Read more 24 Hours: Texas Kangaroo Rat (Something somethingus) Dec 23, 2007 by JR Kinyak Number 0091 Texas kangaroo rat! For Kate! Sarah’s mom!... Read more
Read more 24 Hours: African Brush-Tailed Porcupine (Atherurus africanus) Dec 23, 2007 by JR Kinyak Number 0087 The African brush-tailed porcupine lives in Kenya,... Read more
Read more 24 Hours: Black Rat (Rattus rattus) Dec 22, 2007 by JR Kinyak Number 0084 Soon, it will be the year of the rat, which is why... Read more
Read more Red Agouchi (Myoprocta agouchy) Dec 20, 2007 by JR Kinyak Number 0077 Here we go, stepping unwittingly into another... Read more
Read more Meadow Vole (Field Mouse) (Microtus pennsylvanicus) Dec 18, 2007 by JR Kinyak Number 0075 The meadow vole, meadow mouse, field mouse, or... Read more
Read more Giant Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys ingens) Dec 11, 2007 by JR Kinyak Number 0069 The giant kangaroo rat, which is native to... Read more
Read more Azara’s Agouti (Dasyprocta azarae) Dec 10, 2007 by JR Kinyak Number 0067 Agoutis—there are 13 species—are large rodents that... Read more
Read more Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) Aug 25, 2007 by JR Kinyak Number 0061 Prairie dogs, which are small ground squirrels,... Read more
Read more Abert’s Squirrel (Sciurus aberti) Jul 23, 2007 by JR Kinyak Number 0051 The Abert’s squirrel lives in the ponderosa... Read more
Read more Long-Tailed Chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera) Jul 12, 2007 by JR Kinyak Number 0040 My 7th-grade science teacher, Mrs. Kleinbeck, had a... Read more
Read more Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) Jul 8, 2007 by JR Kinyak Number 0036 This little guy here, unfortunately, is the most... Read more
Read more Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) Jul 3, 2007 by JR Kinyak Number 0030 Maggie asked for a gray squirrel doing yoga, so... Read more
Read more Edible Dormouse (Glis glis) Jun 28, 2007 by JR Kinyak Number 0025 This poor little guy gets his common name from the... Read more
Read more Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus) Jun 26, 2007 by JR Kinyak Number 0024 My mom also wanted a chipmunk. There are some 25... Read more
Read more Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) Jun 24, 2007 by JR Kinyak Number 0022 Capybaras live in South and Central America. They... Read more
Read more Golden Hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) Jun 23, 2007 by JR Kinyak Number 0021 Here is a hamster for Joe Hall. It turns out that... Read more
Read more Naked Mole-Rat (Heterocephalus glaber) Jun 20, 2007 by JR Kinyak Number 0019 Between the echidna and the naked mole-rat,... Read more
Read more Groundhog (Marmota monax) Jun 17, 2007 by JR Kinyak Number 0015 Happy Father’s Day! In honor of the occasion,... Read more
Read more Hoary Marmot (Marmota caligata) Jun 4, 2007 by JR Kinyak Number 0002 Hello, hoary marmot! These guys live in... Read more
