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Pictures of rodents [last update 2011-12-25]


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Cabybara



Cabybara



Agouti


Capybara
Capybara

(Brazil)

Mother Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) with babies
Mother Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) with babies

(Belize)


Central American Agouti eating a fallen fruit
(pan02-1824)


Cabybara



Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata)

(Costa Rica)


Borugo (Agouti taczanowskii)


Red-tailed squirrel (Sciurus granatensis) feeding on a flower in Costa Rica

(Costa Rica)


Cabybara


Capybara leaving water with a bird on its back
Capybara leaving water with a bird on its back
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Capybara crossing a road
Capybara crossing a road

(Brazil)


Capybara


Borugo (Agouti taczanowskii) in the Colombian Amazon


Gray Squirrel
(pan02-1880)

Hummingbird feeding on Heliconia flower
Hummingbird feeding on Heliconia flower
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)


Cabybara



Cabybara


Alfaro's Pygmy Squirrel (Microsciuris alfari)
Alfaro's Pygmy Squirrel (Microsciuris alfari)

(Costa Rica)


Cabybara



Borugo rodent


Cabybara


Capybaras
Capybaras

(Brazil)


Striped rodent

(Tanzania)


Capybaras in a river


Mother agouti with babies
Mother agouti with babies

(Belize)


Cabybara



Red-tailed squirrel (Sciurus granatensis) feeding on a flower in Costa Rica

(Costa Rica)


Cabybara



Cabybara



Cabybara



Capybaras in a river



Cabybara



Cabybara



Black agouti (Dasyprocta fuliginosa)


Capybara


Capybara crossing a road
Capybara crossing a road

(Brazil)


Cabybara


Black-and-white butterfly with orange eyespot in Peru
Black-and-white butterfly with orange eyespot in Peru

(Peru)


Capabaras


Cabybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) with young along riverside
Cabybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) with young along riverside
Local name: Ronsoco
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)


Capybara at sunset



Cabybara


Rio Tambopata
Rio Tambopata
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)


Capybara, including babies, on a beach



Lowland Paca (Cuniculus paca)



Cabybara


Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) -  local name Guatusa
Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) - local name Guatusa

(Belize)


Agouti



Cabybara


The world's largest rodent; the Capybara
The world's largest rodent; the Capybara
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)


Cabybara



Cabybara



Capybara on a beach



Cabybara



Lowland Paca (Cuniculus paca)



Cabybara



Capybaras



Cabybara


Mother agouti nursing her young
Mother agouti nursing her young

(Belize)


Degu



Squirrel eating fruit in Panama



Squirrel eating fruit in Panama



Capybara, including babies, on a beach



Capybara


Degu


Degu (Octodon degus)
Degu (Octodon degus)



Capybara, including babies, on a beach



Cabybara



Agouti



Group of capybara on a river bank



Red-tailed squirrel (Sciurus granatensis) feeding on a flower in Costa Rica

(Costa Rica)


Agouti

(Suriname)


Capabaras



Cabybara



Cabybara



Red Forest Rat (Nesomys rufus) (Ranomafana N.P.)



Cabybara



Harris' Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus harrisii)



Cabybara



Capybara

Brush-Tailed Rats (Octodon degus)
Brush-Tailed Rats (Octodon degus)



Agouti

(Suriname)


Cabybara



Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)



Capybaras


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