Meaning | small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters; guinea pigs; agoutis. |
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Synonym | Rodentia |
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Member of | Eutheria, subclass Eutheria | All mammals except monotremes and marsupials |
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Members | Hystricomorpha, suborder Hystricomorpha | An order of rodents including |
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Myomorpha, suborder Myomorpha | true rats and mice and related rodents |
Sciuromorpha, suborder Sciuromorpha | large more or less primitive rodents |
naked mole rat | fetal-looking colonial rodent of East Africa |
rodent, gnawer | relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing |
Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
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Spanish | roedores |
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Catalan | Rodentia, rosegadors |
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