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Ictodomys tridecemlineatus

13-lined ground squirrel

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Spermophilus beecheyi

California Ground Squirrel

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Geomys breviceps

Baird’s Pocket Gopher

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Marmota monax

groundhog, whistle-pig, chuck

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Cynomys ludovicianus

black tailed prairie dog

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what are the common uses for ground squirrels

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hibernation

hepatitis B-

hepatocellular carcinoma (ground squirrel hepatitis virus)

Urocitellus, Ictodomys, Spermophilus

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what are the most common research uses for prairie dogs

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billiary physiology,pathology of gallstone formation

can spread monkey pox and plague

develop elodontomas

Cynomys

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what species of rodent is carnivorous?

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grasshopper mice

(Onychomys)

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Heterocephalus glaber

naked mole rat

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what are the principle uses of the vole?

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environmental surveys

genetic and neurobiologic mechanisms governing complex social behavior

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which rodents have the young attach to the mothers teat

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Neotoma (pack rat/wood rat)

Mystromys albicaudatus (white tailed rat)

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Microtus pennsylvanicus

meadow vole

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Thomomys talpoides

Northern Pocket Gopher

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Mystromys albicaudatus

white tailed rat

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Spermophilus elegans

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Thomomys mazama

Western Pocket Gopher

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Peromyscus maniculatus

North American Deer Mouse

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which species of rodents are monoestrous

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Urocitellus, Ictodomys, Spermophilus

Cynomys

Geomys,Thomomys

Marmota

(squirrels, prairie dogs, pocket gophers, groundhog)

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Neotoma floridana

Eastern or Allegheny wood rat

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Microtus oeconomus

root vole

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Meriones unguiculatus

mongolian gerbil

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what are the principle uses of the gerbil?

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Meriones unguiculatus

cerebral infarction, epilepsy, filarial nematodes, periodontitis

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23
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which species require a dust bath?

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Kangaroo rat (Dipodomys)

Grasshopper mouse (Onchomys)

Gerbil (Meriones)

Degu (Octodon)

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what are the common uses for the pack rat/wood rat?

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behavioral and neurological studies

infectious- murine typhus, trypanosomiasis, Bartonella, Leishmaniasis, plague, lyme disease, human granulocytic ehrlichiosis, hantavirus

(Neotoma)

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Zygodontomys brevicauda

Cane mouse

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examples of the suborder Hystrichomorpha

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chinchilla

degu

guinea pigs

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Sigmodon hispidus

Hispid cotton rat

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what are the common uses for the kangaroo rat

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renal physiology

water conservation

(Dipodomys)

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Sigmodon fulviventer

tawny-bellied cotton rat

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Octodon degus

Degu

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Microtus ochrogaster

prairie vole

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why does the vole make a good model for studying complex social and reproductive behavior

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M. pennsylvanicus is permsicuisus

M. ochrogaster is monogamous

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Geomys attwateri

Attwaters Pocket Gopher

34
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what are the principle uses of the cotton rat

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Sigmodon

viral respiratory diseases such as paramyxovirus, RSV vaccine studies, adenoviral mediated gene therapy

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what are the principle use of the cane mouse?

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Zygodontomys

mammalian circannual reproductive cycles as they lack a reproductive response to photoperiod

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which rodent species is known for being highly territorial and aggressive?

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Dipodomys

Onychomys

(kangaroo and grasshopper mice)

37
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what are the primary uses of Degu’s?

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neurobiological development patters and neurodegenerative diseases like alzheimers

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what are the common uses of pocket gophers?

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geographic isolation genetic studies

environmental impact studies

Geomys, Thomomys

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what are the common uses of the deer mouse?

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genetics, physiology, aging, cataracts, behavior

principle vector for hantavirus

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Peromyscus leucopus

white footed deer mouse

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Mastomys natalensis

multimamate mouse

42
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which rodent species are induced ovulators?

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Microtus (voles)

Octodon (degu)

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Onchomys leucogaster

Northern grasshopper mouse

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what are the water needs of the kangaroo rat?

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do not give, will become addicted and develop DI

Dipodomys

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Dipodomys spectabilis

banner tailed kangaroo rat

46
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examples of the suborder Sciuromorpha

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squirrels

woodchucks

prairie dogs

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Dipodomys merriami

Merriam’s kangaroo rat

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what are the water needs of the pocket gopher?

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obtain all needed water from food

Geomys, Thomomys

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what are the common uses for grasshopper mice

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Onychomys

behavior studies of predatory behavior, sex differences in this behavior, drug effects on this behavior

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Geomys pinetis

Southeastern Pocket Gopher

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examples of the suborder Castroimorpha

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pocket gophers

kangaroo rats and mice

beavers

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Onychomys torridus

Sourhtern Grasshopper Mouse

53
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what are the principle uses for the rice rat?

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Oryzomys

dental disease

54
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what are the principle uses of the white tailed rat?

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Mystromys albicaudatus

diabetes research

55
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examples of the suborder Myomorpha

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hamsters

mice and rats

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Meriones shawi

shaws jird

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Oryzomys capito

rice rat

58
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what is the principle use of the multimammate mouse

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study of plague and lassa virus

(has no gallbladder, like rats)

Mastomys natalensis

59
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Microtus longicaudus

long tailed vole

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