Villablanca 1991 Dipodomys venustus 1.2 miles S. Chalk Peak, Monterey Co., Calif. 1) Hillside covered w/ adenostoma fasciculatum was the only site were we found signs of kangaroo rats. Signs were few bur- rows, some pits (caches or seed foraging spots), individual (not group) sand bathing areas. 2) Animals trapper were all very calm. None out of the 7 ever struggled (in the field & even later in the labs). They are extremely passive. 3) One animal was released along the edge of a field of Chamise, it ran right under the Chamise & then under a Rhamnus californicus with leaf litter so deep that you could hear the chorus crunching sound of the K-rats & rapid hops. 4) My impression was that the shrub cover may act as a food source, predator cover and its litter as a soil conditioner. It may be simpler to hop