- Australian marsupial - Burrowing marsupial - Creature with a backward facing pouch - Large marsupial - Large, burrowing marsupial - Small marsupial - Any one of three species of Australian burrowing marsupials
of the genus Phascolomys, especially the common species (P. ursinus).
They are nocturnal in their habits, and feed mostly on roots.
- Large burrowing rodent - A small South American rodent (Coelogenys paca), having
blackish brown fur, with four parallel rows of white spots along its
sides; the spotted cavy. It is nearly allied to the agouti and the
Guinea pig.
- Ground squirrel - Large burrowing rodent - Any rodent of the genus Arctomys. The common European
marmot (A. marmotta) is about the size of a rabbit, and inhabits the
higher regions of the Alps and Pyrenees. The bobac is another European
species. The common American species (A. monax) is the woodchuck. - Any one of several species of ground squirrels or gophers
of the genus Spermophilus; also, the prairie dog.