#callistomys

[every-day-creechur]

Painted Tree Rat Callistomys pictus

A rodent from the state of Bahia, Brazil. The painted tree-rat is found in the Atlantic forest. It also occurs in cocoa plantations where some native trees remain. As far as known, it is nocturnal.

Endangered

image by Oberdan Nunes

[groundpear]

🌏🌍🌎🎉The first scientific name of the lowland tapir, given by Linnaeus himself, was Hippopotamus terrestris. In the end - tapirs, genus Tapirus, are not related to hippos, but to horses and rhinoceruses. That's the reason of this parody - Moomin was not the only "not-hippo" here... Bonus track: the rat is the gorgeous and very rare Callistomys pictus. 🍐 DA: https://www.deviantart.com/groundpear 🍐 FA: https://www.furaffinity.net/user/groundpear/ 🍐 Telegram channel: https://t.me/GroundPearsGarden 🍐 Tumblr: https://groundpear.tumblr.com