California voles, guinea pigs, and hamsters

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California voles, guinea pigs, and hamsters

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By Jerry Kirkhart - originally posted to Flickr as Vole (Microtus), CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.p ... d=10888052

This critter is commonly called the California Field Mouse, but it is much larger than a mouse, more the size of a guinea pig.
While guinea pigs are commonly kept as pets, the California vole is not.

The image below taken by Sandos at the English language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=119899 is that of a guinea pig. Notice the ears are smaller, and look like pig ears.

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By Sandos at the English language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=119899

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Re: California voles, guuinea pigs, and hamsters

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And here is the hamster, another common house pet.

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By Peter Maas - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1185461

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