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 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Rodent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Family Spalacidae: mole rats, bamboo rats, and zokors
Family Nesomyidae: climbing mice, rock mice, white-tailed rat, Malagasy rats and mice
Family Muridae: true mice and rats, gerbils, spiny mice, crested rat
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 Rodentia
Rodents range in size from that of mice and rats, the smallest being the Eurasian harvest mouse which weighs as little as 0.14 ounce, and the largest is the South American capybara weighing over 100 pounds.
For example, North American kangaroo rats, Australian hopping mice, and north African jerboas, all in different families, do well in sandy desert regions and have evolved exceedingly long, narrow hind legs and feet with a correspondingly long tail used for hopping over the sandy expanses like miniature kangaroos.
The rats carried the fleas that caused the plagues of Europe, and rats and mice spread other diseases as well.
www.americazoo.com /goto/index/mammals/rodentia.htm   (704 words)

  
 Myomorpha | Animals | Fresno Chaffee Zoo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The New World rats and mice, best represented by the genus Peromyscus, the white-footed (or deer) mice or by Neotoma, the wood rats (pack rats), used to be lumped with Cricetinae (Old World hamsters), Cricetomyinae (the pouched rats of Africa), and several other small Old World groups.
The three species of giant pouched rats (16 inches without the tail) are symbiotic with a peculiar blind, wingless earwig.
Swamp rats are convergent with voles, and are hardly distinguishable from them.
www.chaffeezoo.org /animals/myomorph.html   (1834 words)

  
 Rodent - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Flores Giant Rat, a rat that grew to large size alongside small elephants and humans on the island of Flores
Giant hutias, a group of rodents once found in the West Indies
The above taxonomy uses the shape of the lower jaw (sciurognath or hystricognath) as the primary character.
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/r/o/d/Rodent.html   (743 words)

  
 VetInfo Links Index
Pure bred dogs rescues, cats, Avian, ferrets, reptiles, rats and pot bellied pigs rescues can all be found here.
If you are looking for a companion pet or if you are unable to keep your pet for reasons beyond your control - please look at this website.
Rat and Mice lovers can find lots of links, pictures and info.
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