order Rodentia

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

Rodentia

animal order - the order of animals

Eutheria, subclass Eutheria - all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

gnawer, rodent - relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing

Myomorpha, suborder Myomorpha - true rats and mice and related rodents

Hystricomorpha, suborder Hystricomorpha - an order of rodents including: porcupines; guinea pigs; chinchillas; etc.

Sciuromorpha, suborder Sciuromorpha - large more or less primitive rodents: squirrels; marmots; gophers; beavers; etc.

naked mole rat - fetal-looking colonial rodent of East Africa; neither mole nor rat; they feed on tubers and have a social structure similar to that of honeybees and termites

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Duplicidentata Eutheria family Leporidae family Ochotonidae gnawer gnawing mammal Hystricomorpha lagomorph Lagomorpha Leporidae Myomorpha naked mole rat Ochotonidae order Lagomorpha rodent Rodentia Sciuromorpha subclass Eutheria suborder Hystricomorpha			The order Rodentia is here very numerous in species: of mice alone I obtained no less than eight kinds. The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context			order Primulales order Proboscidea order Procellariiformes order Proteales order Protura order Pseudomonadales order Pseudoscorpiones order Pseudoscorpionida order Psilophytales order Psilotales order Psittaciformes order Psocoptera order Pterosauria order Pulmonata order Pycnogonida order Radiolaria order Rajiformes order Ranales order Ranunculales order Raptores order Rhamnales order Rheiformes order Rhoeadales order Rhynchocephalia order Rickettsiales order Rodentia order Rosales order Rubiales order Salicales order Salientia order Santalales order Sapindales order Saprolegniales order Sarcosporidia order Sarraceniales order Saurischia order Sauropterygia order Scandentia order Sclerodermatales order Scleroparei order Scorpionida order Scrophulariales order Secotiales order Selaginellales order Siluriformes order Siphonaptera order Siphonophora order Sirenia order Solenichthyes order Solenogastres order Spatangoida			order Pseudomonadales order Pseudoscorpiones order Pseudoscorpionida order Psilophytales order Psilotales order Psittaciformes order Psocoptera order Pterosauria order Pulmonata order Pycnogonida Order Qualification order quantity order Radiolaria order Rajiformes order Ranales order Ranunculales order Raptores Order relation Order Review Point order Rhamnales order Rheiformes order Rhoeadales order Rhynchocephalia order Rickettsiales order Rodentia Order room Order Rooms order Rosales Order Routing and Management System Order Routing System order Rubiales order Salicales order Salientia order Santalales order Sapindales order Saprolegniales order Sarcosporidia order Sarraceniales order Saurischia order Sauropterygia order Scandentia order Sclerodermatales order Scleroparei order Scorpionida order Scrophulariales order Secotiales order Selaginellales Order Sending Organization Order Ship Time

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