Show us your rodents...

[Game Warden]

A topic to concentrate on the small things one sees on safari. This list will give you some idea of what photos should be included: please include when and where seen, tech specs and any other pertinent details of the sighting.

[Kitsafari]

@@Game Warden my jaw dropped at the loong list of rodents! I'm so ignorant about this; never thought there were so many different types of rodent. I don't think I saw any of the rodent species, except perhaps the porcupine or the squirrel, and even then, I'm uncertain what sub-category they would fall into too.

 

but you've just added another to the list of mammals to look out for. i do wonder what the guide will think when I make a request to search for rodents instead of the cats....

[Peter Connan]

I was told these are Gerbils, but I am by no means sure.

 

 

[kittykat23uk]

Another red forest rat, from Andasibe , Madagascar.

 

 

PA224517 Red Forest Rat by Jo Dale, on Flickr

 

 

Climbing mouse that we found in our toilet in Zavora Lodge by Jo Dale, on Flickr

 

 

08-11-2012_030110(3) by Jo Dale, on Flickr

 

 

ETA: do they have to be African species?

[Livetowander]

I'd appreciate help with identifying this rat. Is it just a common brown rat? Found it in Ruaha, Tanzania.

[mapumbo]

This is a photo of a Naked Mole Rat spotted by our guide Dominic on the road in Meru. This was taken in mid January, 2016.

 

When I included this photo in our Trip Report I was astounded at the excitement this photo produced. We had no idea at the time that this was a rather rare and coveted sighting.

 

[Game Warden]

@@mapumbo I don't think I've seen another on Safaritalk. (Now someone will provide a link to another photo...)

[mapumbo]

@@mapumbo I don't think I've seen another on Safaritalk. (Now someone will provide a link to another photo...)

Yes, it would be great fun to know if someone else has come across this illusive and rare to daylight critter.

[Tom Kellie]

 

 

Xerus rutilus With a Morsel

 

 

~ Photographed with a Canon EOS 1D X camera mounted with an EF 400mm f/2.8L IS II super-telephoto lens, hand-held, Shutter Priority shooting mode.

 

Samburu National Reserve, Kenya on 3 October, 2014 at 4:08 pm, ISO 400, f/3.2, 1/2000 sec.

 

 

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Around the entrance of the Samburu Sopa Lodge several Xerus rutilus vigilantly search for seeds.