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Wildlife > Mammals

Rodents

Editor's note:
Rats- Lots and lots of rats. Plenty of rats all over the place, and some mice too!

White-tailed Antelope Squirrel

- Following are Life History Accounts only -

Brush Deermouse

Botta's Pocket Gopher

Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel

Definitions of Rodents

Any of various mammals of the order Rodentia which have two pairs of continuously growing and self-sharpening teeth.
www.hamsterific.com/Glossary.cfm

Rodents are gnawing mammals that make up the Order Rodentia. Examples of rodents are mice, rats, chipmunks, beavers, and squirrels.
www.natureshift.org/rangerR/glossary.html

a type of warm-blooded animal having fur or hair on the body, mammary glands associated with feeding the offspring, and large incisor teeth that grow continually; rats, mice, squirrels, and beavers are examples of rodents
www.kentuckyawake.org/glossary/

relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
wordnet.princeton.edu/

The gnawing Mammalia, such as the rats, rabbits, and squirrels. They are especially characterised by the possession of a single pair of chisel ...
www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/sci/lifesciences/OntheOriginofSpecies6thEdition/chap31.html

Any of an order (Rodentia) of relatively small gnawing mammals (as a mouse, a squirrel, or a beaver) that have in both jaws a single pair of teeth with a chisel-shaped edge. investigate.conservation.org/expeditions/guyana/glossary.htm

Mammals, such as a mouse, rat, squirrel or beaver, that are characterized by large incisors adapted for gnawing or nibbling. www.noworms.com/glossary.cfm

a family of mammals which have large front teeth used for gnawing
www.sensesofwildness.com/africa/GLOSSARY.HTM

Notes:

Fossorial Rodents are rodents that dig or burrow into the ground.