Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
This is a list of mammals of Iowa. The list includes species native to the U.S. state of Iowa and introduced into the state. It also includes mammals currently extirpated in the state.
A pika (/ ˈ p aɪ k ə / PY-kə, [3] or / ˈ p iː k ə / PEE-kə) [4] is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears. [5]
Dormice are small rodents, with body lengths between 6 and 19 cm (2.4 and 7.5 in), and weight between 15 and 180 g (0.53 and 6.35 oz). [6] They are generally mouse-like in appearance, but with furred tails. They are largely arboreal, agile, and well adapted to climbing. Most species are nocturnal.
The marsh rice rat takes both vegetable and animal food, and is more carnivorous than most small rodents are; [168] dominant food items vary seasonally. Plants eaten include species of Spartina , Salicornia , Tripsacum , and Elymus , among others; it mainly eats seeds and succulent parts. [ 169 ]
Investigators in Clinton County need the public’s help after a man died from a gunshot wound in DeWitt early this morning. According to a news release from the Clinton County Sheriff’s Office ...
Rodents of the United States (1 C, 127 P) Pages in category "Rodents of North America" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total.
Davenport Police posted a statement on Facebook that the wounded person had non-life-threatening injuries following the shooting inside NorthPark Mall in Davenport, an east-central Iowa city near ...
Multiple people were wounded in a shooting Thursday morning at Perry High School near Des Moines, an Iowa county sheriff said. A 17-year-old gunman killed a sixth-grader and wounded five people at ...