Aplodontia rufa, commonly known as the mountain beaver, is the world's most primitive rodent: elusive, destructive and often mean. But it just loves living in the damp Pacific Northwest.

Mountain beaver, which have no obvious tail, look somewhat like dark brown, footlong guinea pigs. They have tiny ears and eyes. Little is known of their biology except that they make burrows and ...

The mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa) is a rodent that's adapted to burrowing, ... stumpy tails, and they don't chop down trees, build dams or live in lodges.

It's the first time they've rescued a mountain beaver in at least 25 years. Wed, 27 Nov 2024 05:58:47 GMT (1732687127587) Story Infinite Scroll - News3 v1.0.0 (common) ...

Study finds that the ancestor of the modern day mountain beaver had a larger relative brain size, offering a rare example of brain size decrease over time.