Rodents characteristic of the Basin include Meriones unguiculatus, Dipus sagitta, Citellus erithrogenus, and Phodopus roborovskii. From Wordnik.com. [Great Lakes Basin desert steppe] Reference
Typical mountain steppe mammals include Altai pika Ochotona alpina, arctic ground squirrel Citellus undulatus and Siberian chipmunk Tamias sibiricus. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Mountains of Altai, Russian Federation] Reference
Squirrel (Citellus sp.) — Bones of at least one species of ground squirrel. From Wordnik.com. [Tseh So, a Small House Ruin, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico :] Reference
There is a high diversity of rodents including ground squirrels (Citellus rufescens, C. erythrogenus), hamster (Cricetus cricetus), jerboa (Allactaga saltator), voles (Microtus oeconomus, Clethrionomys rutilus), and steppe lemming (Eremiomys lagurus). From Wordnik.com. [Kazakh forest steppe] Reference
The typical fauna of mammals in the vast Kazakhstan steppes includes the numerous rodents such as ground squirrels (Citellus), hamsters (Cricetus, Cricetulus, Podopus), voles (Microtus), birch mice (Sicista), lemmings (Lagurus), marmots (Marmota bobac); and lagomorphs such as pikas (Ochotona) and hares (Lepus). From Wordnik.com. [Kazakh steppe] Reference
A list of the more common rodents would include: the Texas jackrabbit (Lepus californicus texianus), Colorado cottontail (Sylvilagus auduboni warreni), Rocky Mountain cottontail (Sylvilagus nuttalli pinetus), chipmunks (Eutamias), at least four species of squirrels (Sciurus, Citellus, and Ammospermophilus), the Zuñi prairie dog (Cynomys gunnisoni zuniensis), about a dozen kinds of mice, six species of rats, an occasional porcupine (Erethizon), the golden pocket. From Wordnik.com. [Tseh So, a Small House Ruin, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico :] Reference
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