#RodentOfTheDay Mohave Ground Squirrel (Xerospermophilus mohavensis) "Mohave Ground Squirrel Distribution: Northwestern Mohave Desert and Owens Valley in southern California" Photo and info: www.mammalsociety.org/mohave-groun...

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#RodentOfTheDay Southeastern Beach Mouse (Peromyscus polionotus niveiventris) "The Southeastern beach mouse is the largest beach mouse; it averages 139 millimeters in total length and 52 millimeters in tail length." www.fws.gov/species/sout...

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#RodentOfTheDay Texas Mouse (Peromyscus attwateri) "The Texas Mouse is found only in the extreme southeastern part of the state along dry brushy slopes with oaks and junipers, often associated with high cliffs." Photo/info: webapps.fhsu.edu/ksmammal/acc...

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Edible dormice are still hanging on in La Rioja! For 30 years there hadn't been a single verified record of the edible dormouse (Glis glis) in the region, and the last two surveys came up empty. It looked as though the species had vanished from its southernmost range.

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#RodentOfTheDay Algerian Mouse (Mus spretus) "The word spretus means in Latin "reduced" and makes reference to the fact that the Algerian mouse is smaller than the house mouse." #MouseMonday Photo and info from: www.malaga.es/en/turismo/n...

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