Category
page 1Rodents of Central America
Geomyidae
Pocket gophers, commonly referred to simply as gophers, are burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae. The roughly 41 species are all endemic to North and Central America. They are commonly known for their extensive tunneling activities and their ability to damage farms and gardens.
Glaucomys volans
North American mammal
Paca
A paca (from Tupí paka) is a member of the genus Cuniculus of ground-dwelling, herbivorous rodents in South and Central America. It is the only genus in the family Cuniculidae. Pacas are large rodents with dots and stripes on their sides, short ears, and barely visible tails. Pacas are eaten by people in Belize, where they are known as "gibnut" and, having been served to Queen Elizabeth II, "the royal rat". In the Amazon basin they are known as "majás". In Guyanese English, it is known as labba from Arawak. In Trinidad they are known as lappe and are highly prized as game animals; the cooked m
lowland paca
species of mammal
Central American agouti
species of mammal
Lesser capybara
species of mammal
Bangs's mountain squirrel
species of mammal
Red-tailed squirrel
species of mammal
Armored rat
species of mammal
Coiban agouti
species of mammal
Yucatan squirrel
squirrel species of genus Sciurus
Deppe's squirrel
species of mammal
Mexican gray squirrel
species of mammal
Variegated squirrel
species of mammal
Nyctomys sumichrasti
species of mammal
Ruatan Island agouti
species of mammal
Microsciurus
Microsciurus or dwarf squirrels is a genus of squirrels from the tropical regions of Central and South America.
Big-eared climbing rat
species of mammal
Desmarest's spiny pocket mouse
species of mammal
Central American dwarf squirrel
squirrel species of the genus Microsciurus
Hatt's vesper rat
species of rodent in the family Cricetidae
Painted spiny pocket mouse
species of mammal
Oryzomys couesi
species of mammal
Mexican Woodrat
species of mammal
Nelson's spiny pocket mouse
species of mammal
Richmond's squirrel
species of mammal
Mexican deer mouse
species of mammal
Heteromys salvini
species of mammal
Oryzomys dimidiatus
species of mammal
Southern spiny pocket mouse
species of rodent
Nicaraguan Woodrat
species of mammal
Little Swan Island hutia
species of mammal
Giant pocket gopher
species of mammal
Hispid pocket gopher
species of mammal
Oligoryzomys fulvescens
species of mammal
Rufous soft-furred spiny-rat
species of mammal
Handleyomys rostratus
species of mammal
Tome's spiny-rat
species of mammal
Yucatan Deer Mouse
species of mammal
Alston's brown mouse
species of mammal
Mountain spiny pocket mouse
species of mammal
Panamanian climbing rat
species of mammal
Oecomys trinitatis
species of rodent
Peromyscus aztecus
species of mammal
Slender Harvest Mouse
species of mammal
Peters's climbing rat
species of rodent in the family Cricetidae
Variable pocket gopher
species of mammal
Chiriqui pocket gopher
species of mammal
Zygodontomys brevicauda
species of mammal
Southern cotton rat
species of mammal
Panamanian spiny pocket mouse
species of mammal
Watson's climbing rat
species of mammal
Guatemalan deer mouse
species of mammal
Chiriqui brown mouse
species of mammal
Cherrie's pocket gopher
species of mammal
Goldman's water mouse
species of mammal
Transandinomys talamancae
species of mammal
Short-nosed Harvest Mouse
species of rodent
Underwood's water mouse
species of mammal
Sumichrast's Harvest Mouse
species of mammal