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black-tailed prairie dog capybara Eastern gray squirrel Eurasian red squirrel
Reviving the Eurasian beaver population
Muskrats look like a cross between a rat and a beaver. They live in water, where they build homes of mud and plants that rise above the water's surface. Phoberomys
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black-tailed prairie dog
rodent summary
Quizzes
Dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius). Animals, mammals.
Ultimate Animals Quiz
Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
Animal Group Names
Lion (panthera leo)
Deadliest Animals Quiz
Young chimpanzee dressed in a shirt and sweater vest, scratching his head thinking. (primates)
Wild Words from the Animal Kingdom Vocabulary Quiz
Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)
Match the Baby Animal to Its Mama Quiz
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Flying bat
Are Bats Rodents?
cat. orange and white persian cat with long hair, snarl, growl, teeth
7 Questions About Mammals Answered
Collage of different cats. Made for the cat quiz on Mendel
16 Questions About Pets Answered
Spider monkey swinging in a tree. (primate, jungle animal)
Why Do Animals Have Tails?
animal. Amphibian. Frog. Anura. Ranidae. Frog in grass.
Abundant Animals: The Most Numerous Organisms in the World
Discover
Common, or southern, cassowary (Casuarius casuarius).
8 Birds That Can’t Fly
Hindu Holi Festival celebrations with colored water, powder and colorful flower petals thrown over celebrants at a Hindu temple in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India on March 24, 2021.
Holi: Festival of Colors
Bar graph of the United States Death Toll during major events. Infogram chart.
U.S. Death Toll During Major Events
After a perfect launch, spectators try to catch a last glimpse of Space Shuttle Columbia, barely visible at the top end of the twisted column of smoke.
7 Accidents and Disasters in Spaceflight History
Close up of periodic table, focus on nickel, copper, zinc, palladium, silver, cadmium
When Was the Periodic Table Invented?
A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England
Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
Space race (1957-1969) infographic between United States (U.S.) and Russia. America, Soviet Union, U.S.S.R., space exploration
Timeline of the Space Race, 1957–69

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Reviving the Eurasian beaver population
Learn about Eurasian beavers.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz

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black-tailed prairie dog
Black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus).
Breck P. Kent
capybara
Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris).
© Wilfredo Rodríguez (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Eastern gray squirrel
Eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinenis).
© yrjar78—iStock/Getty Images
Eurasian red squirrel
Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris).
iStockphoto/Thinkstock
Muskrats look like a cross between a rat and a beaver. They live in water, where...
© Irinav/Dreamstime.com
Phoberomys
Phoberomys, an extinct member of the order Rodentia.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Patrick O'Neill Riley
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