Mammals > Rodents
The Uinta Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus armatus), locally known across the Intermountain West as the ‘potgut,’ is a bustling, social colonial rodent native to the scenic valleys and subalpine meadows of the central Rocky Mountains. Emerging enthusiastically...
Mammals > Rodents
The Western Jumping Mouse (Zapus princeps) is a charming, kangaroo-like rodent native to the lush mountain meadows and babbling alpine streams of western North America. Famous for its extraordinarily elongated hind legs and an exceptionally long balancing tail that...
Mammals > Rodents
The Olympic Marmot (Marmota olympus) is a charismatic, heavy-bodied alpine rodent found nowhere else on planet Earth except within the high mountain peaks of Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. Officially designated as the state endemic mammal of Washington, this...
Mammals > Rodents
The Hoary Marmot (Marmota caligata), famously known to mountain climbers as the ‘Whistler’ for its piercing, high-pitched sentry calls that echo across mountain peaks, is the largest member of the squirrel family in North America. Inhabiting the severe,...
Mammals > Rodents
The Columbian Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus columbianus) is a robust, social rodent that forms the bustling heart of subalpine meadows in the northern Rocky Mountains. Known for its charming reddish-cinnamon nose and throat, this highly communicative herbivore lives in...
