Rodents
Born to gnaw, built to adapt
Conservation Threats
Agricultural Expansion
Conversion of natural habitats to farmland and ranching operations
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Agricultural Expansion Animals
Tiger Moth
Bright wings, bold defenses
Walking Catfish
Breathes air. Walks away.
Carpenter Ant
Big ants, smooth galleries, no wood-eating.
Barn Swallow
Mud-cup mason of the open skies
Great Blue Heron
Stand still. Strike fast. Fly blue.
Spider Wasp
Paralyze a spider, raise a wasp
Jackson’s Chameleon
Three horns. Live birth. Tree-top hunter.
Dung Beetle
Nature's cleanup crew-on the roll
Mole Cricket
Built to dig, born to sing
Caribou
Antlers, Arctic, and endless miles.
Parrotlet
Small body, big parrot attitude
Genet
Spots, stealth, and a ringed tail
Chinese Alligator
China's little "earth-dragon" alligator
Muntjac
Small deer, big bark.
Gopher Tortoise
Digging homes for hundreds of neighbors
Potoroo
Diggers, hoppers, fungal spore spreaders
Eastern Fence Lizard
The blue-bellied sentinel of fences
Draco Volans Lizard
Glide like a dragon, live in trees.
Roe Deer
Small deer, big seasonal secrets.
Dik-Dik
Small antelope, big territory.
Russian Tortoise
Built to burrow through extremes
Cape Lion
Ghost lion of the Cape frontier
American Robin
Spring's orange-breasted songster