List of rodents


s 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 2,276 species in 489 genera in the order Rodentia.

Suborder [Hystricomorpha]

Family [Ctenodactylidae]

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Family [Bathyergidae]

Subfamily Chaetomyinae">Bristle-spined rat">Chaetomyinae

Subfamily [Caviinae]

Subfamily [Dactylomyinae]

Subfamily [Capromyinae]

Subfamily [Clidomyinae]

Family [Anomaluridae]

Subfamily Anomalurinae

Family [Aplodontidae]

Subfamily [Ratufinae]

Tribe [Sciurini]
Tribe [Xerini]

Subfamily [Graphiurinae]

Family [Castoridae]

Subfamily [Dipodomyinae]

Family [Dipodidae]

Subfamily [Allactaginae]

Subfamily [Myospalacinae]

Subfamily [Petromyscinae]

Subfamily [Lophiomyinae]

Tribe [Nyctomyini]

Subfamily [Leimacomyinae]