#order_Rodentia__Rodentia  small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters; guinea pigs; agoutis
  supertype:  #animal_order  the order of animals
  member of:  #subclass_Eutheria
  member:  #rodent__gnawer__gnawing_animal__gnawinganimal  relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
  member:  #suborder_Myomorpha__Myomorpha  true rats and mice and related rodents
     member:  #superfamily_Muroidea__Muroidea  essential equal to suborder Myomorpha with the Dipodidae excluded
        member:  #family_Muridae__Muridae  originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide; distinguished from the Cricetidae by typically lacking cheek pouches
           member:  #genus_Mus__Mus  type genus of the Muridae: common house mice; upper incisors have a square-notched tip
              member:  #house_mouse__housemouse__Mus_musculus  brownish-gray Old World mouse now a common household pest worldwide
           member:  #genus_Micromyx__Micromyx  Old World harvest mice
              member:  #harvest_mouse__harvestmouse__Micromyx_minutus  small reddish-brown Eurasian mouse inhabiting e.g. cornfields
           member:  #genus_Apodemus__Apodemus  Old World field mice
              member:  #field_mouse__fieldmouse  any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens
              member:  #European_wood_mouse__Apodemus_sylvaticus  nocturnal yellowish-brown mouse inhabiting woods and fields and gardens
           member:  #genus_Rattus__Rattus  common house rats; upper incisors have a beveled edge
              member:  #brown_rat__brownrat__Norway_rat__Rattus_norvegicus  common domestic rat; serious pest worldwide
              member:  #black_rat__blackrat__roof_rat__Rattus_rattus  common household pest originally from Asia that has spread worldwide
           member:  #genus_Nesokia__Nesokia  bandicoot rats
              member:  #bandicoot_rat__bandicootrat__mole_rat  burrowing scaly-tailed rat of India and Ceylon
           member:  #genus_Conilurus__Conilurus  jerboa rats
              member:  #jerboa_rat  large Australian rat with hind legs adapted for leaping
           member:  #genus_Notomys__Notomys  jerboa rats
              member:  #kangaroo_mouse  leaping rodent of Australian desert areas
           member:  #subfamily_Hydromyinae__Hydromyinae  water rats of Australia and New Guinea
              member:  #genus_Hydromys__Hydromys  water rats
                 member:  #beaver_rat  amphibious rat of Australia and New Guinea
     member:  #family_Cricetidae__Cricetidae  mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters
        member:  #New_World_mouse  a variety of rodent
        member:  #genus_Reithrodontomys__Reithrodontomys  New World harvest mice
           member:  #American_harvest_mouse__harvest_mouse__harvestmouse  any of several small grayish New World mice inhabiting e.g. grain fields
        member:  #genus_Peromyscus__Peromyscus  New World wood mice
           member:  #white-footed_mouse__vesper_mouse__Peromyscus_leucopus  American woodland mouse with white feet and underparts
           member:  #deer_mouse__Peromyscus_maniculatus  brownish New World mouse; most widely distributed member of the genus
           member:  #cactus_mouse__Peromyscus_eremicus  burrowing mouse of desert areas of southwestern United States
           member:  #cotton_mouse__Peromyscus_gossypinus  large dark mouse of southeastern United States
        member:  #genus_Baiomys__Baiomys  pygmy mice
           member:  #pygmy_mouse__pygmymouse__Baiomys_taylori  very small dark grayish brown mouse resembling a house mouse; of Texas and Mexico
        member:  #genus_Onychomys__Onychomys  grasshopper mice
           member:  #grasshopper_mouse__grasshoppermouse  insectivorous mouse of western North America
        member:  #genus_Ondatra__Ondatra  muskrats
           member:  #muskrat__Ondatra_zibethica  beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur
        member:  #genus_Neofiber__Neofiber  round-tailed muskrat
           member:  #round-tailed_muskrat__Florida_water_rat__Neofiber_alleni  of Florida wetlands
        member:  #genus_Sigmodon__Sigmodon  American cotton rats
           member:  #cotton_rat__Sigmodon_hispidus  destructive long-haired burrowing rat of southern North America and Central America
        member:  #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)
        member:  #genus_Neotoma__Neotoma  packrats
           member:  #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
           member:  #dusky-footed_woodrat__Neotoma_fuscipes  host to Lyme disease tick (Ixodes pacificus) in northern California
           member:  #eastern_woodrat__easternwoodrat__Neotoma_floridana  large grayish-brown woodrat of the southeastern United States
        member:  #genus_Oryzomys__Oryzomys  rice rats
           member:  #rice_rat__Oryzomys_palustris  hardy agile rat of grassy marshes of Mexico and the southeastern United States
        member:  #genus_Pitymys__Pitymys  pine mice
           member:  #pine_vole__pine_mouse__Pitymys_pinetorum  short-tailed glossy-furred burrowing vole of the eastern United States
        member:  #genus_Microtus__Microtus  voles of the northern hemisphere
           member:  #meadow_vole__meadow_mouse__Microtus_pennsylvaticus  widely distributed in grasslands of northern United States and Canada
           member:  #Richardson_vole__water_vole__watervole__Microtus_richardsoni  of western North America
           member:  #prairie_vole__prairievole__Microtus_ochrogaster  typical vole of the extended prairie region of central United States and southern Canada
        member:  #genus_Arvicola__Arvicola  in some classifications considered synonymous with Microtus
           member:  #water_vole__watervole__water_rat__waterrat__Arvicola_amphibius  common large Eurasian vole
        member:  #genus_Clethrionomys__Clethrionomys  a genus of Cricetidae
           member:  #red-backed_mouse__redback_vole__redbackvole  any of several voles of mountainous regions of Eurasia and America
        member:  #genus_Phenacomys  North American boles
           member:  #phenacomys  any of several vole-like terrestrial or arboreal rodents of cold forested regions of Canada and western United States
        member:  #genus_Cricetus__Cricetus  type genus of the Cricetidae: Old World hamsters
           member:  #hamster  short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches
        member:  #genus_Mesocricetus__Mesocricetus  golden hamsters
           member:  #golden_hamster__Syrian_hamster__Mesocricetus_auratus  small light-colored hamster often kept as a pet
        member:  #subfamily_Gerbillinae__Gerbillinae  gerbils
           member:  #genus_Gerbillus__Gerbillus  type genus of the Gerbillinae: typical gerbils
           member:  #gerbil__gerbille  small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping
        member:  #genus_Meriones__Meriones  a genus of Cricetidae
           member:  #jird  North African gerbils
           member:  #tamarisk_gerbil__Meriones_unguiculatus  popular as a pet
           member:  #Meriones_longifrons__sand_rat  southern European gerbil
        member:  #lemming  any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution
        member:  #Lemmus__genus_lemmus  lemmings
           member:  #European_lemming__Lemmus_lemmus  notable for mass migrations even into the sea where many drown
           member:  #brown_lemming__brownlemming__Lemmus_trimucronatus  of northwestern Canada and Alaska
        member:  #genus_Myopus__Myopus  a genus of Cricetidae
           member:  #gray_lemming__red-backed_lemming  Old World lemming
        member:  #genus_Dicrostonyx__Dicrostonyx  pied lemmings
           member:  #pied_lemming  North American lemming having a white winter coat and some claws much enlarged
        member:  #genus_Synaptomys__Synaptomys  bog lemmings
     member:  #family_Zapodidae__Zapodidae  jumping mice
        member:  #jumping_mouse__jumpingmouse  any of several primitive mouselike rodents with long hind legs and no cheek pouches; of woodlands of Eurasia and North America
        member:  #genus_Zapus__Zapus  type genus of the Zapodidae
           member:  #meadow_jumping_mouse__Zapus_hudsonius  widely distributed in northeastern and central United States and Canada
     member:  #family_Dipodidae__Dipodidae  Old World jerboas
        member:  #genus_Dipus__Dipus  type genus of the Dipodidae; typical jerboas having three toes on each hind food
           member:  #typical_jerboa__typicaljerboa  small nocturnal jumping rodent with long hind legs; of arid parts of North Africa and Asia
        member:  #jerboa  mouselike jumping rodent
        member:  #genus_Jaculus__Jaculus  jerboas
           member:  #Jaculus_jaculus  a variety of jerboa
     member:  #family_Gliridae__Gliridae  dormice and other Old World forms
        member:  #dormouse  small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather
        member:  #genus_Glis__Glis  type genus of the Gliridae
           member:  #loir__Glis_glis  large European dormouse
        member:  #genus_Muscardinus__Muscardinus  a genus of Gliridae
           member:  #hazel_mouse__hazelmouse__Muscardinus_avellanarius  a variety of dormouse
        member:  #genus_Eliomys__Eliomys  lerots
           member:  #lerot  dormouse of southern Europe and northern Africa
     member:  #family_Spalacidae__Spalacidae  mole rats
        member:  #genus_Spalax__Spalax  type genus of the Spalacidae
           member:  #mole_rat  furry short-limbed tailless rodent resembling a true mole in habits and appearance; of eastern Europe and Middle East
  member:  #suborder_Hystricomorpha__Hystricomorpha  an order of rodents including: porcupines; guinea pigs; chinchillas; etc.
     member:  #family_Hystricidae__Hystricidae  Old World porcupines
        member:  #Old_World_porcupine  terrestrial porcupine
        member:  #genus_Atherurus__Atherurus  a genus of Hystricidae
           member:  #brush-tailed_porcupine__brush-tail_porcupine  porcupine with a tuft of large beaded bristles on the tail
        member:  #genus_Trichys__Trichys  a genus of Hystricidae
           member:  #long-tailed_porcupine__Trichys_lipura  porcupine of Borneo and Sumatra having short spines and a long tail
     member:  #family_Erethizontidae__Erethizontidae  New World arboreal porcupines
        member:  #New_World_porcupine  arboreal porcupine
        member:  #genus_Erethizon__Erethizon  a genus of Erethizontidae
           member:  #Canada_porcupine__Erethizon_dorsatum  porcupine of northeastern North America with barbed spines concealed in the coarse fur; often gnaws buildings for salt and grease
     member:  #family_Caviidae__Caviidae  a family of Hystricomorpha
        member:  #genus_Cavia__Cavia  type genus of the Caviidae: guinea pigs
           member:  #cavy  short-tailed rough-haired South American rodent
        member:  #genus_Dolichotis__Dolichotis  maras
           member:  #mara__Dolichotis_patagonum  hare-like rodent of the pampas of Argentina
     member:  #family_Dasyproctidae__Dasyproctidae  agoutis and pacas
        member:  #genus_Dasyprocta__Dasyprocta  type genus of the Dasyproctidae: agoutis
           member:  #agouti__Dasyprocta_aguti  agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central and South America and West Indies; valued as food
        member:  #genus_Cuniculus__Cuniculus  pacas
        member:  #genus_Stictomys__Stictomys  mountain pacas
           member:  #mountain_paca  rodent of mountains of western South America
     member:  #family_Capromyidae__Capromyidae  coypus
        member:  #genus_Myocastor__Myocastor  a genus of Capromyidae
           member:  #Myocastor_coypus__coypu__nutria  aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur
     member:  #family_Chinchillidae__Chinchillidae  small bushy-tailed South American burrowing rodents
        member:  #genus_Chinchilla  type genus of the Chinchillidae
           member:  #Chinchilla_laniger__chinchilla  small rodent with soft pearly gray fur; native to the Andes but bred in captivity for fur
        member:  #genus_Lagidium__Lagidium  a genus of Chinchillidae
           member:  #mountain_chinchilla__mountain_viscacha  a rodent native to the mountains of Chile and Peru and now bred in captivity
        member:  #genus_Lagostomus__Lagostomus  viscachas
           member:  #viscacha__chinchillon__Lagostomus_maximus  gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas
        member:  #genus_Abrocoma__Abrocoma  abrocomes
           member:  #abrocome__chinchilla_rat__rat_chinchilla__ratchinchilla  ratlike rodent with soft fur and large ears of the Andes
     member:  #family_Bathyergidae__Bathyergidae  mole rats; sand rats
        member:  #genus_Bathyergus__Bathyergus  mole rats
           member:  #mole_rat.rodent__molerat  African rodent resembling a mole in habits and appearance
        member:  #genus_Heterocephalus__Heterocephalus  sand rats
           member:  #sand_rat  small nearly naked African mole rat of desert areas
  member:  #suborder_Sciuromorpha__Sciuromorpha  large more or less primitive rodents: squirrels; marmots; gophers; beavers; etc.
     member:  #family_Heteromyidae__Heteromyidae  small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping; adapted to desert conditions: pocket mice; kangaroo mice; kangaroo rats
        member:  #pocket_mouse  any of various small nocturnal burrowing desert rodents with cheek pouches and long hind legs and tail
        member:  #genus_Perognathus__Perognathus  pocket mice
           member:  #silky_pocket_mouse__Perognathus_flavus  small pale yellowish soft-furred rodent of southwestern United States and Mexico
           member:  #plains_pocket_mouse__Perognathus_flavescens  small rodent of open areas of United States plains states
           member:  #hispid_pocket_mouse__Perognathus_hispidus  large stiff-haired rodent of shortgrass prairies of United States
        member:  #genus_Liomys__Liomys  pocket mice
           member:  #Mexican_pocket_mouse__Liomys_irroratus  large pocket mouse of Mexico
        member:  #genus_Dipodomys__Dipodomys  kangaroo rats
           member:  #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
        member:  #genus_Microdipodops__Microdipodops  kangaroo mice
           member:  #dwarf_pocket_rat__kangaroo_mouse  small silky-haired pouched rodent; similar to but smaller than kangaroo rats
     member:  #family_Geomyidae__Geomyidae  North American pocket gophers
        member:  #genus_Geomys__Geomys  type genus of the Geomyidae
           member:  #plains_pocket_gopher__Geomys_bursarius  gopher of chiefly grasslands of central North America
           member:  #southeastern_pocket_gopher__Geomys_pinetis  gopher of Alabama Georgia and Florida
        member:  #pocket_gopher__gopher__pouched_rat__pouchedrat  burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America
        member:  #genus_Thomomys__Thomomys  western pocket gophers
           member:  #valley_pocket_gopher__Thomomys_bottae  of valleys and mountain meadows of western United States
           member:  #northern_pocket_gopher__Thomomys_talpoides  grayish to brown gopher of western and central United States
     member:  #family_Sciuridae__Sciuridae  true squirrels; ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles
        member:  #squirrel  a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail
        member:  #genus_Sciurus__Sciurus  type genus of the Sciuridae; typical moderate-sized arboreal squirrels
           member:  #tree_squirrel  any typical arboreal squirrel
           member:  #eastern_gray_squirrel__cat_squirrel__catsquirrel__Sciurus_carolinensis  common medium-large squirrel of eastern North America; now introduced into England
           member:  #western_gray_squirrel__Sciurus_griseus  large gray squirrel of far western areas of United States
           member:  #eastern_fox_squirrel__easternfoxsquirrel__fox_squirrel__foxsquirrel__Sciurus_niger  exceptionally large arboreal squirrel of eastern United States
           member:  #black_squirrel__blacksquirrel  fox squirrel or gray squirrel in the black color phase
           member:  #red_squirrel__redsquirrel__cat_squirrel__catsquirrel__Sciurus_vulgaris  common reddish-brown squirrel of Europe and parts of Asia
        member:  #genus_Tamiasciurus__Tamiasciurus  American red squirrels
        member:  #genus_Citellus__Citellus__Spermophilus__genus_Spermophilus  typical ground squirrels
           member:  #ground_squirrel__gopher__spermophile  any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops
        member:  #genus_Cynomys__Cynomys  prairie dogs
           member:  #prairie_dog__prairiedog__prairie_marmot__prairiemarmot  any of several rodents of North American prairies living in large complex burrows having a barking cry
        member:  #genus_Tamias__Tamias  chipmunks of eastern North America
           member:  #eastern_chipmunk__easternchipmunk__hackee__striped_squirrel__stripedsquirrel__ground_squirrel__Tamias_striatus  small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches
        member:  #genus_Eutamias__Eutamias  chipmunks of western America and Asia
           member:  #chipmunk  chipmunk of western America and Asia
        member:  #genus_Glaucomys__Glaucomys  New World flying squirrels
           member:  #American_flying_squirrel  New World flying squirrels
        member:  #genus_Marmota__Marmota  marmots
           member:  #marmot  stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter
        member:  #subfamily_Petauristidae__Petauristidae  Old World flying squirrels
           member:  #Asiatic_flying_squirrel  nocturnal rodent of Asia having furry folds of skin between forelegs and hind legs enabling it to move by gliding leaps
           member:  #genus_Petaurista__Petaurista  very large Asiatic flying squirrels
              member:  #taguan__flying_marmot__flying_cat__Petaurista_petaurista  East Indian flying squirrel
     member:  #family_Castoridae__Castoridae  beavers
        member:  #genus_Castor__Castor  type genus of the Castoridae: beavers
           member:  #beaver  large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges
        member:  #genus_Castoroides__Castoroides  extinct beavers of the Pleistocene; of eastern and southern United States
     member:  #family_Aplodontiidae__Aplodontiidae  mountain beavers
        member:  #genus_Aplodontia__Aplodontia  type genus of the Aplodontiidae: comprising the mountain beavers
           member:  #mountain_beaver__sewellel__Aplodontia_rufa  bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America; the most primitive living rodent
  member:  #naked_mole_rat  fetal-looking colonial rodent of east Africa; neither mole nor rat; they feed on tubers and have a social structure similar to that of honeybees and termites

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