Larrea tridentata
Nelson's kangaroo rat is endemic to the Mexican Altiplano, a large upland area between the mountain ranges of the Sierra Madre Occidental and the Sierra Madre Oriental. Its typical habitat is rolling grassland or semiarid areas with scattered trees and shrubs such as "Acacia", "Prosopis juliflora", "Larrea tridentata", "Fouquieria splendens", cactus, "Yucca" and "Agave".