EditorialErethizon dorsatum, Print, The North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum), also known as the Canadian porcupine or common porcupine, is a large rodent in the New World porcupine family. The beaver is the only rodent in North America that is larger t...
EditorialSciurus vulgaris, Print, The red squirrel or Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) is a species of tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus common throughout Eurasia. The red squirrel is an arboreal, omnivorous rodent., 1700-1880.
EditorialArvicola amphibius, Print, The European water vole or northern water vole (Arvicola amphibius, included in synonymy: A. terrestris), is a semi-aquatic rodent. It is often informally called the water rat, though it only superficially resembles a true ra...
EditorialMyopotamus coypus, Print, The coypu, also known as the nutria, is a large, herbivorous, semiaquatic rodent. Classified for a long time as the only member of the family Myocastoridae. Myocastor is actually nested within Echimyidae, the family of the spi...
EditorialHystrix cristata, Print, The crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata) is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae found in Italy, North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa., 1700-1880.
EditorialGraphiurus murinus, Print, The woodland dormouse (Graphiurus murinus) is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae. It is native to southern and eastern Africa and is also known as the African dwarf dormouse, African pygmy dormouse, or colloquially as...
EditorialHystrix javanica, Print, The Sunda porcupine (Hystrix javanica) is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae. It is endemic to Indonesia., 1700-1880.
EditorialCavia cobaya, Print, The guinea pig or domestic guinea pig (Cavia porcellus), also known as cavy or domestic cavy, is a species of rodent belonging to the family Caviidae and the genus Cavia. Despite their common name, guinea pigs are not native to Gui...
EditorialMicrotus gregalis, Print, The narrow-headed vole (Microtus gregalis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. Ranging over northern and central Asia and also into Alaska, it is the only species in the subgenus Stenocranius., skull and snout.
EditorialDolichotis patagonica, Print, Mara (mammal), The maras are a genus (Dolichotis) of the cavy family of rodents. They are the sole extant representatives of the subfamily Dolichotinae. These large relatives of guinea pigs are common in the Patagonian ste...
EditorialHystrix cristata, Print, The crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata) is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae found in Italy, North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa., 1700-1880.
EditorialSciurus vulgaris, Print, The red squirrel or Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) is a species of tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus common throughout Eurasia. The red squirrel is an arboreal, omnivorous rodent., 1700-1880.
EditorialArvicola amphibius, Print, The European water vole or northern water vole (Arvicola amphibius, included in synonymy: A. terrestris), is a semi-aquatic rodent. It is often informally called the water rat, though it only superficially resembles a true ra...
EditorialArctomys monax, Print, The groundhog (Marmota monax), also known as a woodchuck, is a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots. It was first scientifically described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. The...
EditorialArctomys monax, Print, The groundhog (Marmota monax), also known as a woodchuck, is a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots. It was first scientifically described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. The...
EditorialPieter Boel moved to Paris in order to paint the animals in the newly established zoo of Louis XIV. Many of Boel's sketches were used in the tapestries woven in Les Gobelins. A coati and a small rodent, canvas,60 x 73,5 cm INV.4007.
EditorialFigurine Pendant of an Ichneumon, inscribed, Ptolemaic Period, 332?30 B.C., From Egypt, Cupreous metal, H. 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.); W. 2.2 cm (7/8 in.); L. 5.6 cm (2 3/16 in.), The ichneumon is a rodent, similar to a mongoose, that was associated with the g...
EditorialTwo ichneumons surmounting a shrine-shaped box for an animal mummy, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 664?30 B.C., From Egypt, Cupreous metal, H. 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.); W. 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.); D. 13.2 cm (5 3/16 in.), The ichneumon is a rodent, similar to a m...
EditorialPit from a Balanites tree with a hole caused by a rodent, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, ca. 2381?2323 B.C., From Egypt, Memphite Region, Saqqara, Tomb of Perneb, 1913?14, Plant Remains ('Balanites Aegyptiaca').
EditorialPieter Boel moved to Paris in order to paint the animals in the newly established zoo of Louis XIV. Many of Boel's sketches were used in the tapestries woven in Les Gobelins. A coati and a small rodent, canvas,60 x 73,5 cm INV.4007.