Florida Mouse
Florida's scrubland burrow mouse
Conservation Threats
Natural System Modification
Altered fire regimes, water management, and ecosystem engineering
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Natural System Modification Animals
Spalax
Masters of life underground
Diminutive Woodrat
Desert's master hoarder and builder
Deer Mouse
Bicolored tail, big-range survivor
Patagonian Cavy
Patagonia's long-legged "hare" rodent
Bamboo Rat
Asia's underground bamboo engineers
Porcupinefish
Inflate. Bristle. Be unbothered.
Agouti
The forest's seed-burying sprinters
African Elephant
Big ears, bigger impact.
Diving Duck
Built to dive, born to roam
Forest Cuckoo Bumblebee
All buzz-no workers.
Gypsy Cuckoo Bumblebee
No nest. No workers. All takeover.
Field Cuckoo Bumblebee
No workers. Just takeover.
Vestal Cuckoo Bumblebee
Pollinator and colony hijacker.
Willow Flycatcher
Know it by song: "fitz-bew"
Pink Bollworm
Tiny moth, huge cotton trouble.
Potato Beetle
Striped. Stubborn. Potato's nemesis.
African Sugarcane Borer
Small moth, big sugar losses.
Corn Earworm
One moth, many crops-guard the silks
Bagworm Moth
Nature's moths in mobile armor
Spongy Moth
Spotty caterpillar, spongy egg-big impact
Carpet Beetle
Tiny beetles, big appetite for "dry"
Green June Beetle
The loud green fruit-bandit of June
Carrion Beetle
Nature's cleanup crew with a nose