Rodentia
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Rodents are mammals of the order Rodentia, characterised by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing.
Forty percent of mammal species are rodents, and they are found in vast numbers on all continents other than Antarctica. Common rodents include mice, rats, squirrels, porcupines, beavers, guinea pigs, and hamsters. Rodents use their sharp incisors to gnaw wood, break into food, and bite predators. Most rodents eat seeds or plants, though some have more varied diets. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Eutheria | ||
Beavers | Capybara | Chipmunk |
Naked mole-rat | Flying squirrels | Giant kangaroo rat |
Guinea Pig | Hamster | †Horned gopher |
Japanese dormouse | Jerboa | †Little Swan Island hutia |
Long-tailed chinchilla | Marmots | Mongolian gerbil |
New World porcupine | Old World porcupines | Old World rats and mice |
Springhare | Tree squirrels | Unstriped ground squirrel |
Voles, lemmings and muskrats |