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Castorimorpha
beavers, gophers, kangaroo rats, pocket mice, and relatives



  • American beaver
    Castor canadensis
  • American beaver
    Castor canadensis
  • American beaver
    Castor canadensis

  • hispid pocket mouse
    Chaetodipus hispidus
  • yellow-faced pocket gopher
    Cratogeomys castanops
  • Quer\\u00e9taro pocket gopher
    Cratogeomys neglectus

  • Heermann's kangaroo rat
    Dipodomys heermanni
  • giant kangaroo rat
    Dipodomys ingens
  • banner-tailed kangaroo rat
    Dipodomys spectabilis

  • banner-tailed kangaroo rat
    Dipodomys spectabilis
  • pocket gophers
    Geomyidae
  • pocket gophers
    Geomyidae

  • Attwater's pocket gopher
    Geomys attwateri
  • Baird's pocket gopher
    Geomys breviceps
  • Baird's pocket gopher
    Geomys breviceps



To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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