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  2. Animals
  3. Chordates
  4. Mammals
  5. Rodents
  6. Castorimorphs

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Castorimorphs

Castorimorpha

Includes
38 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Children

  • Kangaroo Rats and Pocket Mice 21 native
  • Pocket Gophers 16 native
  • Beavers 1 native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native castorimorphs All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • American Beaver Castor canadensis 91,150 observations
  • Botta's Pocket Gopher Megascapheus bottae 6,170 observations
  • Merriam's Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys merriami 2,038 observations
  • Northern Pocket Gopher Thomomys talpoides 1,700 observations
  • Plains Pocket Gopher Geomys bursarius 1,229 observations
  • Fulvous Pocket Gopher Megascapheus fulvus 1,219 observations
  • Ord's Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys ordii 1,032 observations
  • Desert Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus penicillatus 821 observations
  • Desert Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys deserti 740 observations
  • Attwater's Pocket Gopher Geomys attwateri 622 observations
  • Southeastern Pocket Gopher Geomys pinetis 561 observations
  • Baird's Pocket Gopher Geomys breviceps 521 observations
  • Dulzura Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys simulans 287 observations
  • Silky Pocket Mouse Perognathus flavus 267 observations
  • Heermann's Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys heermanni 250 observations
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