Appears to be the same one first reported on iNat by @roxanne7 in 2017!
Other observations of this individual: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=25.794886941426988&nelng=-80.2866712061474&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&subview=table&swlat=25.784260697185044&swlng=-80.34110932031366&taxon_id=46017&verifiable=any&field:Aberrant%20type=leucistic
Birding The Landing at MIA and the green area nearby. eBird checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118870190
Squirrel is carrying the skull of a raccoon up the tree where it proceeded to chew on the bone.
The subject of this photo is the mouse. I saw it carrying a dead horned lizard across the road and onto the shoulder to eat! 89 degrees at 9:57pm.
Tiny chippies on everything!
Olympic Marmot sunbathing on a magnificent granite boulder. Taken whilst hiking on a lovely trail near Hurricane Ridge called Howling Winds Pass.
"Alan" the wandering Vancouver Island marmot, has a sea view at the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre.
Diplomys labilis
Bartola Refuge
Rio San Juan, Nicaragua
New Country Record
Captured during mark-recapture research at the Kalahari Research Centre.
"Ouriço-preto (Chaetomys subspinosus) fotografado em Guarapari, Espírito Santo - Sudeste do Brasil. Bioma Mata Atlântica. Registro feito em 2007.
ENGLISH: Bristle-spined rat photographed in Guarapari, Espírito Santo - Southeast of Brazil. Atlantic Forest Biome. Picture made in 2007."
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photographed as found, large granite boulders at night
life mammal
Don't worry I handled it gently. Attacked by my cat, I saved it and relocated it. Unhurt except it lost a little fur on its head.
Texas Antelope Squirrel
Ammospermophilus interpres
Chisos Basin
Big Bend National Park
Brewster County, TX
19 February, 2016
These photos show two Black rats (Rattus rattus) that I trapped in a compost pile in the barrio. They are of interest because they represent examples of a genetic polymorphism in coloration in the same species, and could cause confusion in identifying rats from around houses.
If you look at photos 3 and 4, where the two animals are side by side, you can see the major color differences between the two animals (gray versus brown). If you didn't know, you might think that these were two different species. That is not the case - they are the same species, and could even have been born in the same litter. The gray color phase (called the "rattus" phase) is the one that is most common in this part of Argentina. The brown rat (the "alexadrinus" phase) is less common, comprising (maybe) 20 percent of these rats in the Bariloche area.
The brown phase rat looks superficially like another species: the Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) that is also present in Bariloche. But, the Norway rat is much stouter than the Black rat, usually larger, and has a stubby tail, in contrast to the long, tapering tail of the Black rat.
Looks like he was travelling between ponds. Not impressed at being caught in the open!
It was a great surprise to have this photo posted as an observation of the day. The squirrel was in the woods near the parking lot of the Sigiriya rock and palace complex. It was thus probably habituated to company and more curious than others. The Toque Macaques, for example, were very cheeky at this place. I had caught a glimpse--but could take no photo--of the giant squirrel in Kerala, so I was excited to have this encounter and to take a dozen or more photos at pretty close range.
"Caxinguelê (Guerlinguetus ingrami) fotografado em Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo - Sudeste do Brasil. Bioma Mata Atlântica. Registro feito em 2013.
ENGLISH: Brazilian squirrel photographed in Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo - Southeast of Brazil. Atlantic Forest Biome. Picture made in 2013."
My images made for the Últimos Refúgios Institute, are available free of charge to non-profit NGOs, educational projects and other initiatives in which the objective is nature conservation (other than self or corporate benefit). To request them, access the Instituto Últimos Refúgios website.
Minhas imagens feitas para o Instituto Últimos Refúgios são disponibilizadas gratuitamente para ONGs sem fins lucrativos, projetos educacionais e outras iniciativas em que o objetivo seja a conservação da natureza (que não seja o benefício próprio ou de empresa). Para solicitá-las, acesse o site do Instituto Últimos Refúgios.
Broad Canyon Ranch along the Rio Grande, Dona Ana Co., New Mexico, USA.
These Dipodomys had four toes on hind foot, thus excluding the similar Ord's Kangaroo Rat which has a fifth toe, or more accurately a dew-claw on side of foot. Also, these were found on more gravelly desert soils than the typical sandy soils preferred by Ord's.
Not Certain
slope near Panther Branch, on trail
The red-legged sun squirrel is on the far top left corner of the frame waiting for its turn at the watering point