The narrow-faced kangaroo rat (Dipodomys venustus) is one of almost 20 species of kangaroo rats, a rodent in the family Heteromyidae.

[2] It is endemic to California in the United States.

[1] Like all other heteromyids, the dental formula of Dipodomys venustus is 1.0.1.31.0.1.3 × 2 = 20.

[3] 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.