#rodent__gnawer__gnawing_animal__gnawinganimal  relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
  supertype:  #placental_mammal__placentalmammal__placental__eutherian__eutherian_mammal__eutherianmammal  mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
  member of:  #order_Rodentia
  subtype:  #mouse  any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
     subtype:  #house_mouse__housemouse__Mus_musculus  brownish-gray Old World mouse now a common household pest worldwide
     subtype:  #harvest_mouse__harvestmouse__Micromyx_minutus  small reddish-brown Eurasian mouse inhabiting e.g. cornfields
     subtype:  #field_mouse__fieldmouse  any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens
        subtype:  #European_wood_mouse__Apodemus_sylvaticus  nocturnal yellowish-brown mouse inhabiting woods and fields and gardens
     subtype:  #wood_mouse  any of various New World woodland mice
        subtype:  #white-footed_mouse__vesper_mouse__Peromyscus_leucopus  American woodland mouse with white feet and underparts
        subtype:  #deer_mouse__Peromyscus_maniculatus  brownish New World mouse; most widely distributed member of the genus
        subtype:  #cactus_mouse__Peromyscus_eremicus  burrowing mouse of desert areas of southwestern United States
        subtype:  #cotton_mouse__Peromyscus_gossypinus  large dark mouse of southeastern United States
        subtype:  #pygmy_mouse__pygmymouse__Baiomys_taylori  very small dark grayish brown mouse resembling a house mouse; of Texas and Mexico
  subtype:  #rat  any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
     subtype:  #pocket_rat  any of various rodents with cheek pouches
        subtype:  #pocket_mouse  any of various small nocturnal burrowing desert rodents with cheek pouches and long hind legs and tail
           subtype:  #silky_pocket_mouse__Perognathus_flavus  small pale yellowish soft-furred rodent of southwestern United States and Mexico
           subtype:  #plains_pocket_mouse__Perognathus_flavescens  small rodent of open areas of United States plains states
           subtype:  #hispid_pocket_mouse__Perognathus_hispidus  large stiff-haired rodent of shortgrass prairies of United States
           subtype:  #Mexican_pocket_mouse__Liomys_irroratus  large pocket mouse of Mexico
        subtype:  #kangaroo_rat__desert_rat__Dipodomys_phillipsii  any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico; largest members of the family Heteromyidae
           subtype:  #Ord_kangaroo_rat__Dipodomys_ordi  most widely distributed kangaroo rat: plains and mountain areas of central and western United States
        subtype:  #dwarf_pocket_rat__kangaroo_mouse  small silky-haired pouched rodent; similar to but smaller than kangaroo rats
        subtype:  #pocket_gopher__gopher__pouched_rat__pouchedrat  burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America
           subtype:  #plains_pocket_gopher__Geomys_bursarius  gopher of chiefly grasslands of central North America
           subtype:  #southeastern_pocket_gopher__Geomys_pinetis  gopher of Alabama Georgia and Florida
           subtype:  #valley_pocket_gopher__Thomomys_bottae  of valleys and mountain meadows of western United States
           subtype:  #northern_pocket_gopher__Thomomys_talpoides  grayish to brown gopher of western and central United States
     subtype:  #brown_rat__brownrat__Norway_rat__Rattus_norvegicus  common domestic rat; serious pest worldwide
        subtype:  #wharf_rat__wharfrat  brown rat that infests wharves
        subtype:  #sewer_rat__sewerrat  brown rat commonly found in sewers
     subtype:  #black_rat__blackrat__roof_rat__Rattus_rattus  common household pest originally from Asia that has spread worldwide
     subtype:  #bandicoot_rat__bandicootrat__mole_rat  burrowing scaly-tailed rat of India and Ceylon
     subtype:  #jerboa_rat  large Australian rat with hind legs adapted for leaping
        subtype:  #kangaroo_mouse  leaping rodent of Australian desert areas
     subtype:  #rice_rat__Oryzomys_palustris  hardy agile rat of grassy marshes of Mexico and the southeastern United States
  subtype:  #murine  a rodent that is a member of the family Muridae
  subtype:  #water_rat__waterrat  any of various amphibious rats
     subtype:  #beaver_rat  amphibious rat of Australia and New Guinea
  subtype:  #New_World_mouse  a variety of rodent
     subtype:  #American_harvest_mouse__harvest_mouse__harvestmouse  any of several small grayish New World mice inhabiting e.g. grain fields
  subtype:  #muskrat__Ondatra_zibethica  beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur
  subtype:  #round-tailed_muskrat__Florida_water_rat__Neofiber_alleni  of Florida wetlands
  subtype:  #cotton_rat__Sigmodon_hispidus  destructive long-haired burrowing rat of southern North America and Central America
  subtype:  #wood_rat  any of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern hemisphere having soft fur gray above and white below with well-furred tails and large ears; some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)
     subtype:  #vole__field_mouse__fieldmouse  any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae especially of genus Microtus having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows
        subtype:  #grasshopper_mouse__grasshoppermouse  insectivorous mouse of western North America
        subtype:  #pine_vole__pine_mouse__Pitymys_pinetorum  short-tailed glossy-furred burrowing vole of the eastern United States
        subtype:  #meadow_vole__meadow_mouse__Microtus_pennsylvaticus  widely distributed in grasslands of northern United States and Canada
        subtype:  #Richardson_vole__water_vole__watervole__Microtus_richardsoni  of western North America
        subtype:  #prairie_vole__prairievole__Microtus_ochrogaster  typical vole of the extended prairie region of central United States and southern Canada
        subtype:  #water_vole__watervole__water_rat__waterrat__Arvicola_amphibius  common large Eurasian vole
        subtype:  #red-backed_mouse__redback_vole__redbackvole  any of several voles of mountainous regions of Eurasia and America
        subtype:  #phenacomys  any of several vole-like terrestrial or arboreal rodents of cold forested regions of Canada and western United States
     subtype:  #packrat__traderat__bushytail_woodrat__bushytailwoodrat__Neotoma_cinerea  any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects
        subtype:  #dusky-footed_woodrat__Neotoma_fuscipes  host to Lyme disease tick (Ixodes pacificus) in northern California
     subtype:  #eastern_woodrat__easternwoodrat__Neotoma_floridana  large grayish-brown woodrat of the southeastern United States
  subtype:  #hamster  short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches
     subtype:  #Eurasian_hamster__Cricetus_cricetus  a variety of hamster common to Europe and Asia
     subtype:  #golden_hamster__Syrian_hamster__Mesocricetus_auratus  small light-colored hamster often kept as a pet
  subtype:  #gerbil__gerbille  small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping
     subtype:  #jird  North African gerbils
     subtype:  #tamarisk_gerbil__Meriones_unguiculatus  popular as a pet
     subtype:  #Meriones_longifrons__sand_rat  southern European gerbil
  subtype:  #lemming  any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution
     subtype:  #European_lemming__Lemmus_lemmus  notable for mass migrations even into the sea where many drown
     subtype:  #brown_lemming__brownlemming__Lemmus_trimucronatus  of northwestern Canada and Alaska
     subtype:  #gray_lemming__red-backed_lemming  Old World lemming
     subtype:  #pied_lemming  North American lemming having a white winter coat and some claws much enlarged
        subtype:  #Hudson_bay_collared_lemming__Dicrostonyx_hudsonius  of northern Canada
     subtype:  #southern_bog_lemming__Synaptomys_cooperi  of low bogs and meadows of northeastern and central United States and southern Canada
     subtype:  #northern_bog_lemming__Synaptomys_borealis  of wet alpine and subalpine meadows of Canada and Alaska
  subtype:  #porcupine__hedgehog  relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
     subtype:  #Old_World_porcupine  terrestrial porcupine
        subtype:  #brush-tailed_porcupine__brush-tail_porcupine  porcupine with a tuft of large beaded bristles on the tail
        subtype:  #long-tailed_porcupine__Trichys_lipura  porcupine of Borneo and Sumatra having short spines and a long tail
     subtype:  #New_World_porcupine  arboreal porcupine
        subtype:  #Canada_porcupine__Erethizon_dorsatum  porcupine of northeastern North America with barbed spines concealed in the coarse fur; often gnaws buildings for salt and grease
  subtype:  #jumping_mouse__jumpingmouse  any of several primitive mouselike rodents with long hind legs and no cheek pouches; of woodlands of Eurasia and North America
     subtype:  #meadow_jumping_mouse__Zapus_hudsonius  widely distributed in northeastern and central United States and Canada
  subtype:  #jerboa  mouselike jumping rodent
     subtype:  #typical_jerboa__typicaljerboa  small nocturnal jumping rodent with long hind legs; of arid parts of North Africa and Asia
     subtype:  #Jaculus_jaculus  a variety of jerboa
  subtype:  #dormouse  small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather
     subtype:  #loir__Glis_glis  large European dormouse
     subtype:  #hazel_mouse__hazelmouse__Muscardinus_avellanarius  a variety of dormouse
     subtype:  #lerot  dormouse of southern Europe and northern Africa
  subtype:  #squirrel  a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail
     subtype:  #tree_squirrel  any typical arboreal squirrel
        subtype:  #eastern_gray_squirrel__cat_squirrel__catsquirrel__Sciurus_carolinensis  common medium-large squirrel of eastern North America; now introduced into England
        subtype:  #western_gray_squirrel__Sciurus_griseus  large gray squirrel of far western areas of United States
        subtype:  #eastern_fox_squirrel__easternfoxsquirrel__fox_squirrel__foxsquirrel__Sciurus_niger  exceptionally large arboreal squirrel of eastern United States
        subtype:  #black_squirrel__blacksquirrel  fox squirrel or gray squirrel in the black color phase
        subtype:  #red_squirrel__redsquirrel__cat_squirrel__catsquirrel__Sciurus_vulgaris  common reddish-brown squirrel of Europe and parts of Asia
        subtype:  #American_red_squirrel__spruce_squirrel__red_squirrel__redsquirrel__Sciurus_hudsonicus__Tamiasciurus_hudsonicus  of northern United States and Canada
        subtype:  #chickeree__Douglas_squirrel__Tamiasciurus_douglasi  far western United States counterpart of the red squirrel
     subtype:  #ground_squirrel__gopher__spermophile  any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops
        subtype:  #whitetail_antelope_squirrel__antelope_squirrel__antelope_chipmunk__Citellus_leucurus  small ground squirrel of western United States
        subtype:  #mantled_ground_squirrel__Citellus_lateralis  common black-striped reddish-brown ground squirrel of western North America; resembles a large chipmunk
        subtype:  #suslik__souslik__Citellus_citellus  rather large central Eurasian ground squirrel
        subtype:  #flickertail__Richardson_ground_squirrel__Citellus_richardsoni  of sagebrush and grassland areas of western United States and Canada
        subtype:  #rock_squirrel__Citellus_variegatus  large gray ground squirrel of rocky areas of the southwestern United States
        subtype:  #Arctic_ground_squirrel__parka_squirrel__parkasquirrel__Citellus_parryi  large ground squirrel of the North American far north
     subtype:  #eastern_chipmunk__easternchipmunk__hackee__striped_squirrel__stripedsquirrel__ground_squirrel__Tamias_striatus  small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches
     subtype:  #chipmunk  chipmunk of western America and Asia
     subtype:  #baronduki__baranduki__barunduki__burunduki__eutamiusasiaticu__Eutamius_sibiricus  terrestrial Siberian squirrel
     subtype:  #American_flying_squirrel  New World flying squirrels
        subtype:  #southern_flying_squirrel__Glaucomys_volans  small large-eyed nocturnal flying squirrel of eastern United States
        subtype:  #northern_flying_squirrel__Glaucomys_sabrinus  large flying squirrel; chiefly of Canada
     subtype:  #Asiatic_flying_squirrel  nocturnal rodent of Asia having furry folds of skin between forelegs and hind legs enabling it to move by gliding leaps
        subtype:  #taguan__flying_marmot__flying_cat__Petaurista_petaurista  East Indian flying squirrel
  subtype:  #prairie_dog__prairiedog__prairie_marmot__prairiemarmot  any of several rodents of North American prairies living in large complex burrows having a barking cry
     subtype:  #blacktail_prairie_dog__blacktailprairiedog__Cynomys_ludovicianus  tail is black tipped
     subtype:  #whitetail_prairie_dog__whitetailprairiedog__Cynomys_gunnisoni  tail is white tipped
  subtype:  #marmot  stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter
     subtype:  #groundhog__woodchuck__Marmota_monax  reddish brown North American marmot
     subtype:  #hoary_marmot__hoarymarmot__whistler__whistling_marmot__whistlingmarmot__Marmota_caligata  large North American mountain marmot
     subtype:  #yellowbelly_marmot__yellowbellymarmot__rockchuck__marmotaflaviventri  heavy-bodied yellowish-brown marmot of rocky areas of western North America
  subtype:  #beaver  large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges
     subtype:  #Old_World_beaver__Castor_fiber  a European variety of beaver
     subtype:  #New_World_beaver__Castor_canadensis  a variety of beaver found in almost all areas of North America except Florida
  subtype:  #mountain_beaver__sewellel__Aplodontia_rufa  bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America; the most primitive living rodent
  subtype:  #cavy  short-tailed rough-haired South American rodent
     subtype:  #Cavia_cobaya__guinea_pig  stout-bodied nearly tailless domesticated cavy; often kept as a pet and widely used in research
     subtype:  #aperea__wild_cavy__Cavia_porcellus  South American cavy; possibly ancestral to the domestic guinea pig
  subtype:  #mara__Dolichotis_patagonum  hare-like rodent of the pampas of Argentina
  subtype:  #capybara__capibara__Hydrochoerus_hydrochaeris  pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet; largest living rodent
  subtype:  #agouti__Dasyprocta_aguti  agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central and South America and West Indies; valued as food
  subtype:  #Cuniculus_paca__paca  large burrowing rodent of South and Central America; highly esteemed as food
  subtype:  #mountain_paca  rodent of mountains of western South America
  subtype:  #Myocastor_coypus__coypu__nutria  aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur
  subtype:  #Chinchilla_laniger__chinchilla  small rodent with soft pearly gray fur; native to the Andes but bred in captivity for fur
  subtype:  #mountain_chinchilla__mountain_viscacha  a rodent native to the mountains of Chile and Peru and now bred in captivity
  subtype:  #viscacha__chinchillon__Lagostomus_maximus  gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas
  subtype:  #abrocome__chinchilla_rat__rat_chinchilla__ratchinchilla  ratlike rodent with soft fur and large ears of the Andes
  subtype:  #mole_rat  furry short-limbed tailless rodent resembling a true mole in habits and appearance; of eastern Europe and Middle East
  subtype:  #mole_rat.rodent__molerat  African rodent resembling a mole in habits and appearance
  subtype:  #sand_rat  small nearly naked African mole rat of desert areas

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