#RodentOfTheDay California Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus beecheyi)
"California ground squirrels live in burrow systems that can house many generations, forming a sort of colony. Each individual has an entrance of their own."
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Genomic evidence of a previously undetected Peromyscus truei invasion on San Clemente Island, California therya.mastozoologiamexicana.com/index.php/TH...
Integrative taxonomic revision of Uropsilus (Uropsilinae, Talpidae) combining genomic, morphological and geographic evidence doi.org/10.1016/j.ym...
Discovery of a new species of Coendou (Rodentia: Erethizontidae) within the hyper-diverse mammalian community of Sangay National Park in Ecuador peerj.com/articles/213...
The enigma of the Oltenia blind mole-rat (Spalax istricus) within the collapsing steppe biome www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Fauna & Flora is offering early-career conservationists in Greenland and Northern Norway the opportunity to apply for a Future Arctic Conservationist Award of up to US$15,000
Any small mammal biologists there interested?
www.fauna-flora.org/future-arcti...
A new genus and species of octodontid rodent from the hilly Chaco of central Argentina (Rodentia: Octodontidae) vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.com/articles.php...
Museum genomics (museomics) provide powerful tools for detecting cryptic diversity in natural history collections, including previously undetected invasions. We analyzed genomic and morphological data...
We'd like to welcome Javier to the team. He will be working with Dr. Michelle Lawing at @tamu.bsky.social on Red Listing of small mammals in the Americas.
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Order Rodentia
Small Mammal Specialist Group
Small Mammal Specialist Group
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Meet the Etruscan shrew, one of the smallest living land mammals in the world! It only grows ~2.1 in (5.3 cm) long & weighs up to 0.1 oz (3 g). It can be found throughout southern Europe, northern Africa, & parts of Asia.
Photo: Laurent BOUVIN, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist
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Fauna & Flora is offering early-career conservationists in Greenland and Northern Norway the opportunity to apply for an award of up to US$15,000.
www.fauna-flora.org
Abstract Octodontidae is a moderately speciose family (seven genera and 16 species) of South American caviomorph rodents; however, from an ecological point of view, it is a d...
