The first thing most people think of when they hear the word rodent is “mouse”. There have been many famous mice in history * but the rodent family includes many other animals besides mice! Squirrels and chipmunks are rodents too. So are voles. Look and see who’s who in the rodent world.  We've also included hyraxes here but they are not rodents at all.  Well... we didn't want to leave them all by themselves now, did we?!

Did you know that the rodents include more species than any other class?  1,687 species!  That's a lot of rodents.  Read on!

*Famous Mice: Mickey Mouse. Mighty Mouse,
and the famous trio, Three Blind Mice

Mountain Beaver Squirrels etc
    
Gray Squirrel
     Red Squirrel
Pocket Gopher
Kangaroo Rat, Pocket Mouse Beaver Scaly-tailed Squirrels
Springhare Rats, Mice etc Dormouse
Birch and Jumping Mouse Jerboa Capybara
Porcupine Cavy, Guinea Pig Coypu, Hutia, Nutria
Paca, Agoutis Chinchilla, Viscacha Chinchilla Rat
Degu, Rock Rat Tuco-Tuco Dassie Rat
Spiny Rat Cane Rat Hyrax
Africa Mole-Rat Gundi
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