elidyce:asmallandexcitabledoge:pinkegomegalomania:less-amazingphil:remembermehiddles:kalelle:photopt
elidyce:asmallandexcitabledoge:pinkegomegalomania:less-amazingphil:remembermehiddles:kalelle:photoptarmosis:You can basically just assume, without even knowing what this thing is, that it is from Australia.Fuck that shit this thing is a pokemonLook at it’s skinny little legs!what the fuck is itthis , if i’m not wrong is a genus dipodomys aka A KANGAROO RAT. Kangaroo rats, small rodents of genus Dipodomys, are native to western North America. The common name derives from their bipedal form. They hop in a manner similar to the much larger kangaroo, although they are not related.Close, but no cigar. This is a kangaroo rat:Tail matches, but the nose and ears aren’t right (you can’t see, but the butt isn’t quite right either).This is an Egyptian Jerboa:Check the ears and the pointed butt! Here’s our jumping creature!Kangaroo rats and Jerboas (Jerboae?) are only distantly related, and according to Wikipedia are an example of parallel evolutionAnd for once, Australia had NOTHING TO DO WITH IT!Although Australia has this jumping mouse.Adorable, right? But even I have to admit that it’s not quite as cute as the jerboa!Are you saying there’s this secret worldwide cabal of unrelated jumping rodents and nobody ever told me -- source link