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The Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus) is an iconic, industrious, and endlessly charismatic terrestrial sciurid rodent native to the mature deciduous woodlands and rocky glades of eastern North America. Instantly recognized by its reddish-brown fur, a creamy-white...
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The Steppe Lemming (Lagurus lagurus), widely known in natural history and global exotic pet culture as the Steppe Vole or Sagebrush Lemming, is a charming, plump, and highly social microtine rodent native to the vast, windswept continental steppes and semi-deserts of...
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The Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys spectabilis) is the largest and most spectacular kangaroo rat inhabiting the Chihuahuan and Sonoran desert grasslands of North America. Belonging to the family Heteromyidae, this magnificent bipedal rodent earns both its...
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Ord’s Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys ordii) is an iconic, bipedal saltatorial rodent native to the vast arid grasslands, sagebrush steppes, and sand dunes of western North America. Belonging to the pocket mouse family Heteromyidae and named in honor of the prominent...
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The North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) is the second-largest rodent in North America, surpassed only by the North American beaver. Belonging to the New World porcupine family Erethizontidae, this heavily built, arboreal vegetarian is celebrated for its...
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The Norway Lemming (Lemmus lemmus) is an iconic, brightly colored subarctic rodent endemic to the windswept alpine fellfields and mountain tundra of northern Fennoscandia and the Kola Peninsula. Belonging to the family Cricetidae, this compact, pugnacious herbivore is...
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The Siberian Flying Squirrel (Pteromys volans), historically classified as the clawed jird, is a remarkably adaptable, social burrowing rodent native to the harsh continental steppes and semi-deserts of Mongolia, northern China, and southern Siberia. Belonging to the...
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The Mongolian Gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus), historically classified as the clawed jird, is a remarkably adaptable, social burrowing rodent native to the harsh continental steppes and semi-deserts of Mongolia, northern China, and southern Siberia. Belonging to the...
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The Roborovski Hamster (Phodopus roborovskii), also celebrated as the desert hamster or ‘Robo’, is the smallest and swiftest of all hamster species on Earth. Native to the windswept, hyper-arid sand dunes and cold continental deserts of Central...
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The Gambian Pouched Rat (Cricetomys gambianus), also widely celebrated across the globe as the African giant pouched rat, is an extraordinarily large muroid rodent native to central and western sub-Saharan Africa. Belonging to the family Nesomyidae, this remarkable...
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