(Martin and Matocha, 1972; Dalquest and Horner, 1984; Carter et al., 1985; Webster and Jones, 1985; Jones et al., 1988) and Oklahoma (Baumgardner, 1987). It is protected in Texas as a threatened species and listed in category two by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Jones et al., 1988; Hall, 1989). Recently, Jones et al. (1988) documented the occurrence of the Texas kangaroo rat in Cottle, Hardeman, Wilbarger, and Wichita counties of north-central Texas and reported, based on their extensive surveys (1985 to 1987), that previous records of occurrence in Archer, Baylor, Clay, Montague, and Motley counties of Texas could not be confirmed. We report a new record of occurrence of D. elator from Motley Co., Texas, and provide information on habitat attributes for this population and populations in Hardeman Co., Texas. On 31 May 1989, presumed suitable habitats east of Matador, Motley Co., Texas, were visually surveyed for signs of activity of D. elator. From this survey, we identified three promising areas of habitat and set 60 Sherman live traps (9 by 8 by 23 cm) and 30 modified Fitch live traps (9 by 8 by 38 cm). A female D. elator was obtained on 1 June 1989, 11.1 km (6.9 miles) east and 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south of Matador. This rat was captured in a Fitch live trap set near an open burrow along a fence line parallel to a gravel road. Nine additional Fitch traps placed along the roadside near the capture site of the D. elator yielded no specimens. Traps were also placed at two other sites in Motley Co. on the same night. At the second locality, 11.1 km east and 1.6 km south of Matador, 60 Sherman live traps placed in a mesquite pasture of the Russell Ranch caught no mammals. There also were no captures at a third locality, 15.1 km east of Matador. No other species of mammals were caught at any of these localities in Motley Co., although there was evidence of rodent activity at each site. The specimen from Motley Co. was an adult female (mass 80 g) that lacked embryos or uterine scars. External and selected cranial measure-