#rodentoftheday — Public Fediverse posts

#RodentOfTheDay Mazama Pocket Gopher (Thomomys mazama)

"All subspecies are state-threatened; currently four are federally threatened (Roy Prairie, Olympia, Tenino, and Yelm subspecies), occurring only in Thurston and Pierce Counties. "

Photo/info: https://wdfw.wa.gov/species-habitats/species/thomomys-mazama#conservation

#RodentOfTheDay Cairo Spiny Mouse (Acomys cahirinus)

"Cairo spiny mice are native to northern Africa. Their range extends from Mauritania, Morocco, and Algeria in the west to Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Egypt in the east."

Photo/info: https://animalia.bio/cairo-spiny-mouse

#RodentOfTheDay Amazon dwarf squirrel (Microsciurus flaviventer)

"[T]he humerus and radius are of equal length, an adaptation thought to increase the squirrel's ability to climb large trees, compensating for a lack of shoulder mobility."

Ph/inf: https://www.jungledragon.com/specie/23729/amazon_dwarf_squirrel.html

@OrderRodentia

Decidedly squeeworthy!

The fact that all every #RodentOfTheDay is squeeworthy reduces none of the Caribbean Spiny Pocket Mouse's squeesomeness.

@OrderRodentia

Decidedly squeeworthy!

The fact that all every #RodentOfTheDay is squeeworthy reduces none of the Caribbean Spiny Pocket Mouse's squeesomeness.

#RodentOfTheDay Caribbean Spiny Pocket Mouse (Heteromys anomalus)

"Geographic Distribution: N Colombia, including Magdalena Valley, east to N Venezuela, Trinidad, Tobago, and Margarita Isl. It does not enter Panama"

Photo and info: https://www.mammalsociety.org/search/asm_custom_search/Caribbean%20Spiny%20Pocket%20Mouse

#RodentOfTheDay Caribbean Spiny Pocket Mouse (Heteromys anomalus)

"Geographic Distribution: N Colombia, including Magdalena Valley, east to N Venezuela, Trinidad, Tobago, and Margarita Isl. It does not enter Panama"

Photo and info: https://www.mammalsociety.org/search/asm_custom_search/Caribbean%20Spiny%20Pocket%20Mouse

#RodentOfTheDay Southwestern/Southern Water Vole (Arvicola sapidus)

"What the south western water voles love above all is to swim in the turbid wetland waters, snack on the reeds, peck at the watercress or catch a dragonfly."

Photo/article: https://one-voice.fr/en/blog/notre-dame-des-landes-the-southwestern-water-voles-little-kingdom.html

#RodentOfTheDay Indian Bush Rat (Golunda ellioti)

"Tail, dark above and yellowish below. Body fur spiny. Rounded head with a blunt nose, with small eyes mark. Relatively short bill."

Photo/Info: https://rajajinationalpark.org/indian-bush-rat/

#RodentOfTheDay Northern Hopping Mouse (Notomys aquilo)

"The Northern Hopping-mouse is a rodent currently only found on Groote Eylandt in the NT. It was previously known on the Australian mainland, "

Photo/Info: https://dcceew.gov.au/environment/biodiversity/threatened/species/20-mammals-by-2020/northern-hopping-mouse

#RodentOfTheDay Northern Hopping Mouse (Notomys aquilo)

"The Northern Hopping-mouse is a rodent currently only found on Groote Eylandt in the NT. It was previously known on the Australian mainland, "

Photo/Info: https://dcceew.gov.au/environment/biodiversity/threatened/species/20-mammals-by-2020/northern-hopping-mouse

#RodentOfTheDay Brown Hairy Dwarf Porcupine (Coendou vestitus)

"The brown hairy dwarf porcupine Coendou vestitus is a small-sized endemic species, poorly studied since its description more than 110 years ago."

Photo/Info: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1616504719301284

#RodentOfTheDay Darwin's Leaf-Eared Mouse (Phyllotis darwini)

"These mice are medium-sized (20-100 g) and have quite large ears that are leaf-like in appearance."

Image credit: El Rodrigo Silva, iNaturalist

Photo and info: https://oneearth.org/species-of-the-week-darwins-leaf-eared-mouse/ https://pic.twitter.com/HWacOkVT1C

#RodentOfTheDay Mohave Ground Squirrel (Xerospermophilus mohavensis)

"Mohave Ground Squirrel Distribution: Northwestern Mohave Desert and Owens Valley in southern California"

Photo and info: https://www.mammalsociety.org/mohave-ground-squirrel

#RodentOfTheDay Fat Dormouse (Glis glis)

"Glis glis is the largest of the dormice with a typical body length of 160 to 190 mm, tail length of up to 168 mm, and small ears relative to its body size."

Photo: The ASM Mammal Image Library (C) Info: https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Glis_glis/

#RodentOfTheDay Fat Dormouse (Glis glis)

"Glis glis is the largest of the dormice with a typical body length of 160 to 190 mm, tail length of up to 168 mm, and small ears relative to its body size."

Photo: The ASM Mammal Image Library (C) Info: https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Glis_glis/

#RodentOfTheDay Lesser Bandicoot-Rat (Bandicota bengalensis)

"This Bandicoot is brown in color and is slightly smaller than Bandicota indica. The length of the tail is shorter than the head-body length. Its muzzle is broad and rounded."

Ph/Info: https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/238540

#RodentOfTheDay Mountain Paca (Cuniculus taczanowskii)

"The mountain paca (Cuniculus taczanowskii) is a small burrow-dwelling rodent whose habitats are high altitude South American forests. Pacas are nocturnal, sedentary, and solitary animals with territorial tendencies. It eats mostly fruits and seeds. The mountain paca primarily inhabits higher Andean montane forest regions in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.

Ph/Inf: https://uk.inaturalist.org/taxa/74258-Cuniculus-taczanowskii

#RodentOfTheDay Merriam's Chipmunk (Tamias merriami)

"Large for a chipmunk, they run 9 to 11 inches and weigh from 2.25 to 2.50 pounds. Merriam's chipmunks are grayish-brown, with dark stripes of equal width on the dorsal area."

Photo/Info: https://www.msjnha.org/merriams-chipmunk

#RodentOfTheDay Merriam's Chipmunk (Tamias merriami)

"Large for a chipmunk, they run 9 to 11 inches and weigh from 2.25 to 2.50 pounds. Merriam's chipmunks are grayish-brown, with dark stripes of equal width on the dorsal area."

Photo/Info: https://www.msjnha.org/merriams-chipmunk

#RodentOfTheDay Cimrman's Ural Field Mouse (Apodemus uralensis cimrmani) Photo: https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/cimrmans-ural-field-mouse-apodemus-uralensis-cimrmani.568295/full

This is a subspecies of the Ural field mouse (Apodemus uralensis). Ural field mice are listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Info: https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/1905/115059444

#RodentOfTheDay Nilgiri Striped Squirrel (Funambulus sublineatus)

"The Nilgiri Striped Squirrel (Funambulus sublineatus) is endemic to the Southern Western Ghats. Members of this genus (family) are found in India and Sri Lanka and can be identified by their dorsal stripes."

Photo/Info: https://www.conservationindia.org/gallery/nilgiri-striped-squirrel-palani-hills

#RodentOfTheDay Chestnut White-Bellied Rat (Niviventer fulvescens)

"The species is mostly found in disturbed and undisturbed forest habitat. The species is known to scatter-hoard seeds in forests of eastern Himalayas."

Ph/Inf: https://animalia.bio/chestnut-white-bellied-rat

#RodentOfTheDay White-Faced Spiny Tree-Rat (Echimys chrysurus)

"The White-faced Tree Rat is currently listed as a vulnerable species (2003), and this particular species of rat is also endemic to Brazilian. The White-faced Tree Rat was first reported in 1780 by Zimmermann."

Photo/Info: https://www.brazilianfauna.com/white-faced-tree-rat-echimys-chrysurus-2/

#RodentOfTheDay White-Faced Spiny Tree-Rat (Echimys chrysurus)

"The White-faced Tree Rat is currently listed as a vulnerable species (2003), and this particular species of rat is also endemic to Brazilian. The White-faced Tree Rat was first reported in 1780 by Zimmermann."

Photo/Info: https://animalia.bio/white-faced-spiny-tree-rat

#RodentOfTheDay Blanford's Rat (Madromys blanfordi)

"Blanford’s Rat or White-tailed Wood Rat, Madromys blanfordi (Thomas, 1881) is an endemic South Asian rodent, widely distributed in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka (Molur et al. 2005)."

Photo/Info: https://zoosprint.zooreach.org/index.php/zp/article/download/67/66/66

#RodentOfTheDay Josephoartigasia monesi

"But even the capybara is a lightweight next to the largest rodent of all time. At an estimated weight of over a ton, Josephoartigasia monesi was truly a rodent of unusual size."

Ph/Info: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/giant-fossil-rodent-had-an-awesome-bite

#RodentOfTheDay Brandt's Whistling Rat (Parotomys brantsii)

"It is found in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and pastureland."

Photo/Info: https://animalia.bio/brantss-whistling-rat

#RodentOfTheDay Brandt's Whistling Rat (Parotomys brantsii)

"It is found in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and pastureland."

Photo/Info: https://animalia.bio/brantss-whistling-rat

#RodentOfTheDay Giant Atlantic Tree Rat (Phyllomys thomasi)

"Geographic Distribution
Endemic to the Isla de São Sabastião (Brazil)."

Photo/Info: https://mammalsociety.org/search/asm_custom_search/thomasi https://pic.twitter.com/HjxmwSjVY8

#RodentOfTheDay Indomalayan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse (Chiropodomys gliroides)

"This small mouse is characterised by its relatively long tail, which is equivalent to 135% of the head-body length."

#MouseMonday

Photo/Info: https://www.ecologyasia.com/verts/mammals/pencil-tailed-tree-mouse.htm

#RodentOfTheDay Indomalayan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse (Chiropodomys gliroides)

"This small mouse is characterised by its relatively long tail, which is equivalent to 135% of the head-body length."

#MouseMonday

Photo/Info: https://www.ecologyasia.com/verts/mammals/pencil-tailed-tree-mouse.htm

#RodentOfTheDay Atlantic Forest Hocicudo (Oxymycterus dasytrichus)

"[H]as most recently been assessed for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2016. Oxymycterus dasytrichus is listed as Least Concern"

Photo: https://degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/mammalia-2018-0005/html

Info: https://iucnredlist.org/species/136813/22378179

#RodentOfTheDay California Chipmunk (Tamias obscurus)

"California chipmunk often creates burrows in logs or steep hillsides that are protected by the use of large boulders."

Photo/Info: https://msjnha.org/california-chipmunk

#RodentOfTheDay Tweedy's Crab-Earing Rat (Ichthyomys tweedii)

"[A] a new species of crab-eating rat in the family Cricetidae. It is found in two disjoint regions in western Ecuador and central Panama."

Photo/Info: https://animals.fandom.com/wiki/Tweedy%27s_Crab-eating_Rat

#RodentOfTheDay Red-Cheeked Squirrel (Dremomys rufigenis)

"The Red-cheeked Squirrel inhabits foothill to lower montane forests, between 400 and 1500 metres elevation. It is both arboreal and terrestrial in habits."

Photo/Info: https://www.ecologyasia.com/verts/mammals/red-cheeked-squirrel.htm

#RodentOfTheDay Red-Cheeked Squirrel (Dremomys rufigenis)

"The Red-cheeked Squirrel inhabits foothill to lower montane forests, between 400 and 1500 metres elevation. It is both arboreal and terrestrial in habits."

Photo/Info: https://www.ecologyasia.com/verts/mammals/red-cheeked-squirrel.htm

#RodentOfTheDay Pygmy Gerbil (Gerbillus henleyi)

"The pygmy gerbil (Gerbillus henleyi) is distributed mainly in Algeria to Israel and the Arabian Peninsula. It is also known as Henley's gerbil or pygmy dipodil."

Info: https://inaturalist.org/taxa/44199-Gerbillus-henleyi

Photo: https://biolib.cz/en/image/id390607/ https://pic.twitter.com/Z2AAf64srb

#RodentOfTheDay Pygmy Gerbil (Gerbillus henleyi)

"The pygmy gerbil (Gerbillus henleyi) is distributed mainly in Algeria to Israel and the Arabian Peninsula. It is also known as Henley's gerbil or pygmy dipodil."

Info: https://inaturalist.org/taxa/44199-Gerbillus-henleyi

Photo: https://biolib.cz/en/image/id390607/ https://pic.twitter.com/Z2AAf64srb