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Plains Pocket Mouse <br />{Perognathus flavescens) <br />Pale yellow with a white belly, these small mammals are nocturnal, have <br />fur-lined cheek pouches and prefer sandy soil (2 1/2"-2 3/4") <br />Beaver <br />{Castor canadensis) <br />The largest rodent in Minnesota, beavers build stick and mud lodges and dams <br />where suitable trees are abundant, and bank dens elsewhere in the Minnesota <br />Valley (25"-30") <br />Western Harvest Mouse <br />{Reithrodontomys megalotis) <br />Rare in the area, this prairie mouse builds grass nests in dense vegetation <br />(2 4/5"-3") <br />Deer Mouse <br />{Peromyscus maniculatus)l <br />Grey buff to deep red-brown with a handsome two-colored tail that is dark <br />above and light below (3"-4") <br />White-footed Mouse c c <br />{Peromyscus leucopus)