Synapsida

Red squirrel The majority of rodent species look, more or less, like mice or rats, depending on their size. But there are a number of ex...

If you happen to own a cat, especially an un-neutered male, you may have noticed that they sometimes pee on things. Shocking, I know. Sp...

Hazel dormouse The general body plan of looking like a mouse or rat is one that's proven very successful for rodents; a huge number ...

Ictidosuchoides also survived the extinction We've all heard of the extinction event that wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs, leavin...

I had intended to wrap up voles a couple of weeks ago, but it turned out that there was so much to say about water voles in particular...

Asian wild asses With the exception of our own species, few mammals have been the subject of quite so much interest in their evolutionar...

Four different species of vole live wild in Britain, with, perhaps, the field vole being the one that is most typical of the wider group....