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The tufted ground squirrel is noted for having the largest known tail to body size ratio of any mammal
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"When I'm a small prey mammal and I've evolved to survive the barren rocky landscape by optimizing into a tan egg"
For posts about animals that loosely fit the description above. While the animal does not have to hit all the requirements, it should hit some of them:
- Type: Prey
- Class: Mammalia (mammal)
- Habitat: Barren rocky landscape
- Appearance: Similar to a tan egg
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That's not a squirrel .... that's a large fluffy tail attached to a rat
Isn't that every squirrel? They're just adorable arboreal rats.