Black Giant Squirrel
Ratufa bicolor

Nameri NP,
Assam, India
(Mar 2019)

Finlayson's Squirrel
Callosciurus finlaysonii

Kaeng Krachan
NP, Thailand
(Dec 2012)

Upper left:
Himalayan
Striped Squirrel
Tamiops macclellandii

Kaeng Krachan NP, Thailand
(Dec 2012)

Lower left:
Hoary-bellied Squirrel
Callosciurus pygerythrus

Kaziranga NP, Assam, India
(Mar 2019)

Right:
Five-striped (Northern)
Palm Squirrel Funambulus pennantii

Bharatpur,
Rajasthan, India
(Mar 2001)

North American
Red Squirrel
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Sax-Zim Bog,
Minnesota, USA
(June 2017)

Upper left:
Western Gray Squirrel
Sciurus griseus

Pacific Gove, Monterey Co., California, USA
(July 2006)

Lower left:
Douglas Squirrel
Tamiasciurus
douglassii

Gumboot Creek, Siskiyou Co.,
California, USA
(July 2007)

Right:
Guianan Squirrel
Sciurus aestuans

Intervales NP, Brazil
(July 2010)

Hodgson's Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista magnificus

Lingmethang Rd., Mongar, Bhutan
(Mar 2019)

Unstriped
Ground Squirrel Xerus rutilus

Tarangire NP, Tanzania
(June 2018)

South African Ground Squirrel Xerus inauris

Augrabies Falls NP, South Africa
(July 2005)

Merriam's Chipmunk
Neotamias merriami

Cone Peak, Monterey Co., California, USA
(Oct 2003)

Upper left:
Alpine Chipmunk
Neotamias alpinus

Saddlebag Lake, Mono Co., California, USA
(Aug 2009)

Lower left:
Utah Prairie Dog Cynomys.parvidens

Bryce Canyon NP, Utah, USA
(Aug 2009)

Right:
Hoary Marmot
Hapalemur griseus

Mt. Rainer NP, Washington, USA
(July 1974)

California Ground SquirrelSpermophilus beecheyi

Pt. Pinos, Monterey Co., California, USA
(May 2016)

youngsters

Slender-tailed Squirrel
Protoxerus
aubinnii

Kakum NP, Ghana
(Dec 2013)

Ochre Bush Squirrel
Paraxerus ochraceus

Tarangire NP, Tanzania
(June 2018)

American Beaver
Castor canadensis

George Washington
Carver NM,
Missouri, USA
(May 1997)

Beaver dam

Horseshoe Lake, Denali NP, Alaska,
USA
(July 2011)

Pale Kangaroo Mouse Microdipodops pallidus

Deep Springs Valley, Mono Co., California, USA
(May 1979)

Botta's Pocket Gopher
Thomomys bottae

Moss Landing, Monterey Co., California, USA
(Jan 2013)

Muskrat
Ondatra zibethicus

Modoc NWR, California, USA
(July 2007)

Brown Lemming Lemmus sibiricus

Gambell, St. Lawrence I., Alaska, USA
(June 1999)

California VoleMicrotus californicus

Pt. Lobos SR, Monterey Co., California, USA
(Sep 2011)

Big-eared Woodrat
Neotoma macrotis

Andrew Molera SP, Monterey Co., California, USA
(July 2016)

Note: Dusky-foooted Woodrat N. fuscipes was split into two species on molecular grounds; this is N. macrotis on range

Saltmarsh Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys raviventris

Palo Alto Baylands, California, USA
(Nov 2006)

Midday Jird (Midday Gerbil) Meriones meridianus

Xinghai Reserve, Jilin, China
(June 2004)

West-Central South African Four-striped Grass Rat
Rhabdomys bechuanae

Kalahari-Gemsbok NP, South Africa
(July 2005)

Note: per Handbook Mammals of World, R. pumilio was recently split into 5 species on molecular grounds. This is R. bechuanae on range.

Brandts's Whistling Rat
Parotomys brantsii

Kalahari-Gemsbok NP, South Africa
(July 2005)

House Mouse
Mus musculus

Garland Ranch Reg. Park, Monterey Co., California, USA
(Sep 2012)

Giant Sulawesi Rat
Paruromys dominator

Tangkoko Batuangus NR, Sulawesi, Indonesia
(Oct 2011)

photo © Rob Hutchinson, taken while I was present and viewed the Giant Rat up in the canopy above us

African Crested Porcupine
Hystrix cristata

Tarangire NP, Tanzania
(Aug 2002)

Noki (Dassie Rat)
Petromus typicus

Grosse Spitzkopper Nature Reserve, Namibia
(July 2005)

North American Porcupine Erethizon
dorsatum

Parks Hwy,
Alaska, USA
(July 2011)

Capybara
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris

Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil
(July 2010)

with Cattle Tyrants

Central American Agouti
Dasyprocta punctata

La Selva Reserve, Costa Rica
(Dec 2007)