Rodents

Rodents

Order : Rodentia

  Did you know that roughly half of all mammals (2000+) species are rodents? What is also very interesting is that rodents are the only placental order except for bats to reach Australia without human introduction... The members of the order Rodentia differ in size and shape. The African Pygmy Mouse is as small as 6 cms in length and weighs only 7 grams. The Capybara is the largest rodent and can weigh up to 45 kg (100 pounds). Rodents can be found anywhere in the world except Antarctica.

Image: Apodemus sylvaticus by Pethan October 9, 2005 The Netherlands, licensed under Attribution 2.5

Animals in the order Rodentia
Paca
Mountain beaver
Long-tailed field mouse
Desmarest's hutia
American beaver
Eurasian beaver
Short-tailed chinchilla
Gambian rat
Gundi
Black-tailed prairie dog
Central American agouti
Azara's agouti
North American porcupine
Long-eared jerboa
Capybara
Indian crested porcupine
Lesser Egyptian jerboa
Norway lemming
Field vole
Meadow vole
Pygmy mouse
Muskrat
Spring hare
Deer mouse
Dzhungarian hamster
Fat sand rat
Brown rat
Indian giant squirrel
Red-tailed squirrel
Japanese squirrel

1. Rodentia, order Rodentia -- (small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters; guinea pigs; agoutis)
Rodentia
order Rodentia
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