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Richardson's ground squirrel (Urocitellus richardsonii), also known as the dakrat or flickertail, is a North American ground squirrel in the genus Urocitellus.Like a number of other ground squirrels, they are sometimes called prairie dogs or gophers, though the latter name belongs more strictly to the pocket gophers of family Geomyidae, and the former to members of the genus Cynomys.
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 ]
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]
The species in its former broad sense had 61 subspecies, but some of these now belong to P. sonoriensis. [5] They are all tiny mammals that are plentiful in number. [6] The eastern deermouse is a small rodent that lives in eastern North America and is closely related to the white-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus. [7]
Status in Iowa Picture Blanding's turtle: Emydoidea blandingii: Threatened Common map turtle: Graptemys geographica: Common musk turtle: Sternotherus odoratus: Threatened False map turtle: Graptemys pseudogeographica: Ornate box turtle: Terrapene ornata: Threatened Ouachita map turtle: Graptemys ouachitensis: Painted turtle: Chrysemys picta ...
Kangaroo rats, small mostly nocturnal rodents of genus Dipodomys, are native to arid areas of western North America.The common name derives from their bipedal form. They hop in a manner similar to the much larger kangaroo, but developed this mode of locomotion independently, like several other clades of rodents (e.g., dipodids and hopping mice).
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation is working on the case alongside the Sac County Sheriff’s Office and the Lake View Police Department. Sac City is about 100 miles northwest of Des Moines.
The camas pocket gopher is, by a small margin, the largest member of its genus (Thomomys). [35] The fur is a dull brown above and dark, leaden gray beneath. [ 36 ] There are often patches of white on the chin, throat and around the anus, [ 37 ] and it has blackish ear and nose markings. [ 6 ]