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Bookmark or Share- Rodents - Types, List of families, Characteristics, & PicturesRodents are a diverse group of small to medium-sized mammals characterized by a single pair of constantly growing incisors in both the upper and lower jaws. They typically have robust bodies, short limbs, and long tails.
- List of rodents - WikipediaRodents 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 circa 2,700 species in 518 genera in the order Rodentia. [1]
- Rodent | Mammal, Rodent Behavior & Adaptations | Britannicarodent, (order Rodentia), any of more than 2,050 living species of mammals characterized by upper and lower pairs of ever-growing rootless incisor teeth. Rodents are the largest group of mammals, constituting almost half the class Mammalia’s approximately 4,660 species.
- Rodents - A-Z AnimalsRodents are mammals that have teeth and powerful jaws that are made for gnawing. The incisor teeth are long, continuously grow, and have deep, open roots. Most rodents are gregarious, though a few, like the groundhog and fat dormouse, live alone most of the time.
- What Are Rodents? - WorldAtlasRodents, mammals of the order Rodentia, represent about 40% of all mammalian species. They are found across the world in all continents with the exception of Antarctica where they inhabit a wide variety of habitats. They can be arboreal, semi-aquatic or fossorial in nature.
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