The Zoochat Photographic Guide to Rodents: part two

[birdsandbats]

This photo of taxidermy specimens by @ZooFan1 contains two species not currently depicted in this thread: Prairie Vole and Southern Bog Lemming:

Milwaukee Public Museum - Wisconsin Woodlands - Mice - ZooChat

 

[Chlidonias]

Five new species of mice from Costa Rica have been added to the thread, all with photos by @Najade


Naked-footed Deer Mouse Peromyscus nudipes

https://www.zoochat.com/community/t...o-rodents-part-two.473408/page-4#post-1149238


Sumichrast's Vesper Rat Nyctomys sumichrasti

Big-eared Climbing Rat Ototylomys phyllotis

Watson's Climbing Rat Tylomys watsoni

https://www.zoochat.com/community/t...o-rodents-part-two.473408/page-4#post-1149241


Costa Rican Pigmy Rice Rat Oligoryzomys costaricensis

https://www.zoochat.com/community/t...o-rodents-part-two.473408/page-5#post-1149279

 

[Chlidonias]

A new species has been added into the thread, with a photo of an Upper Galilee Mountains Mole Rat Spalax galili taken by @Jakub at the University of South Bohemia in the Czech Republic:

https://www.zoochat.com/community/m...ax-galili-university-of-south-bohemia.690524/

This only the second species of Spalax depicted here, and only the sixth member pictured from the family Spalacidae.
See post #18 on page one of the thread.

 

[Chlidonias]

A couple of new additions for the thread:


Greater Egyptian Gerbil Gerbillus pyramidum by @vogelcommando

Greater Egyptian gerbil - Gerbillus pyramidum - ZooChat


Amami Spiny Rat Tokudaia osimensis by @Veno (several photos in the gallery for the Saitama Childrens Zoo in Japan)

Amami spiny rat (Tokudaia osimensis) - ZooChat

 

[Chlidonias]

I have added all of this year's "part two" rodent photos into this thread. There are quite a lot of them, so I will just put links to the photo in the gallery rather than have all the photos displayed in this post. All photos are by @Giant Eland


JERBOAS
African Hammada Jerboa Jaculus hirtipes - African Hammada Jerboa (Jaculus hirtipes) - ZooChat

MOLE-RATS
Northeast African Mole-Rat Tachyoryctes splendens - Northeast African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes splendens) - ZooChat

AFRICAN / MADAGASCAN RATS AND MICE
Ellerman's Tufted-tailed Rat Eliurus ellermani - Ellerman's tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus ellermani) - ZooChat

Major's Tufted-tailed Rat Eliurus majori - Major's tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus majori) - ZooChat

Lesser Tufted-tailed Rat Eliurus minor - lesser tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus minor) - ZooChat

Dormouse Tufted-tailed Rat Eliurus myoxinus - Dormouse or Western Tufted-tailed Rat (Eliurus myoxinus) - ZooChat

Tanala Tufted-tailed Rat Eliurus tanala - Tanala tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus tanala) - ZooChat

Webb's Tufted-tailed Rat Eliurus webbi - Webb's Tufted-tailed Rat (Eliurus webbi) - ZooChat

Bastard Big-footed Mouse Macrotarsomys bastardi - bastard big-footed mouse (Macrotarsomys bastardi) - ZooChat
[new genus]

White-bellied Nesomys Nesomys audeberti - white-bellied nesomys (Nesomys audeberti) - ZooChat
[new genus]

Western Nesomys Nesomys lambertoni - western nesomys (Nesomys lambertoni) - ZooChat

Eastern Nesomys Nesomys rufus - eastern red forest rat (Nesomys rufus) - ZooChat

VOLES
Montane Vole Microtus montanus - montane vole (Microtus montanus) - ZooChat

NEOTROPICAL RATS AND MICE
Long-tailed Pigmy Rice Rat Oligoryzomys longicaudatus - long-tailed pygmy rice rat (Oligoryzomys longicaudatus) - ZooChat

Black-footed Pigmy Rice Rat Oligoryzomys nigripes - black-footed pygmy rice rat (Oligoryzomys nigripes) - ZooChat

Bicolored Arboreal Rice Rat Oecomys bicolor - White-bellied Arboreal Rice Rat (Oecomys bicolor) - ZooChat
[new genus]

Humid Chaco Arboreal Rice Rat Oecomys franciscorum - Humid Chaco Arboreal Rice Rat (Oecomys franciscorum) - ZooChat

Gardner's Climbing Mouse Rhipidomys gardneri - Gardner’s Climbing Rat (Rhipidomys gardneri) - ZooChat
[new genus]

Hairy Soft-haired Grass Mouse Abrothrix hirta - Hairy Soft-haired Mouse (Abrothrix hirta) - ZooChat

Small Vesper Mouse Calomys laucha - small vesper mouse (Calomys laucha) - ZooChat
[new genus]

Drylands Vesper Mouse Calomys musculinus - drylands vesper mouse (Calomys musculinus) - ZooChat

Darwin's Leaf-eared Mouse Phyllotis darwini - Darwin's leaf-eared mouse (Phyllotis darwini)- Las Chinchillas National Reserve Nocturama - ZooChat
[new genus]

Slender Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys gracilis - Slender Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys gracilis) - ZooChat

AFRICAN MURIDS
Louise's Spiny Mouse Acomys louisae - Louise's Spiny Mouse (Acomys louisae) - ZooChat

Mullah Spiny Mouse Acomys mullah - Mullah Spiny Mouse (Acomys mullah) - ZooChat

Link Rat Deomys ferrugineus - link rat or Congo forest mouse (Deomys ferrugineus) - ZooChat
[new genus]

Somali Gerbil Ammodillus imbellis - ammodile (Ammodillus imbellis) - ZooChat
[new genus]

Cape Short-eared Gerbil Desmodillus auricularis - Cape Short-eared Gerbil (Desmodillus auricularis) - ZooChat
[new genus]

Cape Gerbil Gerbilliscus afer - Cape Gerbil (Gerbilliscus afer) - ZooChat

Highveld Gerbil Gerbilliscus brantsii - Highveld Gerbil (Gerbilliscus brantsii) - ZooChat

Kemp's Gerbil Gerbilliscus kempi - Kemp's gerbil (Gerbilliscus kempi) - ZooChat

Hairy-footed Gerbil Gerbillurus paeba - Hairy-footed Gerbil (Gerbillurus paeba) - ZooChat
[new genus]

Somalian Gerbil Gerbillus somalicus - Somalian gerbil (Gerbillus somalicus) - ZooChat

Tarabul's Gerbil Gerbillus tarabuli - Tarabul's gerbil (Gerbillus tarabuli) - ZooChat

Namaqua Rock Rat Micaelamys namaquensis - Namaqua rock rat (Aethomys namaquensis) - ZooChat
[new genus]

Ethiopian Grass Rat Arvicanthis abyssinicus - Abyssinian grass rat (Arvicanthis abyssinicus) - ZooChat

Somali Grass Rat Arvicanthis somalicus - Somali grass rat (Arvicanthis somalicus) - ZooChat

Western Four-striped Grass Mouse Rhabdomys bechuanae - West-central Four-striped Grass Rat (Rhabdomys bechuanae) - ZooChat

Heller's Vlei Rat Otomys helleri - Heller's vlei rat (Otomys helleri) - ZooChat
[new genus]

Brants' Whistling Rat Parotomys brantsii - Brants's Whistling Rat (Parotomys brantsii) - ZooChat
[new genus]