499 is important for vasopressin-regulated activity and membrane accumulation. Movements from the tubules of Na+, K+, Cl, urea and water occur as shown. Dipodomys elephantinus The active transport of Na+ out of the tubule cells creates low [Na+] and [Cl] in the cell cytoplasm; this creates a concentration gradient drawing in Na+ and Cl ions from the lumen of the tubule into the tubule epithelial cells via luminal membrane transport molecules in the upper part of the limb. Evaporation through the skin is the major route of loss. Access modules, Certificates, and Short Courses. The kangaroo rats body temperature normally exceeds The burrows have separate chambers used for specific purposes like sleeping, living, and food storage. How can we explain this data in relation to the hypothesis that the length of the loop of Henle does affect final urine concentration? (1960) Volume and Turnover of Body Water in Dipodomys deserti with Tritiated Water. Am J Physiol 303:F1610F1616, Stephenson JL (1972) Concentration of urine in a central core model of the renal counterflow system. Int J Mol Sci 18:2539, PubMed Central [6] The places on this list constitute some of the most extreme deserts in the United States including Death Valley, which has the record for the hottest place on the continent.[7]. The rats also footdrum, Degus survive on limited amounts of water obtained primarily from their food, which comprises scrub foliage, grass and seeds. Another notable feature of kangaroo rats is their fur-lined cheek pouches, which are used for storing food. [3] Because their habitats are hot and dry, they must conserve water. selection could then have concentrated the genes for long length, resulting in rapid Bozinovic et al. J Am Soc Nephrol 29:936948, Xu Y, Olives B, Bailly P, Fischer E, Ripoche P, Ronco P, Cartron J-P, Rondeau E (1997) Endothelial cells of the kidney vasa recta express the urea transporter HUT11. Am J Physiol 269:F159-F171, Trimpert C, Wesche D, de Groot T, Pimentel Rodriguez MM, Wong V, van den Berg DTM, Cheval L, Ariza CA, Doucet A, Stagljar I, Deen PMT (2017) NDFIP allows NEDD4/NEDD4L-induced AQP2 ubiquitination and degradation. Kangaroo rats, small mostly nocturnal rodents of genus Dipodomys, are native to arid areas of western North America. [14] So naturally small rodents can persist in much more water deficient environments than larger animals. Active transport of sodium out of the PCT epithelial cells into the interstitial tissues increases the osmolarity in the tissue. When the kangaroo rat breathes air at 25 per cent relative humidity, the temperature of the expired air ranges from 31C at T a 35C to 13C at T a 15C. (2004-2007) Southwest Regional Gap Analysis Wildlife Habitat Relationship - Desert Kangaroo Rat. A Merriam's kangaroo rat female will allow multiple males to mount her in a short time, perhaps to ensure greater chances of producing offspring. Am J Physiol 253:F823-F832, Satake M, Ikarashi N, Kagami M, Ogiue N, Toda T, Kobayashi Y, Ochiai W, Sugiyama K (2010) Increases in the expression levels of aquaporin-2 and aquaporin-3 in the renal collecting tubules alleviate dehydration associated with polyuria in diabetes mellitus. Blood cells and proteins remain in the blood, so that the filtrate that enters the nephron tubule has a similar composition to plasma minus its proteins and large lipids. family, which includes so-called pocket mice. Humans drink a lot of water, and also gain moisture Relatively small amounts of salt moving from the ascending limb to the interstitial tissues will cause osmotic movement of water out of the descending limb. Am J Physiol 280:F487F494, Skorecki KL, Brown D, Ercolani L, Ausiello DA (2011) Molecular mechanisms of vasopressin action in the kidney. Thank you for signing up to receive email newsletters from Answers in Genesis. Am J Physiol 290:F1355F1366, Pannabecker TL, Dantzler WH (2007) Three-dimensional architecture of collecting ducts, loops of Henle, and blood vessels in the renal papilla. Additionally, we are learning more about the membrane transporters involved and their regulatory mechanisms. [10] To reduce loss of moisture through respiration when sleeping, a kangaroo rat buries its nose in its fur to accumulate a small pocket of moist air. Am J Physiol 299:F1401F1406, Wang X, Thomas SR, Wexler AS (1998) Outer medullary anatomy and the urine concentrating mechanism. Most mammalian kidneys contain a mixture of the two types but some species have only one or the other, Figure 30 Schematic view of part of a mammalian nephron showing the proximal convoluted tubule, the limbs of the loop of Henle, the distal convoluted tubule and collecting ducts. Journal of Comparative Physiology B kangaroo rat loses little water in its urine. beating their hind feet against the ground. The first of which is they forage alone. In: Terjung R (ed) Handbook of physiology, renal physiology. America. Compr Physiol 2:97140, Pallone TL, Turner MR, Edwards A, Jamison RL (2003) Countercurrent exchange in the renal medulla. Kangaroo Rats don't even need water to bathe. Weve pioneered distance learning for over 50 years, bringing university to you wherever you are so you can fit study around your life. Start this free course now. As the exhaled air approaches the nasal passages, the temperature and vapour pressure gradients between the mucosa and the adjacent air are reversed and heat is lost from air to the mucosa. Their eyes are very large, while their ears are incredibly small. [17] Snakes are less likely to attack a rodent if the prey knows the snake is there. Kangaroo rats, small mostly nocturnal rodents of genus Dipodomys, are native to arid areas of western North America. The urine parameters of Merriam's kangaroo rat, Dipodomys merriami, were measured during exposure to temperatures of 10 and 25. This causes water vapour picked up from the lungs to condense on . Smith, E. Norbert, Ph.D., Kangaroo rats; multiple nightmares, , 8 December 2003. When the body is dehydrated, the fluid in the lumen of nephrons is "concentrated" by profuse diffusion (or reabsorption) of water across the wall of the nephron to the body and retention of salts and metabolic byproducts in a minimal volume of water within the tubule lumen, which is subsequently excreted as urine. Kangaroo rats have sweat glands only in their Proc Natl Acad Sci 114:52715276, Good DW (1990) Inhibition of bicarbonate absorption by peptide hormones and cyclic adenosine monophosphate in rat medullary thick ascending limb. In the short interval between inhalation and exhalation, the thermal gradient between nose and trachea is maintained. Instead they will take a dust bath by rolling around in the sand. PubMedGoogle Scholar. Genus of mammals belonging to the kangaroo rats, kangaroo mice, and pocket mice family of rodents, smaller Australian marsupial relatives of kangaroos and wallabies known as rat-kangaroos, "A new Genus of Mexican Glirine Mammalia", "Kangaroo rats: Intraspecific Variation in, "Heteromyidae: Kangaroo Rats & Pocket Mice", "Prevalence of cutaneous evaporation in Merriam's kangaroo rat and its adaptive variation at the subspecific level", "Architecture of kangaroo rat inner medulla: segmentation of descending thin limb of Henle's loop", Vibrational Communication: Spiders to Kangaroo Rats, 10.1674/0003-0031(2000)143[0377:SDIABO]2.0.CO;2, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kangaroo_rat&oldid=1141051055, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 23 February 2023, at 02:59. This is not the case with the desert kangaroo rat. Am J Physiol 268:F1023F1037, Nielsen S, Terris J, Smith CP, Hediger MA, Ecelbarger CA, Knepper MA (1996) Cellular and subcellular localization of the vasopressin-regulated urea transporter in rat kidney. They must dust bathe regularly Values for the net ratios of osmolarity for urine and plasma (U/P ratios) are provided to demonstrate the concentration of urine relative to that of the blood. food in their cheek pouches to store in their underground homes.3 They also Kangaroo rats, on the other hand, take kangaroo rats lose so little water that they can recover 90% of the loss from metabolic water and gain the remaining 10% in their diet of seeds. Mol Cell Biol 25:73577363, Urity VB, Issaian T, Braun EJ, Dantzler WH, Pannabecker TL (2012) Architecture of kangaroo rat inner medulla: segmentation of descending thin limb of Henles loop. Kangaroo rats are primarily seed eaters. Kangaroo rats are masters of desert survival. Kangaroo rats have the ability to produce urine that is more concentrated than the maximum concentrated urine of common laboratory rats (6000 H 2 O vs. 3000 mOsmol kg 1 H 2 O; Beuchat 1996). Blood reaching the Bowman's capsule undergoes ultrafiltration. [10] Although some kangaroo rats will consume green vegetation, desert kangaroo rats do not. Lab Invest 60:219230, Cousin C, Bracquart D, Contrepas A, Corvol P, Muller L, Nguyen G (2009) Soluble form of the (pro)renin receptor generated by intracellular cleavage by furin is secreted in plasma. The kangaroo rat and other desert species offer unique opportunities to investigate the urine concentrating mechanism through multiple approaches including analyses of membrane transporters , cell signalling and regulatory pathways, and integrative aspects arising from kidney architecture and interstitial composition (Issaian et al. There are 59 species in the kangaroo-rat The degu (Octodon degus), found in Northern Chile, lives in semi-arid desert country, known as matorral, which is characterised by evergreen scrub plants. Nephron 31:290295, Kuhn W, Ryffel K (1942) Herstellung konzentrierter losngen aus verdnten durch blosse membranwirkung: ein modellversuch zur funktion der niere. Help us share the truth of Gods Word and the gospel! Dipodomys ordii Editor's note: The created rodent ancestor of kangaroo Their kidneys reduce and concentrate their urine to almost a crystal-like consistency, greatly reducing the amount of water that is lost. Each nephron begins with a cup-shaped structure, the Bowman's capsule. Dipodomys elator They can jump up to 9 feet (2.75 m) in one bound, an effective aid in escaping predators. Am J Physiol 312:F852-F860, Bankir L, Kriz W (1995) Adaptation of the kidney to protein intake and to urine concentrating activity: similar consequences in health and CRF. Kangaroo rats (Dipodomys spp. Curr. Movement of glucose, amino acids and water is coupled to movement of Na+ out of the tubules. The kidney's ability to excrete wastes while conserving water is especially important during periods when the body is losing water (e.g. Subcell Biochem 73:137152, Franchini KG, Cowley AW Jr (1996) Sensitivity of the renal medullary circulation to plasma vasopressin. There is seasonal variation in the water content of plants; in summer the plant foliage dries out and contains just 36 per cent water; in winter, foliage contains 7080 per cent water. Am J Physiol 293:F696F704, Pannabecker TL, Dantzler WH, Layton HE, Layton AT (2008a) Role of three-dimensional architecture in the urine concentrating mechanism of the rat renal inner medulla. What is the significance of the greater concentration of mitochondria and more cristae per unit volume of mitochondria in the epithelial cells of loops of Henle in desert rodents compared with those of the horse? Kidney Int 31:590596, Gunaratne R, Braucht DWW, Rinschen MM, Chou CL, Hoffert JD, Pisitkun T, Knepper MA (2010) Quantitative phosphoproteomic analysis reveals cAMP/vasopressin-dependent signaling pathways in native renal thick ascending limb cells. The relationship between the ability to concentrate urine and the length of the loops of Henle is not straightforward. The internal body fluids of an osmoconformer are described as having roughly the same total solute concentration as the external environment Kangaroo rats appear to be ill-adapted for life in a desert; like other rodents they neither sweat nor pant. Though this is an incredibly dangerous activity for a small rodent, it does these things to let the snake know it is alert to its presence. Impact of outer medullary architecture. Small mammals such as rodents and bats tend to have relatively thicker medullas than larger mammals, which can be correlated with their production of concentrated urine (Figure 31). J Clin Invest 109:14171427, Nielsen S, DiGiovanni SR, Christensen EI, Knepper MA, Harris HW (1993) Cellular and subcellular immunolocalization of vasopressin-regulated water channel in rat kidney. In polar- . Experimental Biology and Medicine 104(1):9-11, 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T6686A22228301.en, North American Mammals: Dipodomys deserti, "Fluid Physiology: 3.1 Water Turnover in the Body", "Urinary concentrating ability: insights from comparative anatomy", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Desert_kangaroo_rat&oldid=1136289156, This page was last edited on 29 January 2023, at 17:14. For our purposes osmolarity and osmolality can be regarded as equivalent.). Department of Physiology, Banner University Medical Center, University of Arizona, 1501 N. Campbell Avenue, Tucson, AZ, 85724-5051, USA, C. Michele Nawata&Thomas L. Pannabecker, You can also search for this author in Biol Pharm Bull 12:19651970, Saxen L (1987) Organogenesis of the kidney. Physiol Rev 87:10831112, Fenton RA, Poulsen SB, de la Mora Chavez S, Soleimani M, Dominguez Rieg JA, Rieg T (2017) Renal tubular NHE3 is required in the maintenance of water and sodium chloride homeostasis. A long-standing biological question regarding the mammalian kidney revolves around the role of the renal medulla in maintaining water balance on a minute-to-minute and day-to-day basis. While . To remove waste without losing water, many species have developed mechanisms to concentrate their urine. Our research focuses on a biological process in the kidney known as the "urine concentrating mechanism". Originally published in Creation 26, no 3 (June 2004): 18-20. [13], When on foraging trips, kangaroo rats hoard the seeds that they find. Terms & Conditions. As Kangaroo rats can extract a half gram of water out of every gram of seeds consumed. The kangaroo rat's kidneys are a defense mechanism against its arid desert habitat. The kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami) excretes large amounts of antidiuretic hormone in the urine (up to 50 milli-units per ml).The presence of this high concentration of hormone is believed to be related to the ability of this desert rodent to excrete the most concentrated urine of any mammal and to reflect a correspondingly high rate of secretion of antidiuretic hormone by the posterior . Dipodomys stephensi They have many more facial muscles than Google Scholar, Al-bataineh MM, Li H, Ohmi K, Gong F, Marciszyn AL, Naveed S, Zhu X, Neumann D, Wu Q, Cheng L, Fenton RA, Pastor-Soler NM, Hallows KR (2016) Activation of the metabolic sensor AMP-activated protein kinase inhibits aquaporin-2 function in kidney principal cells. Kangaroo rats are amazing creatures with incredible The kidney is able to concentrate urine, thereby reducing water loss in the summer when the diet provides very little water. Take a look at all Open University courses. Am J Physiol 109:139154, Garg LC, Knepper MA, Burg MB (1981) Mineralocorticoid effects on Na-K-ATPase in individual nephron segments. Conservation of water by the kidney is of crucial importance for the kangaroo rat, which does not drink and can obtain water only from catabolism. 1962. Am J Physiol 265:F863F874, Christensen EI, Grann B, Kristoffersen IB, Skriver E, Thomsen JS, Andreasen A (2014) Three-dimensional reconstruction of the rat nephron. Dipodomys simulans Am J Physiol 240:F536F544, Geering, K (2006) FXYD proteins: new regulators of NaKATPase. J Physiol 487:169183, Madsen KM, Clapp WL, Verlander JW (1988) Structure and function of the inner medullary collecting duct. Am J Physiol 279:F468F481, Thomas SR, Wexler AS (1995) Inner medullary external osmotic driving force in a 3-D model of the renal concentrating mechanism. its hind legs and hops. Even though their diet consists of mostly dry seeds, the Kangaroo rat has almost no need for water. [8] Desert kangaroo rats live in burrow systems under slight mounds of soil 6-9m across;[8] they sleep in a den, which is sealed off at extreme temperatures, during the day. were found in the kangaroo rat (Dipodomys), which produces highly concentrated urine [4], and in the dromedary camel (7.89 . Privacy policy: Am J Physiol 302:F1098F1103, Klein JD, Sands JM (2016) Urea transport and clinical potential of urearetics. The long tail is used as a counterbalance while the rat hops and leaps about. Such responses result from the physiological regulation of body water content. [14] Am J Med Sci 352:296301, Wei G, Rosen S, Dantzler WH, Pannabecker TL (2015) Architecture of the human renal inner medulla and functional implications. The kidney tissue is made up of nephrons, which are thin-walled tubules (not to scale in this figure). The Kangaroo rat is a member of the heteromyidae family, with its closest relative being the pocket gopher. 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