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Category: Rodentia

Neotamias amoenus (Yellow-pine Chipmunk)

August 8, 2023 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

Since I did not kill, skin, and examine the skull and teeth of any of the little chipmunks I saw…

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Posted in: Animals, Chordata, Mammalia, Neotamias, Rodentia, Sciuridae, Species Profiles Filed under: Least Chipmunk, Neotamias minimus

Callospermophilus saturatus (Cascade Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel)

September 1, 2022 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

Back in July when I made a trip to Mt. St. Helens National Monument in Skamania County, Washington, I spotted…

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Posted in: Animals, Callospermophilus, Chordata, Mammalia, Plants, Rodentia, Sciuridae, Species Profiles Filed under: Callospermophilus saturatus, Cascade Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel

Pacific Jumping Mouse (Zapus trinotatus)

June 23, 2022 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

I have to admit that, because they are often nocturnal and shy, I know very little about the small mammals…

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Posted in: Animals, Chordata, Mammalia, Rodentia, Species Profiles, Zapodidae Filed under: Pacific Jumping Mouse, Zapus trinotatus

Callospermophilus lateralis (Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel)

February 15, 2021 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

Golden-mantled Ground Squirrels (some sources call them Sierra Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrels) are not rare, but it was only a couple…

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Posted in: Animals, Callospermophilus, Chordata, Mammalia, Rodentia, Sciuridae, Species Profiles Filed under: Callospermophilus lateralis, Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel

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