English: Rodents.
Clades:
Euarchontoglires;
Mammalia;
Animals.
IntroductionRodentia is a Order in
Euarchontoglires.
RODENTIAORDER RODENTIA (from Latin, rodere, to gnaw)
Suborder Anomaluromorpha
Family Anomaluridae: scaly-tailed squirrels
Family Pedetidae: springhares
Suborder Castorimorpha
Superfamily Castoroidea
Family Castoridae: beavers
Superfamily Geomyoidea
Family Geomyidae: pocket gophers (true gophers)
Family Heteromyidae: kangaroo rats and kangaroo mice
Suborder Hystricomorpha
Family incertae sedis Diatomyidae: Laotian rock rat
Infraorder Ctenodactylomorphi
Family Ctenodactylidae: gundis
Infraorder Hystricognathi
Family Bathyergidae: African mole rats
Family Hystricidae: Old World porcupines
Family Petromuridae: dassie rat
Family Thryonomyidae: cane rats
Parvorder Caviomorpha
Family †
Heptaxodontidae: giant hutias
Family Abrocomidae: chinchilla rats
Family Capromyidae: hutias
Family Caviidae: cavies, including guinea pigs and the capybara
Family Chinchillidae: chinchillas and viscachas
Family Ctenomyidae: tuco-tucos
Family Dasyproctidae: agoutis
Family Dinomyidae: pacaranas
Family Echimyidae: spiny rats
Family Erethizontidae: New World porcupines
Family Myocastoridae: nutria
Family Octodontidae: octodonts
Suborder Myomorpha
Superfamily Dipodoidea
Family Dipodidae: jerboas and jumping mice
Superfamily Muroidea
Family Calomyscidae: mouse-like hamsters
Family Cricetidae: hamsters, New World rats and mice, voles
Family Muridae: true mice and rats, gerbils, spiny mice, crested rat
Family Nesomyidae: climbing mice, rock mice, white-tailed rat, Malagasy rats and mice
Family Platacanthomyidae: spiny dormice
Family Spalacidae: mole rats, bamboo rats, and zokors
Suborder Sciuromorpha
Family Aplodontiidae: mountain beaver
Family Gliridae (also
Myoxidae, Muscardinidae): dormice
Family Sciuridae: squirrels, including chipmunks, prairie dogs, & marmots