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Also Known As Rodentia

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black-tailed prairie dog
capybara
Eastern gray squirrel
Eurasian red squirrel
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.
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Reviving the Eurasian beaver population
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Charles Elton
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The bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) is seen in Switzerland on December 2024
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