| Meaning | small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters; guinea pigs; agoutis. | |
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| Synonym | order Rodentia | |
| Member of | Eutheria, subclass Eutheria | All mammals except monotremes and marsupials |
| Members | Hystricomorpha, suborder Hystricomorpha | An order of rodents including |
| 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 |
| Spanish | roedores | |
| Catalan | Rodentia, rosegadors | |
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