List of rodents

Rodents are animals that gnaw with two continuously growing incisors. Forty percent of mammal species are rodents, and they inhabit every continent except Antarctica.

This list contains the species in the order Rodentia.

Suborder Hystricomorpha

Family Ctenodactylidae

Family Diatomyidae

Family Bathyergidae

Family Hystricidae

Family Petromuridae

Family Thryonomyidae

Family Erethizontidae

Family Chinchillidae

Family Dinomyidae

Family Caviidae

Family Dasyproctidae

Family Cuniculidae

Family Ctenomyidae

Family Octodontidae

Family Abrocomidae

Family Echimyidae

Family Capromyidae

Family Heptaxodontidae

Family Myocastoridae

Suborder Anomaluromorpha

Family Anomaluridae

Family Pedetidae

Suborder Sciuromorpha

Family Aplodontidae

Family Sciuridae

Family Gliridae

Suborder Castorimorpha

Family Castoridae

Family Geomyidae

Family Heteromyidae

Suborder Myomorpha

Family Dipodidae

Family Platacanthomyidae

Family Spalacidae

Family Calomyscidae

Family Nesomyidae

Family Cricetidae

Subfamily Lophiomyinae

Subfamily Cricetinae

Subfamily Arvicolinae

Subfamily Tylomyinae

Tribe Nyctomyini
Tribe Tylomyini

Subfamily Neotominae

Subfamily Sigmodontinae

Tribe Abrotrichini
Tribe Akodontini
Tribe Ichthyomyini
Tribe Oryzomyini
Tribe Phyllotini
Tribe Reithrodontini
Tribe Sigmodontini
Tribe Thomasomyini

Family Muridae

See also

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