Taxon profile

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order

rodents
Rodentia

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Chordata - chordates » class Mammalia - mammals

Upper Paleocene - recent

Dasyprocta leporina - Brazilian Agouti

Author: Vladimír Motyčka

Funambulus palmarum - Indian Palm Squirrel

Author: Simon Rerucha

Cavia aperea f. porcelus - Guinea Pig

Author: Milan Kořínek

Rodentia in BioLib

Functions restricted to taxon Rodentia

Important groups

Sciuridae - squirrels, Castoridae - beavers, Hystricidae - Old World Porcupines, Myocastoridae - coypus, Erethizontidae - new world porcupines, Caviidae, Dasyproctidae - agoutis and acuchis, Octodontidae, Capromyidae - West Indian hutias, Muridae - mice, Dipodidae, Myoxidae - dormice

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Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 7

suborder Hystricomorpha

suborder Sciuromorpha

suborder Myomorpha

suborder Anomaluromorpha

suborder Sciuravida

family Alagomyidae ^†

family Laredomyidae ^†

Links and literature

Savci (Mammalia) [hlodavci]
Bryl M., Matyáštík T.: Savci (Mammalia) [http://savci.upol.cz]

Tree of Life [Rodentia]
Tree of Life [http://tolweb.org/tree]

Wikipedia Articles [Rodent]
Wikipedia Articles [http://en.wikipedia.org]

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^† extinct taxon