San Bernardino Kangaroo Rat
this post was submitted on 17 Feb 2025
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"When I'm a small prey mammal and I've evolved to survive the barren rocky landscape by optimizing into a tan egg"
For posts about animals that loosely fit the description above. While the animal does not have to hit all the requirements, it should hit some of them:
- Type: Prey
- Class: Mammalia (mammal)
- Habitat: Barren rocky landscape
- Appearance: Similar to a tan egg
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Noticed a shadow in the corner. Did you happen to take this pic? If so, nice find!
Unfortunately not, I stole it off an article: https://science.sandiegozoo.org/science-blog/conserving-underdog-collaborative-efforts-translocate-endangered-kangaroo-rats
It'd be really cool to see one in the wild!
Yeah I was thinking how hard it would be to take a photo of tiny rodents like this. I only ever manage to get a quick glimpse while hiking. They're so skittish!
Totally. I occasionally see a nose in a burrow, but it's gone by the time I pull a camera out.