Mammals > Rodents
The Bushy-tailed Woodrat (Neotoma cinerea), famously celebrated across the American West as the original ‘packrat’, is the heavy-bodied, mountain-dwelling collector of western North America. The largest and most cold-hardy of all woodrats, it is uniquely...
Mammals > Rodents
The Plains Viscacha (Lagostomus maximus), celebrated across Argentina as the ‘Vizcacha de las Pampas’, is the heavy-bodied, mustachioed colonial engineer of South America’s vast grasslands. Belonging to the chinchilla family Chinchillidae, this...
Mammals > Rodents
The Red-crested Tree Rat (Santamartamys rufodorsalis), also known as the Santa Marta Toro Toro, is one of the most mysterious and legendary rodents on Earth. Classified in its own monotypic genus, this nocturnal, guinea-pig-sized arboreal mammal was known only from...
Mammals > Rodents
The Northern Three-toed Jerboa (Dipus sagitta), also known as the Feather-footed Jerboa, is an extraordinary, highly adapted bipedal rodent in the family Dipodidae. Inhabiting the harsh, wind-swept sand dunes and cold steppes of Central Asia and the Gobi Desert, it...
Mammals > Rodents
The Maned Rat (Lophiomys imhausi), also celebrated as the Crested Rat, is one of the most astonishing, chemically defended mammals on Earth. Resembling a slow-moving miniature badger or porcupine, this solitary East African rodent possesses a defense mechanism unique...
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