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Mojave River Valley Museum
Rodents
Editor's note:Rats- Lots and lots of rats. Plenty of rats all over the place, and some mice too!
Kangaroo Rat
Round-tailed Ground Squirrel
White-tailed Antelope Squirrel
- Following are Life History Accounts only -Brush Deermouse
Botta's Pocket Gopher
Bushy-tailed Woodrat
Cactus Deermouse
Canyon Deermouse
Desert Pocket Mouse
Desert Woodrat
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel
Great Basin Pocket Mouse
House Mouse
Little Pocket Mouse
Long-tailed Pocket Mouse
Mohave Ground Squirrel
North American Deer Mouse
Panamint Chipmunk
Panamint Kangaroo Rat
Pinyon Mouse
Rock Squirrel
Southern Grasshopper Mouse
Western Harvest Mouse
Definitions of RodentsAny 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
Fossorial Rodents are rodents that dig or burrow into the ground.
Pocket Mouse
Round-tailed ground squirrel
