The narrow-faced kangaroo rat (Dipodomys venustus ) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is endemic to California in the United States.
The dental formula of Dipodomys venustus is 1.0.1.31.0.1.3 × 2 = 20, which is the dental formula for all Heteromyids.
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.