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antiqueanimals · 2 years

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Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, vol. 11, Mammals II. 1972.

1.) European hamster (Cricetus cricetus)

2.) False zokor (Myospalax aspalax)

3.) Western nesomys (Nesomys lambertoni)

4.) Maned rat (Lophiomys imhausi)

5.) Bank vole (Myodes glareolus)

6.) Southern mole vole (Ellobius fuscocapillus)

7.) Common vole (Microtus arvalis)

8.) European snow vole or snow vole (Chionomys nivalis)

9.) Eastern meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus)

10.) Norway lemming (Lemmus lemmus)

11.) Tristram's jird (Meriones tristrami)

12.) North African gerbil (Dipodillus campestris)

13.) Great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus)

14.) East African Gerbil (Gerbilliscus vicinus)

15.) Bamboo rat (Rhizomys sp.)

16.) Northeast African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes splendens)

17.) Lesser blind mole-rat (Nannospalax leucodon)

#rodents #tbd

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comixqueen · 4 years

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Sorry for the delay on these! Here’s the last of my March Mammal Madness round 1 & 2 art. This is the Double Trouble division, and every animal here has a funky thing going on with their name ;) Their scientific name, in particular.

Red-footed Booby (Sula sula)

Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)

Speartooth Shark (Glyphis glyphis)

Siberian Zokor (Myospalax myospalax)

Long-legged Bat (Macrophyllum macrophyllum)

#march mammal madness #march mammal madness 2020 #2020MMM #art #science illustration #red-footed booby #sula sula #zokor #bat #long-legged bat #shark #speartooth shark #glyphis #glyphis glyphis #myospalax myospalax #porpoise #harbor porpoise #scientific illustration

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