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 circa 2,700 species in 518 genera in the order Rodentia.[1]

Subfamily Chaetomyinae

Subfamily Erethizontinae

Family Dinomyidae

Family Caviidae

Subfamily Caviinae

Subfamily Dolichotinae

Subfamily Hydrochoerinae

Family Echimyidae

Subfamily Dactylomyinae

Subfamily Echimyinae

Subfamily Eumysopinae

Subfamily Heteropsomyinae

Subfamily Capromyinae (hutias)

Subfamily Clidomyinae

Subfamily Heptaxodontinae

Subfamily Anomalurinae

Subfamily Zenkerellinae

Family Pedetidae

Suborder Sciuromorpha

Family Sciuridae

Subfamily Ratufinae

Subfamily Sciurillinae

Subfamily Sciurinae

Tribe Sciurini

Subfamily Callosciurinae

Subfamily Xerinae

Tribe Xerini
Tribe Marmotini

Family Gliridae

Subfamily Graphiurinae

Subfamily Leithiinae

Subfamily Glirinae

Suborder Castorimorpha

Family Castoridae

Family Geomyidae

Subfamily Dipodomyinae

Subfamily Heteromyinae

Subfamily Perognathinae

Suborder Myomorpha

Family Dipodidae

Subfamily Allactaginae

Subfamily Cardiocraniinae

Subfamily Dipodinae

Subfamily Euchoreutinae

Subfamily Sicistinae

Subfamily Zapodinae

Family Spalacidae

Subfamily Myospalacinae

Subfamily Rhizomyinae

Subfamily Tachyoryctinae

Subfamily Spalacinae

Family Nesomyidae

Subfamily Petromyscinae

Subfamily Delanymyinae

Subfamily Dendromurinae

Subfamily Mystromyinae

Subfamily Cricetomyinae

Subfamily Nesomyinae

Family Cricetidae

Subfamily Lophiomyinae

Subfamily Cricetinae

Subfamily Arvicolinae

Subfamily Tylomyinae

Tribe Tylomyini

Subfamily Neotominae

Subfamily Sigmodontinae

Tribe Phyllotini

Family Muridae

Subfamily Leimacomyinae

Subfamily Deomyinae

Subfamily Otomyinae

Subfamily Gerbillinae

Subfamily Murinae

See also

References

  1. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.