#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

#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/