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A federally endangered Key Largo wood rat (Neotoma floridana smalli) at Disney's Animal Kingdom. Fewer than 250 adults are believed left in the wild, in just two parcels of public land on Key Largo. Captive breeding efforts are underway at both Disney's Animal Kingdom and the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, thought the captive population still numbers less than 50 animals.

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A federally endangered Key Largo wood rat (Neotoma floridana smalli) at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Fewer than 250 adults are believed left in the wild, in just two parcels of public land on Key Largo. Captive breeding efforts are underway at both Disney’s Animal Kingdom and the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, thought the captive population still numbers less than 50 animals.

Photo: Gambian giant pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus) in the Kids ZooU section of the Philadelphia Zoo.

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Gambian giant pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus) in the Kids ZooU section of the Philadelphia Zoo.

Photo: Gambian giant pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus) in the Kids ZooU section of the Philadelphia Zoo.

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Gambian giant pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus) in the Kids ZooU section of the Philadelphia Zoo.

Photo: Gambian giant pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus) in the Kids ZooU section of the Philadelphia Zoo.

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Gambian giant pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus) in the Kids ZooU section of the Philadelphia Zoo.

Photo: Gambian giant pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus) in the Kids ZooU section of the Philadelphia Zoo.

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Gambian giant pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus) in the Kids ZooU section of the Philadelphia Zoo.

Photo: Gambian giant pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus) in the Kids ZooU section of the Philadelphia Zoo.

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Gambian giant pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus) in the Kids ZooU section of the Philadelphia Zoo.

Photo: Gambian giant pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus) in the Kids ZooU section of the Philadelphia Zoo.

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Gambian giant pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus) in the Kids ZooU section of the Philadelphia Zoo.

Photo: Mesic four striped grass mouse (Rhabdomys dilectus) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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Mesic four striped grass mouse (Rhabdomys dilectus) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

Photo: Mesic four striped grass rat (Rhabdomys dilectus) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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Mesic four striped grass rat (Rhabdomys dilectus) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

Photo: Lesser hamster rat (Beamys hindei) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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Lesser hamster rat (Beamys hindei) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

Photo: Lesser hamster rat (Beamys hindei) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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Lesser hamster rat (Beamys hindei) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

An endangered Malagasy giant rat (Hypogeomys antimena) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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An endangered Malagasy giant rat (Hypogeomys antimena) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

An endangered Malagasy giant rat (Hypogeomys antimena) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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An endangered Malagasy giant rat (Hypogeomys antimena) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

An endangered Malagasy giant rat (Hypogeomys antimena) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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An endangered Malagasy giant rat (Hypogeomys antimena) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

Photo: African grass rat (Arvicanthis niloticus niloticus) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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African grass rat (Arvicanthis niloticus niloticus) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

Photo: Loring's rat (Thallomys loringi) from Tanzania at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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Loring’s rat (Thallomys loringi) from Tanzania at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

Photo: Loring's rat (Thallomys loringi) from Tanzania at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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Loring’s rat (Thallomys loringi) from Tanzania at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

Photo: A Somali grass rat (Arvicanthis neumanni) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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A Somali grass rat (Arvicanthis neumanni) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

Photo: A Somali grass rat (Arvicanthis neumanni) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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A Somali grass rat (Arvicanthis neumanni) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

Photo: Grandidier's tuft-tailed rat (Eliurus grandidieri) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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Grandidier’s tuft-tailed rat (Eliurus grandidieri) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

Photo: Grandidier's tuft-tailed rat (Eliurus grandidieri) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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Grandidier’s tuft-tailed rat (Eliurus grandidieri) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

Photo: Forest giant pouched rat (Cricetomys emini) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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Forest giant pouched rat (Cricetomys emini) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

Photo: Forest giant pouched rat (Cricetomys emini) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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Forest giant pouched rat (Cricetomys emini) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

Photo: Forest giant pouched rat (Cricetomys emini) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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Forest giant pouched rat (Cricetomys emini) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

Photo: Forest giant pouched rat (Cricetomys emini) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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Forest giant pouched rat (Cricetomys emini) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

Photo: African grass rat (Arvicanthis niloticus niloticus) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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African grass rat (Arvicanthis niloticus niloticus) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

Picture of a Northern Luzon cloud rat (Phloeomys pallidus) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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Northern Luzon cloud rat (Phloeomys pallidus) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

Picture of a Northern Luzon cloud rat (Phloeomys pallidus) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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Northern Luzon cloud rat (Phloeomys pallidus) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

Picture of a Northern Luzon cloud rat (Phloeomys pallidus) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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Northern Luzon cloud rat (Phloeomys pallidus) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

Picture of a Northern Luzon cloud rat (Phloeomys pallidus) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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Northern Luzon cloud rat (Phloeomys pallidus) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

Picture of an endangered Panay cloudrunner (Crateromys heaneyi) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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An endangered Panay cloudrunner (Crateromys heaneyi) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

Picture of an endangered Panay cloudrunner (Crateromys heaneyi) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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An endangered Panay cloudrunner (Crateromys heaneyi) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

Picture of an endangered Panay cloudrunner (Crateromys heaneyi) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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An endangered Panay cloudrunner (Crateromys heaneyi) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

Picture of an endangered Panay cloudrunner (Crateromys heaneyi) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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An endangered Panay cloudrunner (Crateromys heaneyi) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

Picture of an endangered Panay cloudrunner (Crateromys heaneyi) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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An endangered Panay cloudrunner (Crateromys heaneyi) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

Picture of an Ord's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ordii) at Cedar Point Biological Station.

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Ord’s kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ordii) at Cedar Point Biological Station.

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