List of rodentsRodents 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] Suborder HystricomorphaFamily Ctenodactylidae
Family DiatomyidaeFamily Bathyergidae
Family HeterocephalidaeFamily HystricidaeFamily Petromuridae
Family Thryonomyidae
Family ErethizontidaeSubfamily ChaetomyinaeSubfamily Erethizontinae
Family Chinchillidae
Family Dinomyidae
Family CaviidaeSubfamily Caviinae
Subfamily Dolichotinae
Subfamily Hydrochoerinae
Family Dasyproctidae
Family Cuniculidae
Family Ctenomyidae
Family Octodontidae
Family Abrocomidae
Family EchimyidaeSubfamily Dactylomyinae
Subfamily Echimyinae
Subfamily Eumysopinae
Subfamily Heteropsomyinae
Subfamily Capromyinae (hutias)Tribe Capromyini
Tribe Plagiodontini
Tribe Isolobodontini
Tribe Hexolobodontini
Family HeptaxodontidaeSubfamily Clidomyinae
Subfamily Heptaxodontinae
Family Myocastoridae
Suborder AnomaluromorphaFamily AnomaluridaeSubfamily Anomalurinae
Subfamily Zenkerellinae
Family Pedetidae
Suborder SciuromorphaFamily Aplodontidae
Family SciuridaeSubfamily Ratufinae
Subfamily Sciurillinae
Subfamily SciurinaeTribe Sciurini
Tribe Pteromyini
Subfamily Callosciurinae
Subfamily XerinaeTribe Xerini
Tribe Protoxerini
Tribe Marmotini
Family GliridaeSubfamily Graphiurinae
Subfamily Leithiinae
Subfamily Glirinae
Suborder CastorimorphaFamily Castoridae
Family Geomyidae
Family HeteromyidaeSubfamily Dipodomyinae
Subfamily Heteromyinae
Subfamily Perognathinae
Suborder MyomorphaFamily DipodidaeSubfamily Allactaginae
Subfamily Cardiocraniinae
Subfamily Dipodinae
Subfamily Euchoreutinae
Subfamily Sicistinae
Subfamily Zapodinae
Family Platacanthomyidae
Family SpalacidaeSubfamily Myospalacinae
Subfamily Rhizomyinae
Subfamily Tachyoryctinae
Subfamily Spalacinae
Family Calomyscidae
Family NesomyidaeSubfamily Petromyscinae
Subfamily Delanymyinae
Subfamily Dendromurinae
Subfamily Mystromyinae
Subfamily Cricetomyinae
Subfamily Nesomyinae
Family CricetidaeSubfamily Lophiomyinae
Subfamily Cricetinae
Subfamily Arvicolinae
Subfamily TylomyinaeTribe Nyctomyini
Tribe Tylomyini
Subfamily Neotominae
Subfamily Sigmodontinae
Tribe Abrotrichini
Tribe Akodontini
Tribe Ichthyomyini
Tribe Oryzomyini
Tribe Phyllotini
Tribe Reithrodontini
Tribe Sigmodontini
Tribe Thomasomyini
Family MuridaeSubfamily Leimacomyinae
Subfamily Deomyinae
Subfamily Otomyinae
Subfamily Gerbillinae
Subfamily Murinae
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