Mammals > Rodents
The Cascade Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Callospermophilus saturatus) is a handsome, robust high-country squirrel endemic to the rugged spine of the Cascade Mountains. Often mistaken for an oversized chipmunk due to the bold white lateral stripes along its flanks,...
Mammals > Rodents
The Yellow-pine Chipmunk (Tamias amoenus) is an alert, nimble rodent that forms the bustling heartbeat of dry interior conifer forests throughout the Pacific Northwest. Easily identified by its bright cinnamon-rufous flanks and five sharp, dark dorsal stripes...
Mammals > Rodents
The Southern Red-backed Vole (Myodes gapperi), also known as Gapper’s Red-backed Vole, is an enchanting, short-tailed forest rodent that forms the biological heartbeat of northern coniferous forests. Instantly recognized by the vibrant rusty-red or chestnut...
Mammals > Rodents
Townsend’s Chipmunk (Neotamias townsendii) is the largest and darkest of all western North American chipmunks, perfectly adapted to the dripping, moss-draped temperate rainforests of the Pacific Northwest. Darting with lightning speed beneath fallen redwood logs...
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...
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