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Rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are na ...
s are animals that gnaw with two continuously growing incisors. Forty percent of mammal species are rodents, and they inhabit every continent except Antarctica. This list contains 2,276
species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
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genera Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...
in the order Rodentia.


Suborder Hystricomorpha


Family Ctenodactylidae

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Ctenodactylus ''Ctenodactylus'' is a genus of rodent in the family Ctenodactylidae (comb rats or gundis). It encompasses the common gundi (''C. gundi'') and the closely related species Val's gundi Val's gundi (''Ctenodactylus vali'') is a species of rodent ...
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Ctenodactylus gundi The common gundi (''Ctenodactylus gundi'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenodactylidae. It is found in Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia. The parasitic organism ''Toxoplasma gondii'' was first described in 1908 in Tunis by Charles ...
'' - North African gundi **'' Ctenodactylus vali'' -
Val's gundi Val's gundi (''Ctenodactylus vali'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenodactylidae. It is known from two widely separated areas of North Africa. Description Val's gundi is very similar to the other species of gundi, especially the common ...
*Genus '' Felovia'' **'' Felovia vae'' - Felou gundi *Genus '' Massoutiera'' **'' Massoutiera mzabi'' - Mazab gundi *Genus '' Pectinator'' **'' Pectinator spekei'' -
Speke's pectinator Speke's pectinator (''Pectinator spekei'') or Speke's gundi, is a species of rodent in the family Ctenodactylidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Pectinator''.Dieterlen, F. 2005. Family Ctenodactylidae pp. 1536-1537 ''in'' D. E. Wilson a ...


Family

Diatomyidae Diatomyidae is a family of hystricomorph rodents. It is represented by a single living species, ''Laonastes aenigmamus,'' native to Laos in Southeast Asia. Fossil species are known from the Oligocene and Miocene of Asia and eastern Europe. "Laz ...

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Laonastes The Laotian rock rat or ''kha-nyou'' (''Laonastes aenigmamus'', Lao: ຂະຍຸ), sometimes called the "rat-squirrel", is a species of rodent found in the Khammouan region of Laos. The species was first described in a 2005 article by Paulina ...
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Laonastes aenigmamus The Laotian rock rat or ''kha-nyou'' (''Laonastes aenigmamus'', Lao: ຂະຍຸ), sometimes called the "rat-squirrel", is a species of rodent found in the Khammouan region of Laos. The species was first described in a 2005 article by Paulina ...
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Laotian rock rat The Laotian rock rat or ''kha-nyou'' (''Laonastes aenigmamus'', Lao: ຂະຍຸ), sometimes called the "rat-squirrel", is a species of rodent found in the Khammouan region of Laos. The species was first described in a 2005 article by Paulina ...


Family Bathyergidae

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Bathyergus ''Bathyergus'' is the genus of dune mole-rats endemic to South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the ...
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Bathyergus janetta The Namaqua dune mole-rat (''Bathyergus janetta'') is a species of rodent in the family Bathyergidae found in Namibia and South Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, caves, and sandy shores. The IUCN assessmen ...
'' - Namaqua dune mole rat **''
Bathyergus suillus The Cape dune mole-rat (''Bathyergus suillus'') is a species of solitary burrowing rodent in the family Bathyergidae. It is endemic to South Africa and named for the Cape of Good Hope. Description The Cape dune mole-rat is the largest of all t ...
'' - Cape dune mole rat *Genus ''
Cryptomys ''Cryptomys'' is the genus of mole-rats, endemic to Africa. Most of the species formerly placed in this genus were moved to the genus ''Fukomys ''Fukomys'' is a genus described in 2006 of common blesmol, mole-rats, containing several species ...
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Cryptomys hottentotus The common mole-rat, African mole-rat, or Hottentot mole-rat, (''Cryptomys hottentotus'') is a burrowing rodent found in Southern Africa, in particular in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It also occurs in Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, M ...
'' - African mole rat **'' Cryptomys mahali'' - Mahali mole-rat **''
Cryptomys nimrodi The Matabeleland mole-rat (''Cryptomys nimrodi'') is a species of mole-rat found in Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, b ...
'' - Matabeleland mole-rat *Genus ''
Fukomys ''Fukomys'' is a genus described in 2006 of common blesmol, mole-rats, containing several species that were formerly placed in the genus ''Cryptomys'';Kock D, Ingram CM, Frabotta LJ, Honeycutt RL, Burda H. 2006On the nomenclature of Bathyergidae ...
'' **'' Fukomys amatus'' -
Zambian mole-rat The Zambian mole-rat (''Fukomys amatus'') is a species of rodent in the family Bathyergidae. It is found in Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo ...
**'' Fukomys anselli'' -
Ansell's mole-rat Ansell's mole-rat (''Fukomys anselli'') is a species of rodent in the family Bathyergidae. It is endemic to Zambia. Its natural habitats are moist savanna and miombo The Miombo woodland is a tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shr ...
**'' Fukomys bocagei'' - Bocage's mole-rat **'' Fukomys damarensis'' - Damaraland mole-rat **'' Fukomys darlingi'' -
Mashona mole-rat The Mashona mole-rat (''Fukomys darlingi'') is a species of rodent in the family Bathyergidae. It is found in Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland ...
**'' Fukomys foxi'' -
Nigerian mole-rat The Nigerian mole-rat (''Fukomys foxi'') is a species of rodent in the family Bathyergidae. It is found in northern Nigeria and Cameroon. A colonial, subterranean species, its natural habitats are tropical dry lowland grassland, riverside woodla ...
**'' Fukomys ilariae'' - Somali striped mole rat **'' Fukomys hanangensis'' - Hanang mole-rat **'' Fukomys kafuensis'' - Kafue mole-rat **''
Fukomys livingstoni ''Fukomys livingstoni'' is a species of is a species of Blesmol, mole rat that can be found in Africa. It is named after David Livingstone, Dr David Livingstone. References

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'' - Livingstone's mole-rat **'' Fukomys mechowii'' -
Mechow's mole-rat Mechow's mole-rat (''Fukomys mechowii'' ) is a species of rodent in the family Bathyergidae. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and possibly Malawi. Its natural habitats are moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dr ...
**'' Fukomys micklemi'' - Micklem's mole-rat **''
Fukomys occlusus ''Fukomys'' is a genus described in 2006 of common mole-rats, containing several species that were formerly placed in the genus '' Cryptomys'';Kock D, Ingram CM, Frabotta LJ, Honeycutt RL, Burda H. 2006On the nomenclature of Bathyergidae and ''F ...
'' **'' Fukomys ochraceocinereus'' - Ochre mole-rat **''
Fukomys vandewoestijneae ''Fukomys vandewoestijneae'' or Caroline's mole rat was first noticed in 2002 by a research team from the University of Ghent. This new species, distinguished by a distinctive skull shape, was recently described by Paul Van Daele and his team i ...
'' - Caroline's mole rat **''
Fukomys whytei ''Fukomys'' is a genus described in 2006 of common mole-rats, containing several species that were formerly placed in the genus ''Cryptomys'';Kock D, Ingram CM, Frabotta LJ, Honeycutt RL, Burda H. 2006On the nomenclature of Bathyergidae and ''Fu ...
'' - Whyte's mole-rat **'' Fukomys zechi'' -
Ghana mole-rat The Ghana mole-rat or Togo mole-rat (''Fukomys zechi'') is a species of rodent in the family Bathyergidae. It is endemic to Ghana. Its natural habitats are moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowlan ...
*Genus '' Georychus'' **'' Georychus capensis'' -
Cape mole rat The Cape mole-rat (''Georychus capensis'') is a species of mole-rat endemic to South Africa. It is the only extant species currently described as belonging to the genus ''Georychus''. Description Cape mole-rats closely resemble other African ...
*Genus '' Heliophobius'' **''
Heliophobius argenteocinereus The silvery mole-rat, silvery blesmol, or silky mole-rat (''Heliophobius argenteocinereus'') is a species of mole-rat of East Africa which occurs in southern Kenya, Tanzania, southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique and Malawi. Solit ...
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Family

Heterocephalidae The naked mole-rat (''Heterocephalus glaber''), also known as the sand puppy, is a burrowing rodent native to the Horn of Africa and parts of Kenya, notably in Somali regions. It is closely related to the blesmols and is the only species in t ...

*Genus '' Heterocephalus'' **''
Heterocephalus glaber The naked mole-rat (''Heterocephalus glaber''), also known as the sand puppy, is a burrowing rodent native to the Horn of Africa and parts of Kenya, notably in Somali regions. It is closely related to the blesmols and is the only species in th ...
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naked mole-rat The naked mole-rat (''Heterocephalus glaber''), also known as the sand puppy, is a burrowing rodent native to the Horn of Africa and parts of Kenya, notably in Somali regions. It is closely related to the blesmols and is the only species in th ...


Family Hystricidae

*Genus '' Atherurus'' **'' Atherurus africanus'' -
African brush-tailed porcupine The African brush-tailed porcupine (''Atherurus africanus'') is a species of rat-like Old World porcupine, indigenous to a broad belt of Africa ranging from Guinea on the west coast to Kenya on the east. This is a common species with a very wide ...
**'' Atherurus macrourus'' -
Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine The Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine (''Atherurus macrourus'') is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae. It is found in China, Bhutan, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Taxonomy The synonyms of this species are ''Ath ...
*Genus '' Hystrix'' **Subgenus ''Acanthion'' ***''
Hystrix brachyura The Malayan porcupine or Himalayan porcupine (''Hystrix brachyura'') is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae. Three subspecies are extant in South and Southeast Asia. Geographical distribution The Malayan porcupine ranges from Nepal th ...
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Malayan porcupine The Malayan porcupine or Himalayan porcupine (''Hystrix brachyura'') is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae. Three subspecies are extant in South and Southeast Asia. Geographical distribution The Malayan porcupine ranges from Nepal th ...
***'' Hystrix javanica'' - Sunda porcupine **Subgenus ''Hystrix'' ***''
Hystrix africaeaustralis The Cape porcupine (''Hystrix africaeaustralis''), Cape crested porcupine or South African porcupine, is a species of Old World porcupine native to central and southern Africa. Description left, 180px, head Cape porcupines are the second large ...
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Cape porcupine The Cape porcupine (''Hystrix africaeaustralis''), Cape crested porcupine or South African porcupine, is a species of Old World porcupine native to central and southern Africa. Description file:Reserve Sigean - Porc-épic du Cap 05.jpg, left, 1 ...
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Hystrix cristata The crested porcupine (''Hystrix cristata''), also known as the African crested porcupine, is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae native to Italy, North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa. Characteristics The adult crested porcupine h ...
'' - Crested porcupine ***''
Hystrix indica The Indian crested porcupine (''Hystrix indica'') is a hystricomorph rodent species native to southern Asia and the Middle East. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. It belongs to the Old World porcupine family, Hystricidae. Des ...
'' - Indian porcupine **Subgenus ''Thecurus'' ***''
Hystrix crassispinis The thick-spined porcupine (''Hystrix crassispinis'') is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae. It is endemic to the island of Borneo and found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia. History In 1996, the species was considered Near Threate ...
'' - Thick-spined porcupine ***''
Hystrix pumila The Philippine porcupine or Palawan porcupine (''Hystrix pumila'') is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) endemic to the island of Palawan in the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), ...
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Philippine porcupine The Philippine porcupine or Palawan porcupine (''Hystrix pumila'') is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) endemic to the island of Palawan in the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), ...
***'' Hystrix sumatrae'' -
Sumatran porcupine The Sumatran porcupine (''Hystrix sumatrae'') is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae. It is endemic to the Indonesian island of Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is ...
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Trichys The long-tailed porcupine (''Trichys fasciculata'') is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Trichys'', and is found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Physical appearance Long-tailed porcupines’ ...
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Trichys fasciculata The long-tailed porcupine (''Trichys fasciculata'') is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Trichys'', and is found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Physical appearance Long-tailed porcupines’ ...
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Long-tailed porcupine The long-tailed porcupine (''Trichys fasciculata'') is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Trichys'', and is found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Physical appearance Long-tailed porcupines’ ...


Family Petromuridae

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Petromus ''Petromus'' is a genus of hystricognath rodents that contains the dassie rat ''(Petromus typicus)'' of southwestern Africa, the only extant member of this group and the entire family Petromuridae. Two fossil species are known from the Plioce ...
'' **'' Petromus antiquus'' (extinct) **'' Petromus minor'' (extinct) **'' Petromus typicus'' -
Dassie rat The dassie rat (''Petromus typicus'') is an African rodent found among rocky outcroppings. It is the only living member of its genus, ''Petromus'', and family, Petromuridae. The name " dassie" means " hyrax" in Afrikaans,dassie rats are not to ...


Family Thryonomyidae

*Genus '' Thryonomys'' **'' Thryonomys asakomae'' (extinct) **''
Thryonomys gregorianus The lesser cane rat (''Thryonomys gregorianus'') is a species of rodent in the family Thryonomyidae. It is found in Cameroon, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and po ...
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Lesser cane rat The lesser cane rat (''Thryonomys gregorianus'') is a species of rodent in the family Thryonomyidae. It is found in Cameroon, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and p ...
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Thryonomys swinderianus The greater cane rat (''Thryonomys swinderianus''), also known as the grasscutter (in Ghana, Nigeria and other regions of West Africa), is one of two species of cane rats, a small family of African hystricognath rodents. It lives by reed-beds and ...
'' - Greater cane rat


Family Erethizontidae


Subfamily Chaetomyinae

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Chaetomys The bristle-spined rat (''Chaetomys subspinosus'') is an arboreal rodent from the Atlantic forest in eastern Brazil. Also known as the bristle-spined porcupine or thin-spined porcupine, it is the only member of the genus ''Chaetomys'' and the s ...
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Chaetomys subspinosus The bristle-spined rat (''Chaetomys subspinosus'') is an arboreal rodent from the Atlantic forest in eastern Brazil. Also known as the bristle-spined porcupine or thin-spined porcupine, it is the only member of the genus ''Chaetomys'' and the s ...
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Bristle-spined rat The bristle-spined rat (''Chaetomys subspinosus'') is an arboreal rodent from the Atlantic forest in eastern Brazil. Also known as the bristle-spined porcupine or thin-spined porcupine, it is the only member of the genus ''Chaetomys'' and the ...


Subfamily

Erethizontinae Erethizontinae is a subfamily of the New World porcupine family Erethizontidae, and includes all species of the family with the exception of the bristle-spined rat The bristle-spined rat (''Chaetomys subspinosus'') is an arboreal rodent from th ...

*Genus '' Coendou'' **'' Coendou baturitensis'' - Baturite porcupine **''
Coendou bicolor The bicolored-spined porcupine (''Coendou bicolor'') is a species of nocturnal and arboreal rodent in the family Erethizontidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. The head and body of ''Coendou bicolor'' measure about 543&nbs ...
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Bicolored-spined porcupine The bicolored-spined porcupine (''Coendou bicolor'') is a species of nocturnal and arboreal rodent in the family Erethizontidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. The head and body of ''Coendou bicolor'' measure about 543& ...
**'' Coendou ichillus'' - Streaked dwarf porcupine **'' Coendou insidiosus'' -
Bahia porcupine The Bahia porcupine (''Coendou insidiosus''), is a New World porcupine species in the family Erethizontidae endemic to the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil. It was formerly sometimes assigned to ''Sphiggurus'', a genus no longer recognized ...
**'' Coendou longicaudatus'' -
Amazonian long-tailed porcupine Amazonian may refer to: *Amazonian (Mars), a geologic system and time period on the planet Mars *Amazon River, in South America **Amazon basin, that river's drainage basin **Amazon rainforest, rainforest covering most of the Amazon Basin *Relating ...
**'' Coendou melanurus'' - Black-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine **'' Coendou mexicanus'' - Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine **'' Coendou nycthemera'' -
Black dwarf porcupine The black dwarf porcupine, also known as Koopman's porcupine (''Coendou nycthemera''), is a porcupine species from the New World porcupine family endemic to northern Brazil. It occurs in the Amazon rainforest east of the Madeira River and south o ...
**'' Coendou prehensilis'' -
Brazilian porcupine The Brazilian porcupine (''Coendou prehensilis'') is a porcupine found in Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Bolivia and Trinidad, with a single record from Ecuador. It inhabits tropical ...
**'' Coendou pruinosus'' - Frosted hairy dwarf porcupine **'' Coendou quichua'' -
Andean porcupine The Andean porcupine (''Coendou quichua'') or Quichua porcupine is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae. It is found in the Andes of northern Ecuador and Colombia as well as in Panama. This porcupine is little known, but is probably ...
**'' Coendou roosmalenorum'' -
Roosmalen's dwarf porcupine Roosmalen's dwarf porcupine (''Coendou roosmalenorum'') is a porcupine species from the New World porcupine family likely endemic to northern Brazil. Only three specimens were known at the time, and only one had a collection locality. It is name ...
**'' Coendou rothschildi''? -
Rothschild's porcupine The Andean porcupine (''Coendou quichua'') or Quichua porcupine is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae. It is found in the Andes of northern Ecuador and Colombia as well as in Panama. This porcupine is little known, but is probably ...
**'' Coendou rufescens'' -
Stump-tailed porcupine The stump-tailed porcupine (''Coendou rufescens'') is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae. It is found mainly in Colombia, with a few records from Ecuador. This species was formerly sometimes assigned to ''Echinoprocta'', a genus no ...
**'' Coendou sanctamartae'' -
Santa Marta porcupine The Santa Marta porcupine (''Coendou sanctamartae'') is a rodent in the family Erethizontidae. It is known from dry forests on the lower slopes of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (English: ''Snow-Covered Mo ...
**'' Coendou speratus'' - Pernambuco dwarf porcupine **'' Coendou spinosus'' -
Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine The Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine (''Coendou spinosus'') is a porcupine species from the family Erethizontidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. They have a short tail and gray brown quills and feed on fruits, ant pupa ...
**'' Coendou vestitus'' - Brown hairy dwarf porcupine *Genus ''
Erethizon ''Erethizon'' is a genus of New World porcupine and the only one of its family to be found north of southern Mexico. The North American porcupine ''(Erethizon dorsatum)'' is the only extant species, but several extinct relatives are known, the old ...
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Erethizon bathygnathum ''Erethizon'' is a genus of New World porcupine and the only one of its family to be found north of southern Mexico. The North American porcupine ''(Erethizon dorsatum)'' is the only extant species, but several extinct relatives are known, the old ...
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Erethizon cascoensis ''Erethizon'' is a genus of New World porcupine and the only one of its family to be found north of southern Mexico. The North American porcupine ''(Erethizon dorsatum)'' is the only extant species, but several extinct relatives are known, the old ...
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Erethizon dorsatum The North American porcupine (''Erethizon dorsatum''), also known as the Canadian porcupine, is a large quill-covered rodent in the New World porcupine family. It is the second largest rodent in North America, after the North American beaver (''C ...
'' - North American porcupine **''
Erethizon kleini ''Erethizon'' is a genus of New World porcupine and the only one of its family to be found north of southern Mexico. The North American porcupine ''(Erethizon dorsatum)'' is the only extant species, but several extinct relatives are known, the old ...
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Erethizon poyeri ''Erethizon'' is a genus of New World porcupine and the only one of its family to be found north of southern Mexico. The North American porcupine ''(Erethizon dorsatum)'' is the only extant species, but several extinct relatives are known, the old ...
'' (extinct)


Family

Chinchillidae The family Chinchillidae is in the order Rodentia and consists of the chinchillas, the viscachas, and their fossil relatives. This family is restricted to southern and western South America, mostly living in mountainous regions of the Andes but ...

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Chinchilla Chinchillas are either of two species (''Chinchilla chinchilla'' and ''Chinchilla lanigera'') of crepuscular rodents of the parvorder Caviomorpha. They are slightly larger and more robust than ground squirrels, and are native to the Andes mount ...
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Chinchilla chinchilla The short-tailed chinchilla (''Chinchilla chinchilla)'' is a small rodent part of the Chinchillidae family and is classified as an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN. Originating in South America, the chin ...
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Short-tailed chinchilla The short-tailed chinchilla (''Chinchilla chinchilla)'' is a small rodent part of the Chinchillidae family and is classified as an endangered species by the IUCN. Originating in South America, the chinchilla is part of the genus ''Chinchilla'', whic ...
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Chinchilla lanigera The long-tailed chinchilla (''Chinchilla lanigera''), also called the Chilean, coastal, common, or lesser chinchilla, is one of two species of rodent from the genus '' Chinchilla'': the other species being '' C. chinchilla''. Both species are end ...
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Long-tailed chinchilla The long-tailed chinchilla (''Chinchilla lanigera''), also called the Chilean, coastal, common, or lesser chinchilla, is one of two species of rodent from the genus ''Chinchilla'': the other species being '' C. chinchilla''. Both species are enda ...
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Lagidium ''Lagidium'' is a genus of rodents in the family Chinchillidae. Taxonomy Prior to 2009, most authors considered there to be three species of mountain viscachas. However, taxonomy sometimes differs by authors (e.g. ''L. peruanum'' is included wit ...
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Lagidium ahuacaense ''Lagidium ahuacaense'' is a rodent in the mountain viscacha genus (''Lagidium'') that occurs in southern Ecuador. First observed in 2005 and formally described in 2009, it occurs more than north of the nearest previously known population of mo ...
'' - Ecuadorean mountain viscacha **''
Lagidium peruanum The northern viscacha (''Lagidium peruanum'') is a species of viscacha, a rodent in the family Chinchillidae. It is known from Peru and Chile, at elevations from 300 to 5000 m, and may also be present in Bolivia. Description The northern visca ...
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Northern viscacha The northern viscacha (''Lagidium peruanum'') is a species of viscacha, a rodent in the family Chinchillidae. It is known from Peru and Chile, at elevations from 300 to 5000 m, and may also be present in Bolivia. Description The northern visca ...
**'' Lagidium viscacia'' -
Southern viscacha The southern viscacha (''Lagidium viscacia'') is a species of viscacha, a rodent in the family Chinchillidae found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. It is a colonial animal living in small groups in rocky mountain areas. It has long ears an ...
**'' Lagidium wolffsohni'' - Wolffsohn's viscacha *Genus ''
Lagostomus ''Lagostomus'' is a South American genus of rodents in the family Chinchillidae. It contains a single living species, the plains viscacha, and it is the only Holocene genus in the subfamily Lagostominae Lagostominae is a subfamily of the fami ...
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Lagostomus crassus ''Lagostomus crassus'' is an extinct species of viscacha that was native to Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , ...
''? (extinct) **'' Lagostomus maximus'' - Plains viscacha **''
Lagostomus telenkechanum ''Lagostomus'' is a South American genus of rodents in the family Chinchillidae. It contains a single living species, the plains viscacha, and it is the only Holocene genus in the subfamily Lagostominae. References

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Family Dinomyidae

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Dinomys The pacarana (''Dinomys branickii'') is a rare and slow-moving hystricognath rodent indigenous to South America. Native Tupi people call it the ''pacarana'' (false paca) because it is superficially similar to the paca, a different rodent which is ...
'' **'' Dinomys branickii'' -
Pacarana The pacarana (''Dinomys branickii'') is a rare and slow-moving Hystricognathi, hystricognath rodent indigenous to South America. Native Tupian languages, Tupi people call it the ''pacarana'' (false paca) because it is superficially similar to the ...


Family Caviidae


Subfamily

Caviinae Caviinae is a subfamily uniting all living members of the family Caviidae with the exception of the maras, capybaras, and ''Kerodon''. The subfamily traditionally contained the guinea pig or cavy-like forms along with the cursorially adapted ( ...

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Cavia ''Cavia'' is a genus in the subfamily Caviinae that contains the rodents commonly known as guinea pigs or cavies. The best-known species in this genus is the domestic guinea pig, ''Cavia porcellus'', a meat animal in South America and a common ...
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Cavia anolaimae ''Cavia anolaimae'' is a guinea pig species from South America. It is found in Colombia near Bogotá. It is believed to be a feral offshoot of the domestic guinea pig The guinea pig or domestic guinea pig (''Cavia porcellus''), also known ...
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Cavia guianae ''Cavia guianae'' is a guinea pig species from South America. It is found in southern Venezuela, Guyana, and portions of northern Brazil. Some biologists believe it to be a feral offshoot of the domestic guinea pig The guinea pig or domest ...
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Cavia intermedia Santa Catarina's guinea pig (''Cavia intermedia'') or Moleques do Sul cavy is a rare guinea pig species of southeastern South America. Distribution The small mammal is endemic to the small coastal island of Moleques do Sul Archipelago, located i ...
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Santa Catarina's guinea pig Santa Catarina's guinea pig (''Cavia intermedia'') or Moleques do Sul cavy is a rare guinea pig species of southeastern South America. Distribution The small mammal is endemic to the small coastal island of Moleques do Sul Archipelago, located i ...
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Cavia magna The greater guinea pig (''Cavia magna'') is a species of rodent found in the coastal strip of Brazil and Uruguay, where it lives in moist grassland and marshes. Description A large rodent, the greater guinea pig grows to a total length of and w ...
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Greater guinea pig The greater guinea pig (''Cavia magna'') is a species of rodent found in the coastal strip of Brazil and Uruguay, where it lives in moist grassland and marshes. Description A large rodent, the greater guinea pig grows to a total length of and w ...
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Cavia patzelti ''Cavia patzelti'', commonly known as the Sacha guinea pig, is a species of '' Cavia'' native to Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ec ...
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Domestic guinea pig The guinea pig or domestic guinea pig (''Cavia porcellus''), also known as the cavy or domestic cavy (), is a species of rodent belonging to the genus ''Cavia'' in the family Caviidae. Animal fancy, Breeders tend to use the word ''cavy'' to de ...
**'' Cavia tschudii'' - Montane guinea pig *Genus '' Galea'' **''
Galea comes Galea may refer to: * Galea (surname) * Galea (botany), a helmet-shaped structure in certain flowers * ''Galea'' (genus), a genus of rodents *Galea (helmet), ancient Roman helmet * Galea (insects), part of the maxilla in the mouthparts of insects * ...
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Galea flavidens The Brazilian yellow-toothed cavy (''Galea flavidens'') is a cavy species from South America. It is found in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South ...
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Galea leucoblephara Galea may refer to: *Galea (surname) *Galea (botany), a helmet-shaped structure in certain flowers * ''Galea'' (genus), a genus of rodents *Galea (helmet), ancient Roman helmet *Galea (insects), part of the maxilla in the mouthparts of insects *Gal ...
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Lowland yellow-toothed cavy ''Galea leucoblephara'', commonly known as the lowland yellow-toothed cavy, is a species of rodent in the family Caviidae. It is native to southern South America, specifically Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay. The species was once considered part ...
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Muenster yellow-toothed cavy The Muenster yellow-toothed cavy (''Galea monasteriensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Caviidae. It is known only from one location in Valle Hermoso in the Bolivian Andes, at an elevation of 2557 m. Specimens from this location were ...
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Galea musteloides The common yellow-toothed cavy (''Galea musteloides'') is a species of rodent in the family Caviidae, closely related to the domesticated guinea pig. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. Its karyotype A karyotype is the general ...
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Common yellow-toothed cavy The common yellow-toothed cavy (''Galea musteloides'') is a species of rodent in the family Caviidae, closely related to the domesticated guinea pig. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru , image_flag = Flag of Pe ...
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Galea spixii Spix's yellow-toothed cavy (''Galea spixii'') is a rodent, a cavy species from South America. It is found in Bolivia east of the Andes and much of south central to northeastern Brazil. The species is found in open savanna and semiarid habitats, s ...
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Spix's yellow-toothed cavy Spix's yellow-toothed cavy (''Galea spixii'') is a rodent, a cavy species from South America. It is found in Bolivia east of the Andes and much of south central to northeastern Brazil. The species is found in open savanna and semiarid habitats, s ...
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Microcavia ''Microcavia'' (mountain cavies) is a genus of rodents in the family Caviidae. They are unique within their family in that their premolar teeth do not grow and replace the original deciduous cheek teeth until after the animal is born; in other g ...
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Microcavia australis The southern mountain cavy (''Microcavia australis'') is a species of South American rodent in the family Caviidae. Description Southern mountain cavies are tailless rodents with short, speckled, greyish-yellow fur, fading to pale grey on the un ...
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Southern mountain cavy The southern mountain cavy (''Microcavia australis'') is a species of South American rodent in the family Caviidae. Description Southern mountain cavies are tailless rodents with short, speckled, greyish-yellow fur, fading to pale grey on the un ...
**'' Microcavia jayat'' - Jayat's mountain cavy **'' Microcavia maenas'' -
Thomas's mountain cavy Thomas' is a brand of English muffins and bagels in North America, established in 1880. It is owned by Bimbo Bakeries USA, one of the largest baking companies in the United States, which also owns Entenmann's, Boboli, Sara Lee, Stroehmann, and ...
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Microcavia niata The Andean mountain cavy (''Microcavia niata'') is a species of rodent in the family Caviidae. It is found in Bolivia, Chile and Peru. Feeding The Andean mountain cavy's diet consists of herbs typically of the genus Eleocharis, Distichlis, Ver ...
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Andean mountain cavy The Andean mountain cavy (''Microcavia niata'') is a species of rodent in the family Caviidae. It is found in Bolivia, Chile and Peru. Feeding The Andean mountain cavy's diet consists of herbs typically of the genus Eleocharis, Distichlis, Ver ...
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Microcavia shiptoni Shipton's mountain cavy (''Microcavia shiptoni'') is a species of rodent in the family Caviidae. It is endemic to Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southe ...
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Shipton's mountain cavy Shipton's mountain cavy (''Microcavia shiptoni'') is a species of rodent in the family Caviidae. It is endemic to Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southe ...
**'' Microcavia sorojchi'' - Sorojchi mountain cavy


Subfamily

Dolichotinae Maras, subfamily Dolichotinae, are a group of rodents in the family Caviidae. These large relatives of guinea pigs are common in the Patagonian steppes of Argentina, but also live in Paraguay and elsewhere in South America. There are two extant ...

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Dolichotis ''Dolichotis'' is a genus of the cavy family of rodents. These large relatives of guinea pigs are common in the Patagonian steppes of Argentina, but also live in Paraguay and elsewhere in South America. It contains a single extant species, the Pa ...
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Dolichotis patagonum The Patagonian mara (''Dolichotis patagonum'') is a relatively large rodent in the mara genus ''Dolichotis''. It is also known as the Patagonian cavy, Patagonian hare, or dillaby. This herbivorous, somewhat rabbit-like animal is found in open a ...
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Pediolagus The Chacoan mara (''Pediolagus salinicola'') or Chacoan cavy is a relatively large South American rodent of the cavy family. They are a close relative of the better known Patagonian mara. The Chacoan mara is the sole member of the genus ''Pediola ...
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Chacoan mara The Chacoan mara (''Pediolagus salinicola'') or Chacoan cavy is a relatively large South American rodent of the cavy family. They are a close relative of the better known Patagonian mara. The Chacoan mara is the sole member of the genus ''Pediola ...


Subfamily Hydrochoerinae

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Hydrochoerus The genus ''Hydrochoerus'' contains two living and two extinct species of rodents from South America, the Caribbean island of Grenada, California and Panama. Capybaras are the largest living rodents in the world. The genus name is derived from th ...
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Hydrochoerus ballesterensis The genus ''Hydrochoerus'' contains two living and two extinct species of rodents from South America, the Caribbean island of Grenada, California and Panama. Capybaras are the largest living rodents in the world. The genus name is derived from th ...
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Hydrochoerus gaylordi ''Hydrochoerus gaylordi'' (named after American political consultant Joseph Gaylord) is an extinct species of capybara that lived in Grenada during the Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene. This species was found in 1991 by Ronald Singer and his co ...
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Hydrochoerus hesperotiganites ''Hydrochoerus hesperotiganites'' is an extinct species of capybara that lived in San Diego County, California, during the Rancholabrean stage of the Pleistocene (between 130,000 and 80,000 years ago). It is currently the only known capybara of th ...
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Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris The capybaraAlso called capivara (in Brazil), capiguara (in Bolivia), chigüire, chigüiro, or fercho (in Colombia and Venezuela), carpincho (in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) and ronsoco (in Peru). or greater capybara (''Hydrochoerus hydro ...
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Capybara The capybaraAlso called capivara (in Brazil), capiguara (in Bolivia), chigüire, chigüiro, or fercho (in Colombia and Venezuela), carpincho (in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) and ronsoco (in Peru). or greater capybara (''Hydrochoerus hydro ...
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Hydrochoerus isthmius The lesser capybara (''Hydrochoerus isthmius'')
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Lesser capybara The lesser capybara (''Hydrochoerus isthmius'')
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Kerodon acrobata The acrobatic cavy (''Kerodon acrobata'') also known as the Acrobatic Moco and Climbing Cavy is a cavy species native to Brazil in the Amazon rainforest. It is found from Goiás state to Tocantins state, west of the Espigão Mestre, Serra Geral d ...
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Acrobatic cavy The acrobatic cavy (''Kerodon acrobata'') also known as the Acrobatic Moco and Climbing Cavy is a cavy species native to Brazil in the Amazon rainforest. It is found from Goiás state to Tocantins state, west of the Espigão Mestre, Serra Geral d ...
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Kerodon rupestris The rock cavy or ''mocó'' (''Kerodon rupestris'') is a cavy species endemic to eastern Brazil which has also been introduced to the Atlantic island of Fernando de Noronha. The rock cavy is called ''mocó'' in Brazilian Portuguese, and ''koriko ...
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Rock cavy The rock cavy or ''mocó'' (''Kerodon rupestris'') is a cavy species endemic to eastern Brazil which has also been introduced to the Atlantic island of Fernando de Noronha. The rock cavy is called ''mocó'' in Brazilian Portuguese, and ''koriko ...


Family Dasyproctidae

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Dasyprocta azarae Azara's agouti (''Dasyprocta azarae'') is an agouti species from the family Dasyproctidae. Found in Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina, it is named after Spanish naturalist Félix de Azara. The population is unknown and may have gone locally extinc ...
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Azara's agouti Azara's agouti (''Dasyprocta azarae'') is an agouti species from the family Dasyproctidae. Found in Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina, it is named after Spanish naturalist Félix de Azara Félix Manuel de Azara y Perera (18 May 1746 – 20 Octo ...
**'' Dasyprocta coibae'' - Coiban agouti **'' Dasyprocta cristata'' - Crested agouti **'' Dasyprocta fuliginosa'' - Black agouti **'' Dasyprocta guamara'' - Orinoco agouti **'' Dasyprocta kalinowskii'' -
Kalinowski agouti Kalinowski's agouti (''Dasyprocta kalinowskii'') is a species of rodent in the family Dasyproctidae. It is endemic to southeast Peru. It occurs at elevations of up to asl. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed h ...
**'' Dasyprocta leporina'' - Red-rumped agouti **'' Dasyprocta mexicana'' -
Mexican agouti The Mexican agouti (''Dasyprocta mexicana''), also known as the Mexican black agouti, is a species of rodent in the family Dasyproctidae. It is native to lowland evergreen forest and second growth in southern Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas an ...
**'' Dasyprocta prymnolopha'' - Black-rumped agouti **''
Dasyprocta punctata The Central American agouti (''Dasyprocta punctata'') is a species of agouti from the family Dasyproctidae. The main portion of its range is from Chiapas and the Yucatan Peninsula (southern Mexico), through Central America, to northwestern Ecuad ...
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Central American agouti The Central American agouti (''Dasyprocta punctata'') is a species of agouti from the family Dasyproctidae. The main portion of its range is from Chiapas and the Yucatan Peninsula (southern Mexico), through Central America, to northwestern Ecuad ...
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Dasyprocta ruatanica The Ruatan Island agouti (''Dasyprocta ruatanica''), also called the Roatán Island agouti, is a species of agouti in the family Dasyproctidae. Distribution It is endemic to the island of Roatán, off the north coast of Honduras. Taxonomy Ther ...
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Ruatan Island agouti The Ruatan Island agouti (''Dasyprocta ruatanica''), also called the Roatán Island agouti, is a species of agouti in the family Dasyproctidae. Distribution It is endemic to the island of Roatán, off the north coast of Honduras. Taxonomy Ther ...
*Genus '' Myoprocta'' **'' Myoprocta acouchy'' - Red acouchi **'' Myoprocta pratti'' - Green acouchi


Family Cuniculidae

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Cuniculus hernandezi The mountain paca (''Cuniculus taczanowskii'') is a small burrow-dwelling rodent whose habitats are high altitude South American forests. Pacas are nocturnal, sedentary, and solitary animals with territorial tendencies. It eats mostly fruits and ...
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Cuniculus paca The lowland paca (''Cuniculus paca''), also known as the spotted paca, is a large rodent found in tropical and sub-tropical America, from east-central Mexico to northern Argentina, and has been introduced to Cuba and Algeria. The animal is calle ...
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Lowland paca The lowland paca (''Cuniculus paca''), also known as the spotted paca, is a large rodent found in tropical and sub-tropical America, from east-central Mexico to northern Argentina, and has been introduced to Cuba and Algeria. The animal is cal ...
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Mountain paca The mountain paca (''Cuniculus taczanowskii'') is a small burrow-dwelling rodent whose habitats are high altitude South American forests. Pacas are nocturnal, sedentary, and solitary animals with territorial tendencies. It eats mostly fruits and ...


Family

Ctenomyidae A tuco-tuco is a neotropical rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.Parada, A., G. D’Elia, C.J. Bidau, and E.P. Lessa. 2011. Species Groups and the Evolutionary Diversification of Tuco-Tucos, genus ''Ctenomys'' (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae). ''Journal of M ...

*Genus '' Ctenomys'' **'' Ctenomys andersoni'' -
Anderson's cujuchi ''Ctenomys andersoni'', also called Anderson's cujuchi, is a species of tuco-tuco native to Bolivia. Found only in Cerro Itahuaticua, Department of Santa Cruz, at an elevation of around , the species measures in length and has coarse brown and ...
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Argentine tuco-tuco The Argentine tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys argentinus'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is endemic to Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the sou ...
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Southern tuco-tuco The southern tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys australis'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.Woods, C. A. and Kilpatrick, C. W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi", pp. 1538–1600 in: Wilson, D. E. and D. M. Reeder''Mammal Species of the Wor ...
**'' Ctenomys azarae''? - Azara's tuco-tuco **'' Ctenomys bergi'' -
Berg's tuco-tuco Berg's tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys bergi'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae, named after the Latvian-Argentine biologist Frederico Guillermo Carlos Berg. It is endemic to northwestern Córdoba Province in central Argentina Ar ...
**'' Ctenomys bidaui'' - Bidau's tuco-tuco **'' Ctenomys boliviensis'' -
Bolivian tuco-tuco The Bolivian tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys boliviensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; ...
**'' Ctenomys bonettoi'' -
Bonetto's tuco-tuco Bonetto's tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys bonettoi'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is endemic to Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern h ...
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Ctenomys brasiliensis The Brazilian tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys brasiliensis'') is a tuco-tuco species. It is found mainly in the state of Minas Gerais in southeastern Brazil,Fernandes, F. A., R. Fornel, and T. R. O. Freitas. 2012. ''Ctenomys brasiliensis'' Blainville (Rode ...
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Brazilian tuco-tuco The Brazilian tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys brasiliensis'') is a tuco-tuco species. It is found mainly in the state of Minas Gerais in southeastern Brazil,Fernandes, F. A., R. Fornel, and T. R. O. Freitas. 2012. ''Ctenomys brasiliensis'' Blainville (Rode ...
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Budin's tuco-tuco Budin's tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys budini'') was formerly considered a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is endemic to southeast Jujuy Province in northwest Argentina. Given the extensive human presence in its limited range, it has been ...
**'' Ctenomys colburni'' -
Colburn's tuco-tuco Colburn's tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys colburni'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is known only from Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the south ...
**'' Ctenomys coludo'' -
Puntilla tuco-tuco The Puntilla tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys coludo'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is endemic to central Argentina. The common name of the species comes from the municipality of La Puntilla at the type locality. It was first des ...
**'' Ctenomys conoveri'' -
Conover's tuco-tuco Conover's tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys conoveri'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Ta ...
**'' Ctenomys contrerasi'' - Contreras's tuco-tuco **'' Ctenomys coyhaiquensis'' -
Coyhaique tuco-tuco The Coyhaique tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys coyhaiquensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is endemic to southern Chile. The name comes from the Chilean province and municipality A municipality is usually a single administrativ ...
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Ctenomys dorbignyi D'Orbigny's tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys dorbignyi'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae, named after French naturalist Alcide d'Orbigny. It is found in northeast Argentina. Its karyotype A karyotype is the general appearance of the com ...
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Chacoan tuco-tuco The Chacoan tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys dorsalis'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It lives in Bolivia and Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã ...
**'' Ctenomys erikacuellarae'' - Erika's tuco-tuco **'' Ctenomys emilianus'' - Emily's tuco-tuco **'' Ctenomys famosus'' -
Famatina tuco-tuco The Famatina tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys famosus'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is endemic to northern Argentina. The common name of the species comes from the municipality, department and mountain range A mountain range o ...
**'' Ctenomys flamarioni'' - Flamarion's tuco-tuco **'' Ctenomys fochi'' -
Foch's tuco-tuco Foch's tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys fochi'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is endemic to northwestern Argentina, where it is known from southwestern Catamarca Province. The species is named after World War I general Ferdinand Foch ...
**'' Ctenomys fodax'' - Lago Blanco tuco-tuco **''
Ctenomys frater The reddish tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys frater'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. Five subspecies have been recognized, some formerly designated as separate species. It is found in Argentina and Bolivia at altitudes from 600 to 4,500. ...
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Reddish tuco-tuco The reddish tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys frater'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. Five subspecies have been recognized, some formerly designated as separate species. It is found in Argentina and Bolivia at altitudes from 600 to 4,500 ...
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Tawny tuco-tuco The tawny tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys fulvus'') is a species of burrowing rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is found in the desert regions of northern Chile and adjoining areas of Argentina. Description The tawny tuco-tuco grows to a length of , an ...
**'' Ctenomys goodfellowi'' -
Goodfellow's tuco-tuco Goodfellow's tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys goodfellowi'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is endemic to Bolivia, where it is found in the Chiquitano dry forest ecoregion, bordering on the cerrado. Its karyotype has 2n = 46 and FN = ...
**'' Ctenomys haigi'' -
Haig's tuco-tuco Haig's tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys haigi''), known regionally as the Patagonian tuco-tuco, is a hystricognath rodent. Like other tuco-tucos it is subterranean and thus not often observed, although the "tuc-tuc" call of the males can be heard near burro ...
**'' Ctenomys ibicuiensis'' - Ibicui tuco-tuco **'' Ctenomys johannis'' -
San Juan tuco-tuco The San Juan tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys johannis'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is endemic to west central Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country ...
**'' Ctenomys juris'' - Jujuy tuco-tuco **'' Ctenomys knighti'' -
Catamarca tuco-tuco The Catamarca tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys knighti'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is endemic to Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southe ...
**'' Ctenomys lami'' - Lami tuco-tuco **'' Ctenomys latro'' - Mottled tuco-tuco **'' Ctenomys lessai'' -
Lessa's tuco-tuco Lessa's Tuco-Tuco (''Ctenomys lessai'') is a species of tuco-tuco native to Bolivia. Only found near Lluthu Pampa, Cochabamba Department Cochabamba ( ay, Quchapampa Jach'a Suyu, es, Departamento de Cochabamba , qu, Quchapampa Suyu), from ...
**'' Ctenomys leucodon'' - White-toothed tuco-tuco **'' Ctenomys lewisi'' - Lewis' tuco-tuco **'' Ctenomys magellanicus'' -
Magellanic tuco-tuco The Magellanic tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys magellanicus'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is found in Argentina and Chile. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is also known as the cururo by the ...
**'' Ctenomys maulinus'' - Maule tuco-tuco **'' Ctenomys mendocinus'' -
Mendoza tuco-tuco The Mendoza tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys mendocinus'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. Taxonomy A 2021 phylogenetic study found that Azara's tuco-tuco (''C. azarae'') and Porteous's tuco-tuco (''C. porteousi''), which were both prev ...
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Ctenomys minutus The tiny tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys minutus'') is a tuco-tuco species found in Brazil and Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bo ...
'' - Tiny tuco-tuco **'' Ctenomys nattereri'' -
Natterer's tuco-tuco The Bolivian tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys boliviensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; ...
**'' Ctenomys occultus'' -
Furtive tuco-tuco The furtive tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys occultus'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is endemic to Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the souther ...
**'' Ctenomys opimus'' -
Highland tuco-tuco The highland tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys opimus'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is found in high grassland in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru where it lives in burrows. Description Tuco-tucos live in burrows and have a numb ...
**'' Ctenomys osvaldoreigi'' - Reig's tuco-tuco **''
Ctenomys pearsoni Pearson's tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys pearsoni'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is endemic to Uruguay, where it is found at elevations below 200 m. This tuco-tuco constructs burrows with multiple openings (an average of 13) conta ...
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Pearson's tuco-tuco Pearson's tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys pearsoni'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is endemic to Uruguay, where it is found at elevations below 200 m. This tuco-tuco constructs burrows with multiple openings (an average of 13) conta ...
**'' Ctenomys perrensi'' - Goya tuco-tuco **'' Ctenomys peruanus'' -
Peruvian tuco-tuco The Peruvian tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys peruanus'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is endemic to Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol ...
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Pilar tuco-tuco The Pilar tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys pilarensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is found in Ñeembucú and Misiones Departments in southern Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República de ...
**'' Ctenomys pontifex'' -
San Luis tuco-tuco The San Luis tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys pontifex'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is endemic to Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southe ...
**'' Ctenomys porteousi''? - Porteous' tuco-tuco **'' Ctenomys pundti'' -
Pundt's tuco-tuco Pundt's tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys pundti'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is endemic to the Pampas of southern Córdoba and San Luis Provinces in central Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, ...
**'' Ctenomys rionegrensis'' -
Rio Negro tuco-tuco The Rio Negro tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys rionegrensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is found in a small fragmented range in Entre Ríos Province in northeastern Argentina and in the Río Negro Department of western Uruguay ...
**'' Ctenomys roigi'' - Roig's tuco-tuco **'' Ctenomys saltarius'' - Salta tuco-tuco **'' Ctenomys scagliai'' - Scaglia's tuco-tuco **'' Ctenomys sericeus'' - Silky tuco-tuco **'' Ctenomys sociabilis'' -
Social tuco-tuco The social tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys sociabilis'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.Woods, C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi", pp. 1538–1600 in: Wilson, D. E. and D. M. Reeder''Mammal Species of the Worl ...
**'' Ctenomys steinbachi'' - Steinbach's tuco-tuco **'' Ctenomys sylvanus'' - Forest tuco-tuco **'' Ctenomys talarum'' -
Talas tuco-tuco The Talas tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys talarum'') is a species of tuco-tuco endemic to eastern Argentina. Description The Talas tuco-tuco is a large rodent ranging in size from , more than twice the size of a house mouse. Its tail length varies from ...
**'' Ctenomys thalesi'' - Thales's tuco-tuco **'' Ctenomys torquatus'' -
Collared tuco-tuco The collared tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys torquatus'') is a tuco-tuco species from South America. It is found in southern Brazil, Uruguay and northern Argentina where it lives underground in a burrow it digs in savannah habitats. It is a relatively comm ...
**'' Ctenomys tuconax'' - Robust tuco-tuco **'' Ctenomys tucumanus'' -
Tucuman tuco-tuco The Tucuman tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys tucumanus'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is endemic to Argentina. References

Tuco-tucos Mammals of Argentina Endemic fauna of Argentina Mammals described in 1900 Taxa named by O ...
**'' Ctenomys tulduco'' - Sierra Tontal tuco-tuco **'' Ctenomys validus'' -
Strong tuco-tuco The strong tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys validus'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is endemic to Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern ...
**'' Ctenomys viarapaensis'' (extinct) **'' Ctenomys viperinus'' -
Vipos tuco-tuco The Vipos tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys viperinus'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is endemic to northern Tucumán Province in northern Argentina. The common name is a reference to the city of Vipos in the area. References

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**'' Ctenomys yatesi'' - Yates's tuco-tuco **'' Ctenomys yolandae'' - Yolanda's tuco-tuco


Family Octodontidae

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Aconaemys ''Aconaemys'' is a genus of rodent in the family Octodontidae. It contains the following species: * Chilean rock rat (''Aconaemys fuscus'') * Porter's rock rat (''Aconaemys porteri'') * Sage's rock rat Sage's rock rat (''Aconaemys sagei'') i ...
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Chilean rock rat The Chilean rock rat (''Aconaemys fuscus'') is a species of rodent in the family Octodontidae. It is found in the high Andes of Argentina and Chile. Description The Chilean rock rat is a short-tailed rodent. Rock rats in the genus ''Aconaemys'' ...
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Aconaemys porteri Porter's rock rat (''Aconaemys porteri'') is a species of rodent in the family Octodontidae. It is found in Argentina and Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southe ...
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Porter's rock rat Porter's rock rat (''Aconaemys porteri'') is a species of rodent in the family Octodontidae. It is found in Argentina and Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southe ...
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Aconaemys sagei Sage's rock rat (''Aconaemys sagei'') is a species of rodent in the family Octodontidae. It is found in Argentina and possibly Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the sou ...
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Sage's rock rat Sage's rock rat (''Aconaemys sagei'') is a species of rodent in the family Octodontidae. It is found in Argentina and possibly Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the sou ...
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Octodon ''Octodon'' is a genus of octodontid rodents native to South America, in particular in the Chilean Andes. The best-known member is the common degu, ''O. degus'', which is kept as a pet in various countries. Two of the four species of degus are ...
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Octodon bridgesi Bridges's degu (''Octodon bridgesii'') is a species of rodent in the family ''Octodontidae''. It is found in southern Chile. The species was named after Thomas Bridges. Taxonomy Ricardo Ojeda's degu (''O. ricardojedai''), which is found in A ...
'' - Bridge's degu **''
Octodon degus The common degu (''Octodon degus''; ), or, historically, the degu, is a small hystricomorpha rodent endemic to the Chilean matorral ecoregion of central Chile. The name ''degu'' on its own indicates either the entire genus ''Octodon'' or, more c ...
'' - Common degu **''
Octodon lunatus The moon-toothed degu (''Octodon lunatus'') is a species of rodent in the family Octodontidae. It is endemic to Chile, occurring in mountainous areas along the Pacific coast in the central part of the country. Biology and physiology Unlike its c ...
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Moon-toothed degu The moon-toothed degu (''Octodon lunatus'') is a species of rodent in the family Octodontidae. It is endemic to Chile, occurring in mountainous areas along the Pacific coast in the central part of the country. Biology and physiology Unlike its c ...
**'' Octodon pacificus'' - Isla Mocha degu **''
Octodon ricardojeda Ricardo Ojeda's degu (''Octodon ricardojeda'') is a species of rodent in the family Octodontidae. It is found in a small portion of eastern Chile and western Argentina, being the only degu found outside of Chile. It was named after Argentine mam ...
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Ricardo Ojeda's degu Ricardo Ojeda's degu (''Octodon ricardojeda'') is a species of rodent in the family Octodontidae. It is found in a small portion of eastern Chile and western Argentina, being the only degu found outside of Chile. It was named after Argentine mam ...
*Genus '' Octodontomys'' **'' Octodontomys gliroides'' - Mountain degu *Genus '' Octomys'' **''
Octomys mimax The mountain viscacha rat or mountain vizcacha rat (''Octomys mimax''), historically viscacha rat or vizcacha rat, is a species of rodent in the family Octodontidae. It is endemic to Argentina. It is the only living species within the genus '' ...
'' - Mountain viscacha-rat *Genus '' Pipanacoctomys'' **''
Pipanacoctomys aureus The golden viscacha rat or golden vizcacha rat (''Pipanacoctomys aureus'') is the single species of the genus ''Pipanacoctomys'' of the rodent family Octodontidae. It has 92 chromosomes and has been regarded as tetraploid ( 4x = 2n).Gallardo, M. ...
'' - Golden viscacha-rat *Genus '' Spalacopus'' **'' Spalacopus cyanus'' - Coruro *Genus '' Tympanoctomys'' **''
Tympanoctomys barrerae The plains viscacha rat, plains vizcacha rat, red viscacha rat, or red vizcacha rat (''Tympanoctomys barrerae'') is a species of rodent in the family Octodontidae native to Argentina. It is one of three species in the genus ''Tympanoctomys''. Des ...
'' - Plains viscacha-rat **''
Tympanoctomys cordubensis ''Tympanoctomys'' is a genus of rodent in the family Octodontidae. There are three extant species in the genus: '' T. barrerae'', '' T. kirchnerorum'' and '' T. loschalchalerosorum''. ''T. loschalchalerosorum'' was formerly considered to be monot ...
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Tympanoctomys kirchnerorum Kirchner's viscacha rat or Kirchner's vizcacha rat (''Tympanoctomys kirchnerorum'') is a species of rodent in the family Octodontidae described in 2014. It is one of two species in the genus ''Tympanoctomys''. That species is endemic to Chubut Pr ...
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Kirchner's viscacha rat Kirchner's viscacha rat or Kirchner's vizcacha rat (''Tympanoctomys kirchnerorum'') is a species of rodent in the family Octodontidae described in 2014. It is one of two species in the genus ''Tympanoctomys''. That species is endemic to Chubut Pr ...
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Tympanoctomys loschalchalerosorum The Chalchalero viscacha rat or Chalchalero vizcacha rat (''Tympanoctomys loschalchalerosorum'') is a species of caviomorph rodent in the family Octodontidae. It was formerly considered to be monotypic within the genus ''Salinoctomys'', but has b ...
'' - Los Chalchaleros' viscacha-rat


Family Abrocomidae

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Abrocoma ''Abrocoma'' is a genus of abrocomid rodents found in the Andes of South America, from southern Peru to central Chile. The genus contains eight species, most of which are found in isolated mountain ranges in northwestern Argentina. The oldest fo ...
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Abrocoma bennettii Bennett's chinchilla rat (''Abrocoma bennettii'') is a species of chinchilla rat in the family Abrocomidae. It is found only in Chile where its habitat is Mediterranean-type scrub on the western side of the Andes. The International Union for Cons ...
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Bennett's chinchilla rat Bennett's chinchilla rat (''Abrocoma bennettii'') is a species of chinchilla rat in the family Abrocomidae. It is found only in Chile where its habitat is Mediterranean-type scrub on the western side of the Andes. The IUCN has assessed its conse ...
**'' Abrocoma boliviensis'' - Bolivian chinchilla rat **'' Abrocoma budini'' -
Budin's chinchilla rat Budin's chinchilla rat (''Abrocoma budini'') is a species of chinchilla rat in the family Abrocomidae. Found only in Argentina, the categorization of this species was based on analysis of four specimens which were caught among the rocks in the ...
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Abrocoma cinerea The ashy chinchilla rat (''Abrocoma cinerea'') is a species of chinchilla rats in the family Abrocomidae found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. Description Their total length is , with the body being and the tail being . They have soft ...
'' - Ashy chinchilla rat **'' Abrocoma famatina'' -
Famatina chinchilla rat The Famatina chinchilla rat (''Abrocoma famatina'') is a species of chinchilla rats in the family Abrocomidae found only in Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in ...
**'' Abrocoma schistacea'' -
Sierra del Tontal chinchilla rat The Sierra del Tontal chinchilla rat (''Abrocoma shistacea'') is a species of chinchilla rat. Found only in Argentina, this species was once thought to be part of ''Abrocoma cinerea''. In 2002, Braun and Mares from the University of Oklahoma conf ...
**'' Abrocoma uspallata'' -
Uspallata chinchilla rat The Uspallata chinchilla rat (''Abrocoma uspallata'') is a species of chinchilla rat in the family Abrocomidae native to Argentina. This species was identified in 2002, by Braun and Mares from the University of Oklahoma. Only a single specimen h ...
**'' Abrocoma vaccarum'' -
Punta de Vacas chinchilla rat The Punta de Vacas chinchilla rat (''Abrocoma vaccarum''), also known as the Mendozan chinchilla rat, is a species of chinchilla rats in the family Abrocomidae. Found only in Argentina, this species was once thought to be part of ''Abrocoma cin ...
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Cuscomys ''Cuscomys'' is a genus of rodents found in the Andes of Cusco in southern Peru. These relatively large chinchilla rats are dark grey with a distinct white line running from the crown to the nose. The genus was coined in 1999 when ''C. ashaninka' ...
'' **'' Cuscomys ashanika'' - Asháninka arboreal chinchilla rat **'' Cuscomys oblativus'' - Machu Picchu arboreal chinchilla rat


Family Echimyidae


Subfamily Dactylomyinae

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Dactylomys ''Dactylomys'' is the genus of South American bamboo rats They are arboreal members of the family Echimyidae. Systematics The genus name ''Dactylomys'' derives from the two Ancient Greek words (), meaning "finger", and (), meaning "mouse, rat" ...
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Dactylomys boliviensis __NOTOC__ The Bolivian bamboo rat (''Dactylomys boliviensis''), is a species of spiny rat from South America. Description The Bolivian bamboo rat is one of the largest species of spiny rat, with an adult head-body length of about and a tail l ...
'' - Bolivian bamboo rat **''
Dactylomys dactylinus ''For Asian bamboo rats (family: Spalacidae), see Bamboo rat.'' The Amazon bamboo rat (''Dactylomys dactylinus'') is a species of spiny rat from the Amazon Basin of South America.Pearson, David L., and Les Beletsky. Travellers' Wildlife Guides: ...
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Amazon bamboo rat ''For Asian bamboo rats (family: Spalacidae), see Bamboo rat.'' The Amazon bamboo rat (''Dactylomys dactylinus'') is a species of spiny rat from the Amazon Basin of South America.Pearson, David L., and Les Beletsky. Travellers' Wildlife Guides: ...
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Dactylomys peruanus The montane bamboo rat or Peruvian bamboo rat (''Dactylomys peruanus''), is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is found in Bolivia and Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacio ...
'' - Peruvian bamboo rat *Genus '' Kannabateomys'' **'' Kannabateomys amblyonyx'' - southern bamboo rat *Genus '' Olallamys'' **''
Olallamys albicauda The white-tailed olalla rat (''Olallamys albicauda'') is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is endemic to Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in ...
'' - white-tailed olalla rat **''
Olallamys edax The greedy olalla rat (''Olallamys edax'') is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The species name '' edax'' is a Latin ...
'' - greedy olalla rat


Subfamily

Echimyinae Echimyinae is a subfamily of rodents belonging to the spiny rats family Echimyidae. It contains 14 arboreal genera—all the members of the tribe Echimyini, plus ''Callistomys''—a few terrestrial genera (''Thrichomys'', ''Hoplomys'', and ''Pro ...

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Callistomys The painted tree-rat (''Callistomys pictus'') is a species of spiny rat from Brazil, restricted to north-eastern Bahia in eastern Brazil. It is the only species in the genus ''Callistomys''. Identification With a total length of ca. 30 cm ...
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Callistomys pictus The painted tree-rat (''Callistomys pictus'') is a species of spiny rat from Brazil, restricted to north-eastern Bahia in eastern Brazil. It is the only species in the genus ''Callistomys''. Identification With a total length of ca. 30 cm ...
'' - painted tree rat *Genus '' Diplomys'' **''
Diplomys caniceps The Colombian soft-furred spiny-rat (''Diplomys caniceps''), or arboreal soft-furred spiny-rat, is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland fore ...
'' - Colombian soft-furred spiny rat **''
Diplomys labilis The rufous soft-furred spiny-rat (''Diplomys labilis''), known as ''ratón espinoso'' meaning "spiny" or "thorny" rat in Spanish, is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama Panama ( , ; ...
'' - rufous soft-furred spiny-rat *Genus ''
Echimys ''Echimys'' is a genus of the spiny rats family, the Echimyidae. Members of this genus are collectively called spiny tree-rats. The genus name ''Echimys'', and also its synonym ''Echinomys'', derive from the two Ancient Greek words (), meani ...
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Echimys chrysurus The white-faced spiny tree-rat (''Echimys chrysurus'') is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname. The etymology of the species name derives from the two ancient greek Ancien ...
'' - white-faced tree rat **''
Echimys saturnus The dark spiny tree-rat (''Echimys saturnus'') is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is a rarely encountered and nocturnal species, found in eastern Ecuador and central Peru. Compared to ''Echimys chrysurus'', the main diagnostic ...
'' - dark tree rat **''
Echimys vieirai ''Echimys vieirai'' is a spiny rat species from South America, described in 2005. It is found in Brazil. The species name ''vieirai'' is a patronym for the Brazilian mammalogist Carlos Octaviano da Cunha Vieira, curator of the Mammal Collection ...
'' - Vieira's spiny tree-rat *Genus ''
Hoplomys The armored rat (''Hoplomys gymnurus'') is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Hoplomys''. It is found in Latin America, from northern Honduras to northwest Ecuador. It possesses a range of spines on i ...
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Hoplomys gymnurus The armored rat (''Hoplomys gymnurus'') is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Hoplomys''. It is found in Latin America, from northern Honduras to northwest Ecuador. It possesses a range of spines on ...
'' - Armored rat *Genus ''
Isothrix The toros or brush-tailed rats, genus ''Isothrix'', are a group of spiny rats found in tropical South America, particularly in the Amazon Basin.Nowak, Ronald M. 1999. ''Walker's Mammals of the World'', 6th edition. Johns Hopkins University Pres ...
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Isothrix barbarabrownae ''Isothrix barbarabrownae'' is a recently discovered species of rodents of the spiny rat family Echimyidae. Discovery It was discovered in Peru, and is about the same size as a large squirrel, such as a Eurasian red squirrel. It is brown, wit ...
'' - Barbara Brown's brush-tailed rat **''
Isothrix bistriata The yellow-crowned brush-tailed rat (''Isothrix bistriata'') is a South American species of brush-tailed rat in the family Echimyidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. They are nocturnal and arboreal anima ...
'' - yellow-crowned brush-tailed rat **''
Isothrix negrensis The Rio Negro brush-tailed rat or dark brush-tailed tree rat (''Isothrix negrensis''), is a spiny rat species found in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in b ...
'' - Rio Negro brush-tailed rat **''
Isothrix pagurus The Plain brush-tailed rat (''Isothrix pagurus'') is a spiny rat species found in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America ...
'' - plain brush-tailed rat **''
Isothrix sinnamariensis The Sinnamary brush-tailed rat (''Isothrix sinnamariensis''), is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is found in French Guiana, Guyana, and possibly Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suri ...
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Makalata ''Makalata'' is a genus of rodents in the family Echimyidae. Systematics The etymology of this genus name derives from a combination of letters inspired by the Suriname native name ''Maka-alata'' for spiny rats. This genus contains the followin ...
'' **'' Makalata didelphoides'' - armored spiny rat **'' Makalata macrura'' - Long-tailed armored tree-rat **'' Makalata obscura'' - Dusky spiny tree-rat **'' Makalata rhipidura'' - Peruvian armored tree-rat *Genus '' Pattonomys'' **'' Pattonomys occasius'' -
Bare-tailed armored tree-rat The bare-tailed armored tree-rat (''Pattonomys occasius'') is a species of arboreal rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is found in lowland tropical rainforest east of the Andes in Ecuador and Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.s ...
**'' Pattonomys semivillosus'' - speckled tree rat *Genus ''
Phyllomys ''Phyllomys'' is a genus of arboreal spiny rat, geographically restricted to the forests of eastern Brazil. The etymology of the genus name derives from the two ancient greek words (), meaning "plant leaf", and (), meaning "mouse, rat". Phy ...
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Phyllomys blainvilii The golden Atlantic tree-rat (''Phyllomys blainvillii'') is a spiny rat species found in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin ...
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Golden Atlantic tree-rat The golden Atlantic tree-rat (''Phyllomys blainvillii'') is a spiny rat species found in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin ...
**'' Phyllomys brasiliensis''- Orange-brown Atlantic tree-rat **''
Phyllomys dasythrix The Drab Atlantic tree-rat (''Phyllomys dasythrix'') is a spiny rat species found in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin Amer ...
'' - Drab Atlantic tree-rat **''
Phyllomys kerri Kerr's Atlantic tree-rat or Moojen's Atlantic tree rat (''Phyllomys kerri''), is a spiny rat species found in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both Sout ...
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Kerr's Atlantic tree-rat Kerr's Atlantic tree-rat or Moojen's Atlantic tree rat (''Phyllomys kerri''), is a spiny rat species found in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both Sout ...
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Phyllomys lamarum The pallid Atlantic tree-rat (''Phyllomys lamarum'') is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is a species of spiny rat. It is endemic to Brazil, where it is found from Paraiba to Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Sout ...
'' - Pallid Atlantic tree-rat **''
Phyllomys lundi Lund's Atlantic tree-rat, (''Phyllomys lundi''), is a spiny rat species found in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. ...
'' - Lund's Atlantic tree-rat **''
Phyllomys mantiqueirensis The Mantiqueira Atlantic tree-rat (''Phyllomys mantiqueirensis'') is a spiny rat species found in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America an ...
'' - Mantiqueira Atlantic tree-rat **''
Phyllomys medius The long-furred Atlantic tree-rat or Thomas's Atlantic tree-rat (''Phyllomys medius''), is a spiny rat species found in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in ...
'' - Long-furred Atlantic tree-rat **''
Phyllomys nigrispinus The black-spined Atlantic tree-rat, (''Phyllomys nigrispinus''), is a South American spiny rat species in the family Echimyidae. It is found in southeastern Brazil, where it inhabits moist broadleaf forest and semideciduous forest in the Atla ...
'' - black-spined Atlantic tree rat **''
Phyllomys pattoni The rusty-sided Atlantic tree-rat (''Phyllomys pattoni''), is a spiny rat species found in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Lati ...
'' - Rusty-sided Atlantic tree-rat **''
Phyllomys sulinus The southern Atlantic tree-rat (''Phyllomys sulinus'') is a species of spiny rat from South America, described in 2008. It is found in the subtropical region of southern Brazil, from the states of São Paulo to Rio Grande do Sul. The etymology ...
'' - Southern Atlantic tree-rat **''
Phyllomys thomasi The giant Atlantic tree-rat (''Phyllomys thomasi'') is a spiny rat species from Brazil. It is endemic to São Sebastião Island off the coast of São Paulo State SAO or Sao may refer to: Places * Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6t ...
'' - Giant Atlantic tree-rat **''
Phyllomys unicolor The short-furred Atlantic tree-rat or Wagner's Atlantic tree rat (''Phyllomys unicolor''), is a spiny rat species found in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country ...
'' - Short-furred Atlantic tree-rat *Genus ''
Santamartamys The red-crested tree-rat or Santa Marta toro (''Santamartamys rufodorsalis'') is a species of tree-rat found in the monotypic genus ''Santamartamys'' in the family Echimyidae. It is nocturnal and is believed to feed on plant matter, and is mainly ...
'' **'' Santamartamys rufodorsalis'' - Red-crested tree-rat *Genus ''
Toromys The giant tree-rat (''Toromys grandis'') is a species in the family Echimyidae, the spiny rats. It is the only species in the monotypic genus ''Toromys''. It is endemic to Brazil, where it occurs in the flooded forest along the banks of the Ama ...
'' **'' Toromys grandis'' - Giant tree-rat


Subfamily

Eumysopinae Echimyidae is the family of neotropical spiny rats and their fossil relatives. This is the most species-rich family of Hystricognathi, hystricognath rodents. It is probably also the most ecologically diverse, with members ranging from fully ar ...

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Carterodon Owl's spiny rat (''Carterodon sulcidens'') is a rodent species in the family Echimyidae found in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and ...
'' **'' Carterodon sulcidens'' - Owl's spiny rat * Genus ''
Clyomys ''Clyomys'' is a South American rodent genus in the family Echimyidae. It contains two species, found in tropical savannas and grasslands from circa to elevation in central Brazil and eastern Paraguay. The term ''Clyomys'' derives from the two ...
'' **'' Clyomys bishopi''? - Bishop's fossorial spiny rat **''
Clyomys laticeps The broad-headed spiny rat (''Clyomys laticeps'') is a spiny rat species from South America. The etymology of the species name is the Latin word '' laticeps'' meaning "wide-headed". Description The species has a head-body length that ranges fro ...
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Euryzygomatomys ''Euryzygomatomys'' is a genus of South American rodents, commonly called guiaras, in the family Echimyidae. It contains two extant and one fossil species, found in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. They are as follows: * Brandt's guiara (''Euryzy ...
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Euryzygomatomys guiara Brandt's guiara (''Euryzygomatomys guiara'') is a Brazilian spiny rat species. It was formerly considered conspecific with '' E. spinosus''. References Euryzygomatomys Mammals described in 1835 {{Echimyidae-stub ...
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Euryzygomatomys spinosus Fischer's guiara (''Euryzygomatomys spinosus''), is a spiny rat species found in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. It is one of only two species in the genus ''Euryzygomatomys''. Its karyotype A karyotype is the general appearance of the comple ...
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Lonchothrix The tuft-tailed spiny tree rat (''Lonchothrix emiliae'') is a spiny rat species from Brazil south of the Amazon River, where it has been found in grassland and gallery forest. It is the only species in the genus ''Lonchothrix''. Very little is ...
'' **'' Lonchothrix emiliae'' - tuft-tailed spiny tree rat * Genus ''
Mesomys ''Mesomys'' is a genus of South American spiny rats in the family Echimyidae. The genus name ''Mesomys'' derives from the two ancient greek words (), meaning "middle of, between", and (), meaning "mouse, rat". It refers to the fact that this ...
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Mesomys hispidus ''Mesomys'' is a genus of South American spiny rats in the family Echimyidae. The genus name ''Mesomys'' derives from the two ancient greek words (), meaning "middle of, between", and (), meaning "mouse, rat". It refers to the fact that this ...
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Mesomys leniceps The woolly-headed spiny tree-rat (''Mesomys leniceps'') is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is endemic to Peru. The etymology of the species name corresponds to the Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging t ...
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Mesomys occultus The tufted-tailed spiny tree-rat or furtive spiny tree-rat (''Mesomys occultus'') is a spiny rat species known from Amazonas, northwestern Brazil, where it is found in tropical rainforest. The species is arboreal Arboreal locomotion is th ...
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Mesomys stimulax ''Mesomys'' is a genus of South American spiny rats in the family Echimyidae. The genus name ''Mesomys'' derives from the two ancient greek words (), meaning "middle of, between", and (), meaning "mouse, rat". It refers to the fact that this ...
'' - Surinam spiny tree rat * Genus '' Proechimys'' **''Proechimys canicollis'' group ***''Proechimys canicollis'' - Colombian spiny rat **''Proechimys decumanus'' group ***''Proechimys decumanus'' - Pacific spiny rat **''Proechimys echinothrix'' group ***''Proechimys echinothrix'' - Stiff-spine spiny rat **''Proechimys gardneri'' group ***''Proechimys gardneri'' - Gardner's spiny rat ***''Proechimys kulinae'' - Kulina spiny rat ***''Proechimys pattoni'' - Patton's spiny rat **''Proechimys goeldii'' group ***''Proechimys goeldii'' - Goeldi's spiny rat ***''Proechimys quadruplicatus'' - Napo spiny rat ***''Proechimys steerei'' - Steere's spiny rat **''Proechimys guyannensis'' group ***''Proechimys guyannensis'' - Guyenne spiny rat ***''Proechimys roberti'' - Roberto's spiny rat **''Proechimys longicaudatus'' group ***''Proechimys brevicauda'' - Huallaga spiny rat ***''Proechimys cuvieri'' - Cuvier's spiny rat ***''Proechimys longicaudatus'' - long-tailed spiny rat **''Proechimys semispinosus'' group ***''Proechimys oconnelli'' - O'Connell's spiny rat ***''Proechimys semispinosus'' - Tome's spiny rat **''Proechimys simonsi'' group ***''Proechimys simonsi'' - Simon's spiny rat **''Proechimys trinitatus'' group ***''Proechimys trinitatus'' - Trinidad spiny rat ***''Proechimys chrysaeolus'' - Boyaca spiny rat ***''Proechimys guairae'' - Guaira spiny rat ***''Proechimys hoplomyoides'' - Guyanan spiny rat ***''Proechimys magdalenae'' - Magdelena spiny rat ***''Proechimys mincae'' - minca spiny rat ***''Proechimys poliopus'' - gray-footed spiny rat ***''Proechimys urichi'' - Sucre spiny rat **''Proechimys'' (Others) ***''Proechimys amphichoricus''? - white-spined spiny rat ***''Proechimys cayennensis''? - Cayenne spiny rat ***''Proechimys oris''? - Para spiny rat * Genus ''Thrichomys'' **''Thrichomys apereoides'' - Common punaré **''Thrichomys fosteri'' - Foster's punaré **''Thrichomys inermis'' - Highlands punaré **''Thrichomys laurentius'' - Sao Lourenço punaré **''Thrichomys pachyurus'' - Paraguayan punaré * Genus ''Trinomys'' **''Trinomys albispinus'' - White-spined Atlantic spiny rat **''Trinomys dimidiatus'' - Atlantic spiny rat **''Trinomys eliasi'' - Elias's Atlantic spiny rat **''Trinomys gratiosus'' - Gracile Atlantic spiny rat **''Trinomys iheringi'' - Ihering's Atlantic spiny rat **''Trinomys mirapitanga'' - Dark-caped Atlantic spiny rat **''Trinomys moojeni'' - Moojen's Atlantic spiny rat **''Trinomys myosuros'' - Mouse-tailed Atlantic spiny rat **''Trinomys paratus'' - Spiked Atlantic spiny rat **''Trinomys setosus'' - Hairy Atlantic spiny rat **''Trinomys yonenagae'' - Yonenaga's Atlantic spiny rat


Subfamily Heteropsomyinae

*Genus ''Puertoricomys'' **''Puertoricomys corozalus'' - Corozal rat *Genus ''Heteropsomys'' **''Heteropsomys antillensis'' - Antillean cave rat **''Heteropsomys insulans'' - insular cave rat *Genus ''Brotomys'' **''Brotomys contractus''? **''Brotomys voratus'' - Hispaniolan edible rat [extinct] *Genus ''Boromys'' **''Boromys offella'' - Oriente cave rat (extinct) **''Boromys torrei'' - Torre's cave rat (extinct)


Family Capromyidae


Subfamily Capromyinae

*Genus ''Capromys'' **''Capromys garridoi'' - Garrido's hutia **''Capromys pilorides'' - Desmarest's hutia ***''Capromys pilorides gundlachianus'' - Archipélago de Sabana hutia *Genus ''Mesocapromys'' **''Mesocapromys angelcabrerai'' - Cabrera's hutia **''Mesocapromys auritus'' - eared hutia **''Mesocapromys melanurus'' - black-tailed hutia **''Mesocapromys nanus'' - dwarf hutia **''Mesocapromys sanfelipensis'' - San Felipe hutia *Genus ''Mysateles'' **''Mysateles gundlachi''? - Gundlach's hutia **''Mysateles prehensilis'' - prehensile-tailed hutia ***''Mysateles prehensilis meridionalis'' - Isla De La Juventud tree hutia *Genus ''Geocapromys'' **''Geocapromys brownii'' - Brown's hutia **''Geocapromys caymanensis'' - Cayman hutia [extinct] **''Geocapromys columbianus'' - Cuban hutia [extinct] **''Geocapromys ingrahami'' - Brahamian hutia **''Geocapromys megas'' [extinct] **''Geocapromys pleistocenicus'' [extinct] **''Geocapromys thoracatus'' - Swan Island hutia [extinct]


Subfamily Plagiodontinae

*Genus ''Hyperplagiodontia'' **''Hyperplagiodontia araeum'' - San Rafael hutia *Genus ''Plagiodontia'' **''Plagiodontia aedium'' - Hispaniolan hutia **''Plagiodontia ipnaeum'' - Samana hutia (extinct) **''Plagiodonta spelaeum'' - Small Haitian hutia (extinct) *Genus ''Rhizoplagiodontia'' **''Rhizoplagiodontia lemkei'' - Lemke's hutia (extinct)


Subfamily Isolobodontinae

*Genus ''Isolobodon'' **''Isolobodon montanus'' - montane hutia (extinct) **''Isolobodon portoricensis'' - Puerto Rican hutia (extinct)


Subfamily Hexolobodontinae

*Genus ''Hexolobodon'' **''Hexolobodon phenax'' - imposter hutia (extinct)


Family Heptaxodontidae


Subfamily Clidomyinae

*Genus ''Clidomys'' **''Clidomys osborni'' - Osborn's key mouse (extinct)


Subfamily Heptaxodontinae

*Genus ''Elasmodontomys'' **''Elasmodontomys obliquus'' - plate-toothed mouse (extinct) *Genus ''Quemisia'' **''Quemisia gravis'' - Hispaniolan giant hutia (extinct) *Genus ''Amblyrhiza'' **''Amblyrhiza inundata'' - blunt-toothed mouse (extinct)


Family Myocastoridae

*Genus ''Myocastor'' **''Coypu, Myocastor coypus'' - coypu or nutria


Suborder Anomaluromorpha


Family Anomaluridae


Subfamily Anomalurinae

*Genus ''Anomalurus'' **''Anomalurus beecrofti'' - Beecroft's flying squirrel **''Anomalurus derbianus'' - Lord Derby's scaly-tailed squirrel **''Anomalurus peli'' - Pel's scaly-tailed squirrel **''Anomalurus pusillus'' - dwarf scaly-tailed squirrel


Subfamily Zenkerellinae

*Genus ''Idiurus'' **''Idiurus zenkeri'' - pygmy scaly-tailed squirrel **''Idiurus macrotis'' - long-eared scaly-tailed squirrel *Genus ''Zenkerella (animal), Zenkerella'' **''Zenkerella insignis'' - Cameroon scaly-tailed squirrel


Family Pedetidae

*Genus ''Pedetes'' **''Pedetes capensis'' - South African springhare **''Pedetes surdaster'' - East African springhare


Suborder Sciuromorpha


Family Aplodontidae

*Genus ''Aplodontia'' **''Aplodontia rufa'' - mountain beaver


Family Sciuridae


Subfamily Ratufinae

*Genus ''Ratufa'' **''Ratufa affinis'' - pale giant squirrel **''Ratufa bicolor'' - black giant squirrel **''Ratufa indica'' - Indian giant squirrel **''Ratufa macroura'' - grizzled giant squirrel


Subfamily Sciurillinae

*Genus ''Sciurillus'' **''Sciurillus pusillus'' - Neotropical pygmy squirrel


Subfamily Sciurinae


=Tribe Sciurini

= *Genus ''Microsciurus'' **''Microsciurus alfari'' - Central American dwarf squirrel **''Microsciurus flaviventer'' - Amazon dwarf squirrel or Guianan squirrel **''Microsciurus mimulus'' - western dwarf squirrel **''Microsciurus santanderensis'' - Santander dwarf squirrel *Genus ''Rheithrosciurus'' **''Rheithrosciurus macrotis'' - tufted ground squirrel *Genus ''Sciurus'' **Subgenus ''Guerlinguetus'' ***''Sciurus aestuans'' - Brazilian squirrel or Guianan squirrel ***''Sciurus argentinius'' - South Yungas red squirrel ***''Sciurus gilvigularis'' - yellow-throated squirrel ***''Sciurus granatensis'' - red-tailed squirrel ***''Sciurus ignitus'' - Bolivian squirrel ***''Sciurus ingrami'' - Ingram's squirrel ***''Sciurus pucheranii'' - Andean squirrel ***''Sciurus richmondi'' - Richmond's squirrel ***''Sciurus sanborni'' - Sanborn's squirrel ***''Sciurus stramineus'' - Guayaquil squirrel **Subgenus ''Hadrosciurus'' ***''Sciurus flammifer'' - fiery squirrel ***''Sciurus pyrrhinus'' - Junín red squirrel **Subgenus ''Hesperosciurus'' ***''Sciurus griseus'' - western gray squirrel **Subgenus ''Otosciurus'' ***''Sciurus aberti'' - Abert's squirrel **Subgenus ''Sciurus'' ***''Sciurus alleni'' - Allen's squirrel ***''Sciurus arizonensis'' - Arizona gray squirrel ***''Sciurus aureogaster'' - Mexican gray squirrel ***''Sciurus carolinensis'' - eastern gray squirrel ***''Sciurus colliaei'' - Collie's squirrel ***''Sciurus deppei'' - Deppe's squirrel ***''Sciurus lis'' - Japanese squirrel ***''Sciurus meridionalis'' - Calabrian black squirrel ***''Sciurus nayaritensis'' - Mexican fox squirrel ***''Sciurus niger'' - eastern fox squirrel ***''Sciurus oculatus'' - Peters's squirrel ***''Sciurus variegatoides'' - variegated squirrel ***''Sciurus vulgaris'' - Eurasian red squirrel ***''Sciurus yucatanensis'' - Yucatán squirrel **Subgenus ''Tenes'' ***''Sciurus anomalus'' - Persian squirrel **Subgenus ''Urosciurus'' ***''Sciurus igniventris'' - northern Amazon red squirrel ***''Sciurus spadiceus'' - southern Amazon red squirrel *Genus ''Syntheosciurus'' **''Syntheosciurus brochus'' - Bangs's mountain squirrel *Genus ''Tamiasciurus'' **''Tamiasciurus douglasii'' - Douglas's squirrel ***''Tamiasciurus douglasii mearnsi'' - Mearns's squirrel **''Tamiasciurus fremonti'' - Southwestern red squirrel ***''Tamiasciurus fremonti grahamensis'' - Mount Graham red squirrel **''Tamiasciurus hudsonicus'' - American red squirrel


=Tribe Pteromyini

= *Genus ''Aeretes'' **''Aeretes melanopterus'' - North Chinese flying squirrel *Genus ''Aeromys'' **''Aeromys tephromelas'' - black flying squirrel **''Aeromys thomasi'' - Thomas' flying squirrel *Genus ''Belomys'' **''Belomys pearsonii'' - hairy-footed flying squirrel *Genus ''Biswamoyopterus'' **''Biswamoyopterus biswasi'' - Namdapha flying squirrel **''Biswamoyopterus gaoligongensis'' - Mount Gaoligong flying squirrel **''Biswamoyopterus laoensis'' - Laotian giant flying squirrel *Genus ''Eoglaucomys'' **''Eoglaucomys fimbriatus'' - Kashmir flying squirrel ***''Eoglaucomys fimbriatus baberi'' - Afghan flying squirrel *Genus ''Eupetaurus'' **''Eupetaurus cinereus'' - Western woolly flying squirrel **''Eupetaurus nivamons'' - Yunnan woolly flying squirrel **''Eupetaurus tibetensis'' - Tibetan woolly flying squirrel *Genus ''Glaucomys'' **''Glaucomys oregonensis'' - Humboldt's flying squirrel **''Glaucomys sabrinus'' - northern flying squirrel **''Glaucomys volans'' - southern flying squirrel *Genus ''Hylopetes'' **''Hylopetes alboniger'' - particolored flying squirrel **''Hylopetes bartelsi'' - Bartel's flying squirrel **''Hylopetes electilis'' - Hainan flying squirrel **''Hylopetes lepidus''? - gray-cheeked flying squirrel **''Hylopetes nigripes'' - Palawan flying squirrel **''Hylopetes phayrei'' - Indochinese flying squirrel **''Hylopetes platyurus'' - gray-cheeked flying squirrel **''Hylopetes sagitta'' - Arrow flying squirrel **''Hylopetes sipora'' - Sipora flying squirrel **''Hylopetes spadiceus'' - red-cheeked flying squirrel **''Hylopetes winstoni'' - Sumatran flying squirrel *Genus ''Iomys'' **''Iomys horsfieldii'' - Javanese flying squirrel **''Iomys sipora'' - Mentawi flying squirrel *Genus ''Petaurillus'' **''Petaurillus emiliae'' - lesser pygmy flying squirrel **''Petaurillus hosei'' - Hose's pygmy flying squirrel **''Petaurillus kinlochii'' - Selangor pygmy flying squirrel *Genus ''Petaurista'' **''Petaurista alborufus'' - red and white giant flying squirrel **''Petaurista elegans'' - spotted giant flying squirrel **''Petaurista leucogenys'' - Japanese giant flying squirrel **''Petaurista magnificus'' - Hodgson's giant flying squirrel **''Petaurista mechukaensis'' - Mechuka giant flying squirrel **''Petaurista mishmiensis'' - Mishmi giant flying squirrel **''Petaurista nobilis'' - Bhutan giant flying squirrel **''Petaurista petaurista'' - red giant flying squirrel **''Petaurista philippensis'' - Indian giant flying squirrel **''Petaurista siangensis'' - Hodgson's giant flying squirrel **''Petaurista xanthotis'' - Mebo giant flying squirrel *Genus ''Petinomys'' **''Petinomys crinitus'' - Mindanao flying squirrel **''Petinomys fuscocapillus'' - Travancore flying squirrel **''Petinomys genibarbis'' - whiskered flying squirrel **''Petinomys hageni'' - Hagen's flying squirrel **''Petinomys lugens'' - Siberut flying squirrel **''Petinomys mindanensis'' - Mindanao flying squirrel **''Petinomys sagitta'' - arrow flying squirrel **''Petinomys setosus'' - Temminck's flying squirrel **''Petinomys vordermanni'' - Vordermann's flying squirrel *Genus ''Pteromys'' **''Pteromys momonga'' - Japanese flying squirrel **''Pteromys volans'' - Siberian flying squirrel *Genus ''Pteromyscus'' **''Pteromyscus pulverulentus'' - smoky flying squirrel *Genus ''Trogopterus'' **''Trogopterus xanthipes'' - complex-toothed flying squirrel


Subfamily Callosciurinae

*Genus ''Callosciurus'' **''Callosciurus adamsi'' - ear-spot squirrel **''Callosciurus albescens'' - Kloss's squirrel **''Callosciurus baluensis'' - Kinabalu squirrel **''Callosciurus caniceps'' - gray-bellied squirrel **''Callosciurus erythraeus'' - Pallas's squirrel **''Callosciurus finlaysonii'' - Finlayson's squirrel **''Callosciurus flavimanus''? **''Callosciurus honkhoaiensis'' - Hon Khoai squirrel **''Callosciurus inornatus'' - inornate squirrel **''Callosciurus melanogaster'' - Mentawai squirrel **''Callosciurus nigrovittatus'' - black-striped squirrel **''Callosciurus notatus'' - plantain squirrel **''Callosciurus orestes'' - Borneo black-banded squirrel **''Callosciurus phayrei'' - Phayre's squirrel **''Callosciurus prevostii'' - Prevost's squirrel **''Callosciurus pygerythrus'' - Irrawaddy squirrel **''Callosciurus quinquestriatus'' - Anderson's squirrel *Genus ''Dremomys'' **''Dremomys everetti'' - Bornean mountain ground squirrel **''Dremomys gularis'' - red-throated squirrel **''Dremomys lokriah'' - orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel **''Dremomys pernyi'' - Perny's long-nosed squirrel **''Dremomys pyrrhomerus'' - red-hipped squirrel **''Dremomys rufigenis'' - Asian red-cheeked squirrel *Genus ''Exilisciurus'' **''Exilisciurus concinnus'' - Philippine pygmy squirrel **''Exilisciurus exilis'' - least pygmy squirrel **''Exilisciurus whiteheadi'' - tufted pygmy squirrel *Genus ''Funambulus'' **Subgenus ''Funambulus'' ***''Funambulus layardi'' - Layard's palm squirrel ***''Funambulus obscurus'' - Dusky palm squirrel ***''Funambulus palmarum'' - Indian palm squirrel ***''Funambulus sublineatus'' - dusky palm squirrel ***''Funambulus tristriatus'' - jungle palm squirrel **Subgenus ''Prasadsciurus'' ***''Funambulus pennantii'' - northern palm squirrel *Genus ''Glyphotes'' **''Glyphotes simus'' - sculptor squirrel *Genus ''Hyosciurus'' **''Hyosciurus heinrichi'' - montane long-nosed squirrel **''Hyosciurus ileile'' - lowland long-nosed squirrel *Genus ''Lariscus'' **''Lariscus hosei'' - four-striped ground squirrel **''Lariscus insignis'' - three-striped ground squirrel **''Lariscus niobe'' - Niobe ground squirrel **''Lariscus obscurus'' - Mentawai three-striped squirrel *Genus ''Menetes'' **''Menetes berdmorei'' - Berdmore's ground squirrel *Genus ''Nannosciurus'' **''Nannosciurus melanotis'' - black-eared squirrel *Genus ''Prosciurillus'' **''Prosciurillus abstrusus'' - secretive dwarf squirrel **''Prosciurillus alstoni'' - Alston's Sulawesi dwarf squirrel **''Prosciurillus leucomus'' - whitish dwarf squirrel **''Prosciurillus murinus'' - Celebes dwarf squirrel **''Prosciurillus rosenbergii'' - Sanghir squirrel **''Prosciurillus topapuensis'' - Roux's Sulawesi dwarf squirrel **''Prosciurillus weberi'' - Weber's dwarf squirrel *Genus ''Rhinosciurus'' **''Rhinosciurus laticaudatus'' - shrew-faced squirrel *Genus ''Rubrisciurus'' **''Rubrisciurus rubriventer'' - red-bellied squirrel *Genus ''Sundasciurus'' **''Sundasciurus altitudinis'' - Sumatran mountain squirrel **''Sundasciurus brookei'' - Brooke's squirrel **''Sundasciurus davensis'' - Davao squirrel **''Sundasciurus everetti'' - Bornean mountain ground squirrel **''Sundasciurus fraterculus'' - fraternal squirrel **''Sundasciurus hippurus'' - horse-tailed squirrel **''Sundasciurus hoogstraali'' - Busuanga squirrel **''Sundasciurus jentinki'' - Jentink's squirrel **''Sundasciurus juvencus'' - northern Palawan tree squirrel **''Sundasciurus lowii'' - Low's squirrel **''Sundasciurus mindanensis'' - Mindanao squirrel **''Sundasciurus moellendorffi'' - Culion tree squirrel **''Sundasciurus natunensis'' - Natuna squirrel **''Sundasciurus philippinensis'' - Philippine tree squirrel **''Sundasciurus rabori'' - Palawan montane squirrel **''Sundasciurus robinsoni'' - Robinson's squirrel **''Sundasciurus samarensis'' - Samar squirrel **''Sundasciurus steerii'' - southern Palawan tree squirrel **''Sundasciurus tahan'' - Upland squirrel **''Sundasciurus tenuis'' - slender squirrel *Genus ''Tamiops'' **''Tamiops mcclellandii'' - Himalayan striped squirrel **''Tamiops maritimus'' - maritime striped squirrel **''Tamiops rodolphii'' - Cambodian striped squirrel **''Tamiops swinhoei'' - Swinhoe's striped squirrel


Subfamily Xerinae


=Tribe Xerini

= *Genus ''Atlantoxerus'' **''Atlantoxerus getulus'' - Barbary ground squirrel *Genus ''Spermophilopsis'' **''Spermophilopsis leptodactylus'' - long-clawed ground squirrel *Genus ''Euxerus'' **''Euxerus erythropus'' - striped ground squirrel *Genus ''Geosciurus'' **''Geosciurus inauris'' - Cape ground squirrel or South African ground squirrel **''Geosciurus princeps'' - Damara ground squirrel *Genus ''Xerus'' **''Xerus rutilus'' - unstriped ground squirrel


=Tribe Protoxerini

= *Genus ''Epixerus'' **''Epixerus ebii'' - Ebian's palm squirrel, Temminck's giant squirrel, western palm squirrel ***''Epixerus ebii wilsoni'' - Biafran palm squirrel *Genus ''Funisciurus'' **''Funisciurus anerythrus'' - Thomas's rope squirrel **''Funisciurus bayonii'' - Lunda rope squirrel **''Funisciurus carruthersi'' - Carruther's mountain squirrel **''Funisciurus congicus'' - Congo rope squirrel **''Funisciurus isabella'' - Lady Burton's rope squirrel **''Funisciurus lemniscatus'' - ribboned rope squirrel **''Funisciurus leucogenys'' - red-cheeked rope squirrel **''Funisciurus pyrropus'' - fire-footed rope squirrel **''Funisciurus substriatus'' - Kintampo rope squirrel *Genus ''Heliosciurus'' **''Heliosciurus gambianus'' - Gambian sun squirrel **''Heliosciurus mutabilis'' - mutable sun squirrel **''Heliosciurus punctatus'' - Small sun squirrel **''Heliosciurus rufobrachium'' - red-legged sun squirrel **''Heliosciurus ruwenzorii'' - Ruwenzori sun squirrel **''Heliosciurus undulatus'' - Zanj sun squirrel *Genus ''Myosciurus'' **''Myosciurus pumilio'' - African pygmy squirrel *Genus ''Paraxerus'' **''Paraxerus alexandri'' - Alexander's bush squirrel **''Paraxerus boehmi'' - Boehm's bush squirrel **''Paraxerus cepapi'' - Smith's bush squirrel **''Paraxerus cooperi'' - Cooper's green squirrel **''Paraxerus flavovittis'' - striped bush squirrel **''Paraxerus lucifer'' - African red bush squirrel **''Paraxerus ochraceus'' - Huet's bush squirrel **''Paraxerus palliatus'' - red bush squirrel **''Paraxerus poensis'' - Fernando Po squirrel **''Paraxerus vexillarius'' - Swynnerton's bush squirrel **''Paraxerus vincenti'' - Vincent's bush squirrel *Genus ''Protoxerus'' **''Protoxerus aubinnii'' - slender-tailed squirrel **''Protoxerus stangeri'' - forest giant squirrel or Stanger's squirrel


=Tribe Marmotini

= *Genus ''Ammospermophilus'' **''Ammospermophilus harrisii'' - Harris's antelope squirrel **''Ammospermophilus insularis'' - Espirito Santo Island squirrel **''Ammospermophilus interpres'' - Texas antelope squirrel **''Ammospermophilus leucurus'' - white-tailed antelope squirrel **''Ammospermophilus nelsoni'' - Nelson's antelope squirrel *Genus ''Callospermophilus'' **''Callospermophilus lateralis'' - golden-mantled ground squirrel **''Callospermophilus madrensis'' - Sierra Madre ground squirrel **''Callospermophilus saturatus'' - Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel *Genus ''Cynomys'' **''Cynomys gunnisoni'' - Gunnison's prairie dog **''Cynomys leucurus'' - white-tailed prairie dog **''Cynomys ludovicianus'' - black-tailed prairie dog **''Cynomys mexicanus'' - Mexican prairie dog **''Cynomys parvidens'' - Utah prairie dog *Genus ''Eutamias'' **''Eutamias sibiricus'' - Siberian chipmunk *Genus ''Ictidomys'' **''Ictidomys mexicanus'' - Mexican ground squirrel **''Ictidomys parvidens'' - Rio Grande ground squirrel **''Ictidomys tridecemlineatus'' - thirteen-lined ground squirrel *Genus ''Marmota'' **Subgenus Marmota ***''Marmota baibacina'' - gray marmot ***''Marmota bobak'' - Bobak marmot ***''Marmota broweri'' - Alaska marmot ***''Marmota camtschatica'' - black-capped marmot ***''Marmota caudata'' - long-tailed marmot ***''Marmota himalayana'' - Himalayan marmot ***''Marmota marmota'' - alpine marmot ***''Marmota menzbieri'' - Menzbier's marmot ***''Marmota monax'' - woodchuck ***''Marmota sibirica'' - Tarbagan marmot **Subgenus Petromarmota ***''Marmota caligata'' - hoary marmot ***''Marmota flaviventris'' - yellow-bellied marmot ***''Marmota olympus'' - Olympic marmot ***''Marmota vancouverensis'' - Vancouver marmot *Genus ''Neotamias'' **''Neotamias alpinus'' - alpine chipmunk **''Neotamias amoenus'' - yellow-pine chipmunk **''Neotamias bulleri'' - Buller's chipmunk **''Neotamias canipes'' - gray-footed chipmunk **''Neotamias cinereicollis'' - gray-collared chipmunk **''Neotamias dorsalis'' - cliff chipmunk **''Neotamias durangae'' - Durango chipmunk **''Neotamias merriami'' - Merriam's chipmunk **''Neotamias minimus'' - least chipmunk **''Neotamias obscurus'' - California chipmunk **''Neotamias ochrogenys'' - yellow-cheeked chipmunk **''Neotamias palmeri'' - Palmer's chipmunk **''Neotamias panamintinus'' - Panamint chipmunk **''Neotamias quadrimaculatus'' - long-eared chipmunk **''Neotamias quadrivittatus'' - Colorado chipmunk **''Neotamias ruficaudus'' - red-tailed chipmunk **''Neotamias rufus'' - Hopi chipmunk **''Neotamias senex'' - Allen's chipmunk **''Neotamias siskiyou'' - Siskiyou chipmunk **''Neotamias sonomae'' - Sonoma chipmunk **''Neotamias speciosus'' - lodgepole chipmunk **''Neotamias townsendii'' - Townsend's chipmunk **''Neotamias umbrinus'' - Uinta chipmunk *Genus ''Notocitellus'' **''Notocitellus adocetus'' - tropical ground squirrel **''Notocitellus annulatus'' - ring-tailed ground squirrel *Genus ''Otospermophilus'' **''Otospermophilus atricapillus'' - Baja California rock squirrel **''Otospermophilus beecheyi'' - California ground squirrel **''Otospermophilus variegatus'' - rock squirrel *Genus ''Poliocitellus'' **''Poliocitellus franklinii'' - Franklin's ground squirrel *Genus ''Sciurotamias'' **''Sciurotamias davidianus'' - Père David's rock squirrel **''Sciurotamias forresti'' - Forrest's rock squirrel *Genus ''Spermophilus'' **''Spermophilus alashanicus'' - Alashan ground squirrel **''Spermophilus brevicauda'' - Brandt's ground squirrel **''Spermophilus citellus'' - European ground squirrel **''Spermophilus dauricus'' - Daurian ground squirrel **''Spermophilus erythrogenys'' - red-cheeked ground squirrel **''Spermophilus fulvus'' - yellow ground squirrel **''Spermophilus major'' - russet ground squirrel **''Spermophilus musicus'' - Caucasian mountain ground squirrel **''Spermophilus nilkaensis'' - Tian Shan ground squirrel **''Spermophilus pallidicauda'' - Pallid ground squirrel **''Spermophilus pygmaeus'' - little ground squirrel **''Spermophilus relictus'' - Relict ground squirrel **''Spermophilus suslicus'' - Speckled ground squirrel **''Spermophilus taurensis'' - Taurus ground squirrel **''Spermophilus xanthoprymnus'' - Asia Minor ground squirrel *Genus ''Tamias'' **''Tamias striatus'' - eastern chipmunk *Genus ''Urocitellus'' **''Urocitellus armatus'' - Uinta ground squirrel **''Urocitellus beldingi'' - Belding's ground squirrel **''Urocitellus brunneus'' - Northern Idaho ground squirrel **''Urocitellus canus'' - Merriam's ground squirrel **''Urocitellus columbianus'' - Columbian ground squirrel **''Urocitellus elegans'' - Wyoming ground squirrel **''Urocitellus endemicus'' - Southern Idaho ground squirrel **''Urocitellus mollis'' - Piute ground squirrel **''Urocitellus parryii'' - Arctic ground squirrel **''Urocitellus richardsonii'' - Richardson's ground squirrel **''Urocitellus townsendii'' - Townsend's ground squirrel **''Urocitellus undulatus'' - long-tailed ground squirrel **''Urocitellus washingtoni'' - Washington ground squirrel *Genus ''Xerospermophilus'' **''Xerospermophilus mohavensis'' - Mohave ground squirrel **''Xerospermophilus perotensis'' - Perote ground squirrel **''Xerospermophilus spilosoma'' - spotted ground squirrel **''Xerospermophilus tereticaudus'' - round-tailed ground squirrel


Family Gliridae


Subfamily Graphiurinae

*Genus ''Graphiurus'' **''Graphiurus angolensis'' - Angolan African dormouse **''Graphiurus christyi'' - Christy's dormouse **''Graphiurus crassicaudatus'' - Jentink's dormouse **''Graphiurus johnstoni'' - Johnston's African dormouse **''Graphiurus kelleni'' - Kellen's dormouse **''Graphiurus lorraineus'' - Lorrain dormouse **''Graphiurus microtis'' - small-eared dormouse **''Graphiurus monardi'' - Monard's dormouse **''Graphiurus murinus'' - woodland dormouse **''Graphiurus nagtglasii'' - Nagtglas's African dormouse **''Graphiurus ocularis'' - spectacled dormouse **''Graphiurus platyops'' - rock dormouse **''Graphiurus rupicola'' - stone dormouse **''Graphiurus surdus'' - silent dormouse **''Graphiurus walterverheyeni'' - Walter Verheyen's African dormouse


Subfamily Leithiinae

*Genus ''Chaetocauda'' **''Chaetocauda sichuanensis'' - Chinese dormouse *Genus ''Dryomys'' **''Dryomys laniger'' - woolly dormouse **''Dryomys niethammeri'' - Niethammer's forest dormouse **''Dryomys nitedula'' - forest dormouse *Genus ''Eliomys'' **''Eliomys melanurus'' - Asian garden dormouse **''Eliomys munbyanus'' - Maghreb garden dormouse **''Eliomys quercinus'' - garden dormouse *Genus ''Muscardinus'' **''Muscardinus avellanarius'' - hazel dormouse *Genus ''Myomimus'' ** ''Myomimus personatus'' - masked mouse-tailed dormouse ** ''Myomimus roachi'' - Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse ** ''Myomimus setzeri'' - Setzer's mouse-tailed dormouse *Genus ''Selevinia'' **''Selevinia betpakdalaensis'' - desert dormouse


Subfamily Glirinae

*Genus ''Glirulus'' **''Glirulus japonicus'' - Japanese dormouse *Genus ''Glis (genus), Glis'' **''Glis glis'' - edible dormouse **''Glis persicus'' - Iranian edible dormouse


Suborder Castorimorpha


Family Castoridae

*Genus ''Castor (genus), Castor'' **''Castor canadensis'' - Canadian beaver **''Castor fiber'' - Eurasian beaver


Family Geomyidae

*Genus ''Cratogeomys'' **''Cratogeomys castanops'' - Yellow-faced pocket gopher **''Cratogeomys fulvescens'' - Oriental Basin pocket gopher **''Cratogeomys fumosus'' - Smoky pocket gopher **''Cratogeomys goldmani'' - Goldman's pocket gopher **''Cratogeomys merriami'' - Merriam's pocket gopher **''Cratogeomys perotensis'' - Perote pocket gopher **''Cratogeomys planiceps'' - Flat-headed pocket gopher *Genus ''Geomys'' **''Geomys arenarius'' - desert pocket gopher **''Geomys attwateri'' - Attwater's pocket gopher **''Geomys breviceps'' - Baird's pocket gopher **''Geomys bursarius'' - plains pocket gopher **''Geomys jugossicularis'' - Hall's pocket gopher **''Geomys knoxjonesi'' - Knox Jones's pocket gopher **''Geomys lutescens'' - Sand Hills pocket gopher **''Geomys personatus'' - Texas pocket gopher **''Geomys pinetis'' - southeastern pocket gopher **''Geomys streckeri'' - Strecker's pocket gopher **''Geomys texensis'' - Llano pocket gopher **''Geomys tropicalis'' - tropical pocket gopher *Genus ''Heterogeomys'' **''Heterogeomys cavator'' - Chiriqui pocket gopher **''Heterogeomys cherriei'' - Cherrie's pocket gopher **''Heterogeomys dariensis'' - Darien pocket gopher **''Heterogeomys heterodus'' - variable pocket gopher **''Heterogeomys hispidus'' - hispid pocket gopher **''Heterogeomys lanius'' - big pocket gopher **''Heterogeomys underwoodi'' - Underwood's pocket gopher *Genus ''Orthogeomys'' **''Orthogeomys cuniculus''? - Oaxacan pocket gopher **''Orthogeomys grandis'' - giant pocket gopher **''Orthogeomys matagalpae''? - Nicaraguan pocket gopher **''Orthogeomys thaeleri''? - Thaeler's pocket gopher *Genus ''Pappogeomys'' **''Pappogeomys bulleri'' - Buller's pocket gopher ***''Pappogeomys bulleri alcorni'' - Alcorn's pocket gopher *Genus ''Thomomys'' **Subgenus ''Megascapheus'' ***''Thomomys atrovarius'' - Black-and-Brown pocket gopher ***''Thomomys bottae'' - Botta's pocket gopher ***''Thomomys bulbivorus'' - Camas pocket gopher ***''Thomomys nayarensis'' - Nayar pocket gopher ***''Thomomys sheldoni'' - Sierra Madre Occidental pocket gopher ***''Thomomys townsendii'' - Townsend's pocket gopher ***''Thomomys umbrinus'' - southern pocket gopher **Subgenus ''Thomomys'' ***''Thomomys clusius'' - Wyoming pocket gopher ***''Thomomys idahoensis'' - Idaho pocket gopher ***''Thomomys mazama'' - western pocket gopher ****''Thomomys mazama tacomensis'' - Tacoma pocket gopher ***''Thomomys monticola'' - mountain pocket gopher ***''Thomomys talpoides'' - northern pocket gopher *Genus ''Zygogeomys'' **''Zygogeomys trichopus'' - Michoacan pocket gopher


Family Heteromyidae


Subfamily Dipodomyinae

* Genus ''Dipodomys'' ** ''Dipodomys agilis'' - agile kangaroo rat ** ''Dipodomys californicus'' - California kangaroo rat ** ''Dipodomys compactus'' - Gulf Coast kangaroo rat ** ''Dipodomys deserti'' - desert kangaroo rat ** ''Dipodomys elator'' - Texas kangaroo rat ** ''Dipodomys elephantinus'' - big-eared kangaroo rat ** ''Dipodomys gravipes'' - San Quintin kangaroo rat ** ''Dipodomys heermanni'' - Heerman's kangaroo rat ** ''Dipodomys ingens'' - giant kangaroo rat ** ''Dipodomys insularis'' - San Jose Island kangaroo rat *** ''Dipodomys merriami margaritae'' - Margarita Island kangaroo rat ** ''Dipodomys merriami'' - Merriam's kangaroo rat ** ''Dipodomys microps'' - chisel-toothed kangaroo rat ** ''Dipodomys nelsoni'' - Nelson's kangaroo rat ** ''Dipodomys nitratoides'' - Fresno kangaroo rat ** ''Dipodomys ordii'' - Ord's kangaroo rat ** ''Dipodomys panamintinus'' - Panamint kangaroo rat ** ''Dipodomys phillipsii'' - Phillip's kangaroo rat ** ''Dipodomys simulans'' - Dulzura kangaroo rat ** ''Dipodomys spectabilis'' - bannertail kangaroo rat ** ''Dipodomys stephensi'' - Stephen's kangaroo rat ** ''Dipodomys venustus'' - narrow-faced kangaroo rat *Genus ''Microdipodops'' **''Microdipodops megacephalus'' - dark kangaroo mouse **''Microdipodops pallidus'' - pale kangaroo mouse


Subfamily Heteromyinae

*Genus ''Heteromys'' **''Heteromys adspersus'' - Panamanian spiny pocket mouse **''Heteromys anomalus'' - Trinidad spiny pocket mouse **''Heteromys australis'' - southern spiny pocket mouse **''Heteromys catopterius'' - Overlook spiny pocket mouse **''Heteromys desmarestianus'' - Desmarest's spiny pocket mouse **''Heteromys gaumeri'' - Gaumer's spiny pocket mouse **''Heteromys goldmani'' - Goldman's spiny pocket mouse **''Heteromys irroratus'' - Mexican spiny pocket mouse **''Heteromys nelsoni'' - Nelson's spiny pocket mouse **''Heteromys nubicolens'' - Cloud-dwelling spiny pocket mouse **''Heteromys oasicus'' - Paraguaná spiny pocket mouse **''Heteromys oresterus'' - mountain spiny pocket mouse **''Heteromys pictus'' - painted spiny pocket mouse **''Heteromys salvini'' - Salvin's spiny pocket mouse **''Heteromys spectabilis'' - Jaliscan spiny pocket mouse **''Heteromys teleus'' - Ecuadoran spiny pocket mouse


Subfamily Perognathinae

* Genus ''Chaetodipus'' **''Chaetodipus arenarius'' - little desert pocket mouse **''Chaetodipus artus'' - narrow-skulled pocket mouse **''Chaetodipus baileyi'' - Bailey's pocket mouse **''Chaetodipus californicus'' - California pocket mouse **''Chaetodipus dalquesti'' - Dalquest's pocket mouse **''Chaetodipus eremicus'' - Chihuahuan pocket mouse **''Chaetodipus fallax'' - San Diego pocket mouse **''Chaetodipus formosus'' - long-tailed pocket mouse **''Chaetodipus goldmani'' - Goldman's pocket mouse **''Chaetodipus hispidus'' - hispid pocket mouse **''Chaetodipus intermedius'' - rock pocket mouse **''Chaetodipus lineatus'' - lined pocket mouse **''Chaetodipus nelsoni'' - Nelson's pocket mouse **''Chaetodipus penicillatus'' - desert pocket mouse **''Chaetodipus pernix'' - Sinaloan pocket mouse **''Chaetodipus rudinoris'' - Baja California pocket mouse **''Chaetodipus spinatus'' - spiny pocket mouse *Genus ''Perognathus'' **''Perognathus alticola'' - white-eared pocket mouse **''Perognathus amplus'' - Arizona pocket mouse **''Perognathus fasciatus'' - olive-backed pocket mouse **''Perognathus flavescens'' - plains pocket mouse **''Perognathus flavus'' - silky pocket mouse **''Perognathus inornatus'' - San Joaquin pocket mouse **''Perognathus longimembris'' - little pocket mouse ***''Perognathus longimembris pacificus'' - Pacific pocket mouse **''Perognathus merriami'' - Merriam's pocket mouse **''Perognathus parvus'' - Great Basin pocket mouse


Suborder Myomorpha


Family Dipodidae


Subfamily Allactaginae

*Genus ''Allactaga'' **Subgenus ''Allactaga'' *** ''Allactaga firouzi'' - Iranian jerboa *** ''Allactaga hotsoni'' - Hotson's jerboa *** ''Allactaga major'' - great jerboa *** ''Allactaga severtzovi'' - Severtzov's jerboa **Subgenus ''Orientallactaga'' *** ''Allactaga balikunica'' - Balikun jerboa *** ''Allactaga bullata'' - Gobi jerboa *** ''Allactaga sibirica'' - Mongolian five-toed jerboa *Genus ''Allactodipus'' **''Allactodipus bobrinskii'' - Bobrinski's jerboa *Genus ''Pygeretmus'' ** ''Pygeretmus platyurus'' - lesser fat-tailed jerboa ** ''Pygeretmus pumilio'' - dwarf fat-tailed jerboa ** ''Pygeretmus shitkovi'' - greater fat-tailed jerboa *Genus ''Scarturus'' ** ''Scarturus elater'' - small five-toed jerboa ** ''Scarturus euphratica'' - Euphrates jerboa ** ''Scarturus tetradactyla'' - four-toed jerboa ** ''Scarturus vinogradovi'' - Vinogradov's jerboa ** ''Scarturus williamsi'' - Williams's jerboa


Subfamily Cardiocraniinae

*Genus ''Cardiocranius'' **''Cardiocranius paradoxus'' - five-toed pygmy jerboa *Genus ''Salpingotulus'' **''Salpingotulus michaelis'' - Baluchistan pygmy jerboa *Genus ''Salpingotus'' **Subgenus ''Anguistodontus'' ***''Salpingotus crassicauda'' - thick-tailed pygmy jerboa **Subgenus ''Prosalpingotus'' ***''Salpingotus heptneri'' - Heptner's pygmy jerboa ***''Salpingotus pallidus'' - pallid pygmy jerboa ***''Salpingotus thomasi'' - Thomas' pygmy jerboa **Subgenus ''Salpingotus'' ***''Salpingotus kozlovi'' - Koslov's pygmy jerboa


Subfamily Dipodinae

*Genus ''Dipus'' ** ''Dipus sagitta'' - northern three-toed jerboa *Genus ''Eremodipus'' ** ''Eremodipus lichtensteini'' - Lichtenstein's jerboa *Genus ''Jaculus (rodent), Jaculus'' ** ''Jaculus blanfordi'' - Blanford's jerboa ** ''Jaculus hirtipes'' - African hammada jerboa ** ''Jaculus jaculus'' - lesser Egyptian jerboa ** ''Jaculus orientalis'' - greater Egyptian jerboa ** ''Jaculus thaleri'' - Thaler's jerboa ** ''Jaculus turcmenicus''? - Turkmen jerboa *Genus ''Paradipus'' ** ''Paradipus ctenodactylus'' - comb-toed jerboa *Genus ''Stylodipus'' ** ''Stylodipus andrewsi'' - Andrew's three-toed jerboa ** ''Stylodipus sungorus'' - Mongolian three-toed jerboa ** ''Stylodipus telum'' - thick-tailed three-toed jerboa


Subfamily Euchoreutinae

*Genus ''Euchoreutes'' **''Euchoreutes naso'' - long-eared jerboa


Subfamily Sicistinae

*Genus ''Sicista'' **''Sicista armenica'' - Armenian birch mouse **''Sicista betulina'' - northern birch mouse **''Sicista caucasica'' - Caucasian birch mouse **''Sicista caudata'' - long-tailed birch mouse **''Sicista cimlanica'' - Tsimlyansk birch mouse **''Sicista concolor'' - Chinese birch mouse **''Sicista kazbegica'' - Kazbeg birch mouse **''Sicista kluchorica'' - Kluchor birch mouse **''Sicista loriger'' - Nordmann's birch mouse **''Sicista napaea'' - Altai birch mouse **''Sicista pseudonapaea'' - gray birch mouse **''Sicista severtzovi'' - Severtzov's birch mouse **''Sicista strandi'' - Strand's birch mouse **''Sicista subtilis'' - southern birch mouse **''Sicista talgarica'' - Talgar birch mouse **''Sicista terskeica'' - Terskey birch mouse **''Sicista tianshanica'' - Tien Shan birch mouse **''Sicista trizona'' - Hungarian birch mouse **''Sicista zhetysuica'' - Zhetysu birch mouse


Subfamily Zapodinae

*Genus ''Eozapus'' **''Eozapus setchuanus'' - Chinese jumping mouse *Genus ''Napaeozapus'' **''Napaeozapus insignis'' - woodland jumping mouse *Genus ''Zapus'' **''Zapus hudsonius'' - Northern meadow jumping mouse ***''Zapus hudsonius preblei'' - Preble's meadow jumping mouse **''Zapus luteus'' - Southern meadow jumping mouse **''Zapus montanus'' - Central Pacific jumping mouse **''Zapus oregonus'' - Oregon jumping mouse **''Zapus pacificus'' - South Pacific jumping mouse **''Zapus princeps'' - Southwestern jumping mouse **''Zapus saltator'' - Northwestern jumping mouse **''Zapus trinotatus'' - North Pacific jumping mouse


Family Platacanthomyidae

*Genus ''Platacanthomys'' **''Platacanthomys lasiurus'' - Malabar spiny dormouse *Genus ''Typhlomys'' **''Typhlomys cinereus'' - Chapa pygmy dormouse


Family Spalacidae


Subfamily Myospalacinae

*Genus ''Eospalax'' **''Eospalax fontanierii'' - Chinese zokor **''Eospalax rothschildi'' - Rothschild's zokor **''Eospalax smithii'' - Smith's zokor *Genus ''Myospalax'' **''Myospalax aspalax'' - false zokor **''Myospalax epsilanus''? - Manchurian zokor **''Myospalax myospalax'' - Siberian zokor **''Myospalax psilurus'' - Transbaikal zokor


Subfamily Rhizomyinae

*Genus ''Cannomys'' **''Cannomys badius'' - lesser bamboo rat *Genus ''Rhizomys'' **''Rhizomys pruinosus'' - hoary bamboo rat **''Rhizomys sinensis'' - Chinese bamboo rat **''Rhizomys sumatrensis'' - large bamboo rat


Subfamily Tachyoryctinae

*Genus ''Tachyoryctes'' **''Tachyoryctes ankoliae'' - Ankole mole rat **''Tachyoryctes annectens'' - Mianzini mole rat **''Tachyoryctes audax'' - audacious mole rat **''Tachyoryctes daemon'' - demon mole rat **''Tachyoryctes ibeanus'' - Kenyan African mole rat **''Tachyoryctes macrocephalus'' - big-headed mole rat **''Tachyoryctes naivashae'' - Naivasha mole rat **''Tachyoryctes rex'' - king mole rat **''Tachyoryctes ruandae'' - Ruanda mole rat **''Tachyoryctes ruddi'' - Rudd's mole rat **''Tachyoryctes spalacinus'' - Embi mole rat **''Tachyoryctes splendens'' - East African mole rat **''Tachyoryctes storeyi'' - Storey's African mole rat


Subfamily Spalacinae

*Genus ''Nannospalax'' **''Nannospalax carmeli''? - Mt. Carmel blind mole rat **''Nannospalax ehrenbergi''? - Middle East blind mole rat **''Nannospalax galili''? - Upper Galilee Mountains blind mole rat **''Nannospalax golani''? - Golan Heights blind mole rat **''Nannospalax leucodon'' - lesser blind mole rat **''Nannospalax judaei''? - Judean Mountains blind mole rat **''Nannospalax nehringi''? - Nehring's blind mole rat **''Nannospalax xanthodon'' - Anatolian blind mole-rat *Genus ''Spalax (genus), Spalax'' **''Spalax antiquus'' - Mehely's blind mole-rat **''Spalax arenarius'' - sandy mole rat **''Spalax giganteus'' - giant mole rat **''Spalax graecus'' - Bukovin mole rat **''Spalax istricus'' - Oltenia blind mole-rat **''Spalax microphthalmus'' - greater mole rat **''Spalax munzuri''? - Munzur mole-rat **''Spalax uralensis'' - Kazakhstan blind mole rat **''Spalax zemni'' - Podolsk mole rat


Family Calomyscidae

*Genus ''Calomyscus'' **''Calomyscus bailwardi'' - Zagros mouse-like hamster **''Calomyscus baluchi'' - Balochistan mouse-like hamster **''Calomyscus elburzensis'' - Elburz mouse-like hamster **''Calomyscus grandis'' - Noble mouse-like hamster **''Calomyscus hotsoni'' - Makran mouse-like hamster **''Calomyscus mystax'' - Turkmen mouse-like hamster **''Calomyscus tsolovi'' - Syrian mouse-like hamster from **''Calomyscus urartensis'' - Azerbaijani mouse-like hamster


Family Nesomyidae


Subfamily Petromyscinae

*Genus ''Petromyscus'' **''Petromyscus barbouri'' - Barbour's rock mouse **''Petromyscus collinus'' - pygmy rock mouse **''Petromyscus monticularis'' - Brukkaros pygmy rock mouse **''Petromyscus shortridgei'' - Shortridge's rock mouse


Subfamily Delanymyinae

*Genus ''Delanymys'' **''Delanymys brooksi'' - Delany's swamp mouse


Subfamily Dendromurinae

*Genus ''Dendromus'' **''Dendromus insignis'' - remarkable climbing mouse **''Dendromus kahuziensis'' - Mount Kahuzi climbing mouse **''Dendromus kivu''? - Kivu climbing mouse **''Dendromus lachaisei'' - Lachaise's climbing mouse **''Dendromus leucostomus'' - Monard's African climbing mouse **''Dendromus lovati'' - Lovat's climbing mouse **''Dendromus melanotis'' - gray climbing mouse **''Dendromus mesomelas'' - Brant's climbing mouse **''Dendromus messorius'' - banana climbing mouse **''Dendromus mystacalis'' - chestnut climbing mouse **''Dendromus nyasae'' - Kivu climbing mouse **''Dendromus nyikae'' - Nyika climbing mouse **''Dendromus oreas'' - Cameroon climbing mouse **''Dendromus ruppi'' - Rupp's African climbing mouse **''Dendromus vernayi'' - Vernay's climbing mouse *Genus ''Dendroprionomys'' **''Dendroprionomys rousseloti'' - velvet climbing mouse *Genus ''Malacothrix (mammal), Malacothrix'' **''Malacothrix typica'' - gerbil mouse *Genus ''Megadendromus'' **''Megadendromus nikolausi'' - Nikolaus's mouse *Genus ''Prionomys'' **''Prionomys batesi'' - Dollman's tree mouse *Genus ''Steatomys'' **''Steatomys bocagei'' - Bocage's African fat mouse **''Steatomys caurinus'' - northwestern fat mouse **''Steatomys cuppedius'' - dainty fat mouse **''Steatomys jacksoni'' - Jackson's fat mouse **''Steatomys krebsii'' - Kreb's fat mouse **''Steatomys opimus'' - Pousargue's African fat mouse **''Steatomys parvus'' - tiny fat mouse **''Steatomys pratensis'' - fat mouse


Subfamily Mystromyinae

*Genus ''Mystromys'' **''Mystromys albicaudatus'' - white-tailed rat or white-tailed mouse


Subfamily Cricetomyinae

*Genus ''Beamys'' **''Beamys hindei'' - long-tailed pouched rat **''Beamys major'' - greater long-tailed pouched rat *Genus ''Cricetomys'' **''Cricetomys ansorgei'' - Southern giant pouched rat **''Cricetomys emini'' - Emin's giant pouched rat **''Cricetomys gambianus'' - Gambian giant pouched rat **''Cricetomys kivuensis'' - Kivu giant pouched rat *Genus ''Saccostomus'' **''Saccostomus campestris'' - South African pouched mouse **''Saccostomus mearnsi'' - Mearns's pouched mouse


Subfamily Nesomyinae

*Genus ''Brachytarsomys'' **''Brachytarsomys albicauda'' - white-tailed rat **''Brachytarsomys mahajambaensis'' - (extinct) **''Brachytarsomys villosa'' - hairy-tailed antsangy *Genus ''Brachyuromys'' **''Brachyuromys betsileoensis'' - Betsileo short-tailed rat **''Brachyuromys ramirohitra'' - gregarious short-tailed rat *Genus ''Eliurus'' **''Eliurus antsingy'' - Tsingy tufted-tailed rat **''Eliurus carletoni'' - Ankarana Special Reserve tufted-tailed rat **''Eliurus danieli'' - Daniel's tufted-tailed rat **''Eliurus ellermani'' - Ellerman's tufted-tailed rat **''Eliurus grandidieri'' - Grandidier's tufted-tailed rat **''Eliurus majori'' - Major's tufted-tailed rat **''Eliurus minor'' - lesser tufted-tailed rat **''Eliurus myoxinus'' - dormouse tufted-tailed rat **''Eliurus penicillatus'' - white-tipped tufted-tailed rat **''Eliurus petteri'' - Petter's tufted-tailed rat **''Eliurus tanala'' - Tanala tufted-tailed rat **''Eliurus webbi'' - Webb's tufted-tailed rat *Genus ''Gymnuromys'' **''Gymnuromys roberti'' - voalavoanala *Genus ''Hypogeomys'' **''Hypogeomys antimena'' - Malagasy giant rat **''Hypogeomys australis'' - (extinct) *Genus ''Macrotarsomys'' **''Macrotarsomys bastardi'' - bastard big-footed mouse **''Macrotarsomys ingens'' - greater big-footed mouse **''Macrotarsomys petteri'' - Petter's big-footed mouse *Genus ''Monticolomys'' **''Monticolomys koopmani'' - Koopman's montane voalavo *Genus ''Nesomys'' **''Nesomys audeberti'' - white-bellied nesomys **''Nesomys lambertoni'' - western nesomys **''Nesomys narindaensis'' - (extinct) **''Nesomys rufus'' - island mouse *Genus ''Voalavo'' **''Voalavo antsahabensis'' - Eastern voalavo **''Voalavo gymnocaudus'' - Northern voalavo


Family Cricetidae


Subfamily Lophiomyinae

*Genus ''Lophiomys'' **''Lophiomys imhausi'' - maned rat or crested rat


Subfamily Cricetinae

*Genus ''Allocricetulus'' **''Allocricetulus curtatus'' - Mongolian hamster **''Allocricetulus eversmanni'' - Eversmann's hamster *Genus ''Cansumys'' **''Cansumys canus'' - Gansu hamster *Genus ''Cricetulus'' **''Cricetulus alticola'' - Tibetan ratlike hamster **''Cricetulus barabensis'' - Chinese striped hamster **''Cricetulus griseus'' - Chinese hamster **''Cricetulus kamensis'' - Kam ratlike hamster **''Cricetulus lama'' - Lama dwarf hamster **''Cricetulus longicaudatus'' - long-tailed ratlike hamster **''Cricetulus migratorius'' - grey ratlike hamster **''Cricetulus sokolovi'' - Sokolov's ratlike hamster *Genus ''Cricetus'' **''Cricetus cricetus'' - European hamster or black-bellied hamster *Genus ''Mesocricetus'' **''Mesocricetus auratus'' - golden hamster **''Mesocricetus brandti'' - Turkish hamster **''Mesocricetus newtoni'' - Romanian hamster **''Mesocricetus raddei'' - Ciscaucasian hamster *Genus ''Phodopus'' **''Phodopus campbelli'' - Campbell's dwarf hamster **''Phodopus roborovski'' - Roborovski's (desert) dwarf hamster **''Phodopus sungorus'' - winter white (Dzhungarian) dwarf hamster *Genus ''Tscherskia'' **''Tscherskia triton'' - greater long-tailed hamster


Subfamily Arvicolinae

*Genus ''Alticola'' **''Alticola albicaudus'' - white-tailed mountain vole **''Alticola argentatus'' - silver mountain vole **''Alticola barakshin'' - Gobi Altai mountain vole **''Alticola lemminus'' - lemming vole **''Alticola macrotis'' - large-eared vole **''Alticola montosa'' - Central Kashmir vole **''Alticola olchonensis'' - Lake Baikal mountain vole **''Alticola roylei'' - Royle's mountain vole **''Alticola semicanus'' - Mongolian silver vole **''Alticola stoliczkanus'' - Stoliczka's mountain vole **''Alticola strelzowi'' - flat-headed vole **''Alticola tuvinicus'' - Tuva silver vole *Genus ''Arborimus'' **''Arborimus albipes'' - white-footed vole **''Arborimus longicaudus'' - red tree vole **''Arborimus pomo'' - Sonoma tree vole *Genus ''Arvicola'' **''Arvicola amphibius'' - European (or northern) water vole **''Arvicola sapidus'' - southwestern (or southern) water vole **''Arvicola scherman'' - montane water vole *Genus ''Blanfordimys'' **''Blanfordimys afghanus'' - Afghan vole **''Blanfordimys bucharicus'' - Bucharian vole **''Blanfordimys juldaschi'' - juniper vole *Genus ''Caryomys'' **''Caryomys eva'' - Eva's red-backed vole **''Caryomys inez'' - Inez's red-backed vole *Genus ''Chionomys'' **''Chionomys gud'' - Caucasian snow vole **''Chionomys nivalis'' - European snow vole **''Chionomys roberti'' - Robert's snow vole *Genus ''Dicrostonyx'' **''Dicrostonyx exsul''? - St Lawrence Island collared lemming **''Dicrostonyx groenlandicus'' - northern collared lemming **''Dicrostonyx hudsonius'' - Ungava collared lemming **''Dicrostonyx kilangmiutak''? - Victoria collared lemming **''Dicrostonyx nelsoni'' - Nelson's collared lemming **''Dicrostonyx nunatakensis'' - Ogilvie Mountain collared lemming **''Dicrostonyx richardsoni'' - Richardson's collared lemming **''Dicrostonyx rubricatus''? - Bering collared lemming **''Dicrostonyx torquatus'' - Arctic lemming **''Dicrostonyx unalascensis'' - Unalaska collared lemming **''Dicrostonyx vinogradovi''? - Wrangel lemming *Genus ''Dinaromys'' **''Dinaromys bogdanovi'' - Balkan snow vole or Martino's snow vole *Genus ''Ellobius'' **''Ellobius alaicus'' - Alai mole vole **''Ellobius fuscocapillus'' - southern mole vole **''Ellobius lutescens'' - Transcaucasian mole vole **''Ellobius talpinus'' - northern mole vole **''Ellobius tancrei'' - Zaisan mole vole *Genus ''Eolagurus'' **''Eolagurus luteus'' - yellow steppe lemming **''Eolagurus przewalskii'' - Przewalski's steppe lemming *Genus ''Eothenomys'' **''Eothenomys cachinus'' - Kachin red-backed vole **''Eothenomys chinensis'' - Pratt's vole **''Eothenomys custos'' - southwest China vole **''Eothenomys melanogaster'' - Pere David's vole **''Eothenomys miletus'' - Yunnan red-backed vole **''Eothenomys olitor'' - Chaotung vole **''Eothenomys proditor'' - Yulungshan vole **''Eothenomys wardi'' - Ward's red-backed vole *Genus ''Hyperacrius'' **''Hyperacrius fertilis'' - True's vole **''Hyperacrius wynnei'' - Murree vole *Genus ''Lagurus (rodent), Lagurus'' **''Lagurus lagurus'' - steppe lemming *Genus ''Lasiopodomys'' **''Lasiopodomys brandtii'' - Brandt's vole **''Lasiopodomys fuscus'' - plateau vole **''Lasiopodomys mandarinus'' - Mandarin vole *Genus ''Lemmiscus'' **''Lemmiscus curtatus'' - sagebrush vole *Genus ''Lemmus'' **''Lemmus amurensis'' - Amur lemming **''Lemmus lemmus'' - Norway lemming **''Lemmus nigripes'' - Beringian lemming **''Lemmus paulus'' - Wrangel Island lemming **''Lemmus sibiricus'' - Siberian brown lemming **''Lemmus trimucronatus'' - North American brown lemming *Genus ''Microtus'' **Subgenus ''Microtus'' ***''Microtus agrestis'' - field vole ***''Microtus anatolicus'' - Anatolian vole ***''Microtus arvalis'' - common vole ***''Microtus cabrerae'' - Cabrera's vole ***''Microtus dogramacii'' - Doğramaci's vole ***''Microtus elbeyli'' - Elbeyli vole ***''Microtus guentheri'' - Günther's vole ***''Microtus hartingii''? - Harting's vole? ***''Microtus ilaeus'' - Tien Shan vole ***''Microtus irani'' - Persian vole ***''Microtus kermanensis''? - Baluchistan vole ***''Microtus lavernedii'' - Mediterranean field vole ***''Microtus levis'' - Southern vole ***''Microtus lydius'' - Turkish vole ***''Microtus mystacinus'' - East European vole ***''Microtus obscurus''? - Altai vole ***''Microtus paradoxus'' - Paradox vole ***''Microtus qazvinensis'' - Qazvin vole ***''Microtus rosianus''? - Portuguese field vole? ***''Microtus schidlovskii'' - Schidlovsky's vole ***''Microtus socialis'' - social vole ***''Microtus transcaspicus'' - Transcaspian vole **Subgenus ''Alexandromys'' ***''Microtus clarkei'' - Clarke's vole ***''Microtus evoronensis'' - evorsk vole ***''Microtus fortis'' - reed vole ***''Microtus gerbii'' - Gerbe's vole ***''Microtus kikuchii'' - Taiwan vole ***''Microtus limnophilus'' - lacustrine vole ***''Microtus maximowiczii'' - Maximowicz's vole ***''Microtus middendorffi'' - Middendorf's vole ***''Microtus mongolicus'' - Mongolian vole ***''Microtus montebelli'' - Japanese grass vole ***''Microtus mujanensis'' - muisk vole ***''Microtus oeconomus'' - tundra vole ***''Microtus sachalinensis'' - Sakhalin vole **Subgenus ''Hyrcanicola'' ***''Microtus schelkovnikovi'' - Schelkovnikov's pine vole **Subgenus ''Mynomes'' ***''Microtus breweri'' - beach vole ***''Microtus canicaudus'' - gray-tailed vole ***''Microtus drummondi'' - Western meadow vole ***''Microtus dukecampbelli'' - Florida salt marsh vole ***''Microtus montanus'' - montane vole ***''Microtus oregoni'' - creeping vole ***''Microtus pennsylvanicus'' - meadow vole ***''Microtus townsendii'' - Townsend's vole **Subgenus ''Pedomys'' ***''Microtus ochrogaster'' - prairie vole **Subgenus ''Pitymys'' ***''Microtus guatemalensis'' - Guatemalan vole ***''Microtus oaxacensis'' - Tarabundi vole ***''Microtus pinetorum'' - woodland vole ***''Microtus quasiater'' - Jalapan pine vole **Subgenus ''Stenocranius'' ***''Microtus gregalis'' - narrow-headed vole **Subgenus ''Terricola'' ***''Microtus bavaricus'' - Bavarian pine vole ***''Microtus brachycercus'' - Calabria pine vole ***''Microtus daghestanicus'' - Daghestan pine vole ***''Microtus duodecimcostatus'' - Mediterranean pine vole ***''Microtus felteni'' - Felten's vole ***''Microtus liechtensteini'' - Lichtenstein's pine vole ***''Microtus lusitanicus'' - Lusitanian pine vole ***''Microtus majori'' - Major's pine vole ***''Microtus multiplex'' - alpine pine vole ***''Microtus nebrodensis''? - Sicilian pine vole? ***''Microtus savii'' - Savi's pine vole ***''Microtus subterraneus'' - European pine vole ***''Microtus tatricus'' - Tatra pine vole ***''Microtus thomasi'' - Thomas's pine vole **Subgenus ''incertae sedis'' ***''Microtus abbreviatus'' - insular vole ***''Microtus californicus'' - California vole ***''Microtus chrotorrhinus'' - rock vole ***''Microtus longicaudus'' - long-tailed vole ***''Microtus mexicanus'' - Mexican vole ***''Microtus miurus'' - singing vole ***''Microtus mogollonensis''? - Mogollon vole? ***''Microtus richardsoni'' - water vole ***''Microtus umbrosus'' - Zempoaltepec vole ***''Microtus xanthognathus'' - taiga vole ** Others Microtus "Species" ***''Microtus hyperboreus''? - North Siberian vole ***''Microtus kirgisorum''? - Tien Shan vole ***''Microtus nasarovi''? - Nasarov's vole ***''Microtus rossiaemeridionalis''? - southern vole *Genus ''Red-backed vole (disambiguation), Myodes'' **''Myodes andersoni'' - Japanese red-backed vole **''Myodes californicus'' - western red-backed vole **''Myodes centralis'' - Tien Shan red-backed vole **''Myodes gapperi'' - southern red-backed vole **''Myodes glareolus'' - bank vole **''Myodes imaizumii'' - Imaizumi's red-backed vole **''Myodes regulus'' - Royal vole **''Myodes rex'' - Hokkaido red-backed vole **''Myodes rufocanus'' - grey red-backed vole **''Myodes rutilus'' - northern red-backed vole **''Myodes shanseius'' - Shansei vole **''Myodes smithii'' - Smith's vole **''Myodes sikotanensis''? - Shikotan vole *Genus ''Myopus'' **''Myopus schisticolor'' - wood lemming *Genus ''Neodon'' **''Neodon forresti'' - Forrest's mountain vole **''Neodon irene'' - Irene's mountain vole **''Neodon linzhiensis'' - Linzhi mountain vole **''Neodon sikimensis'' - Sikkim mountain vole *Genus ''Neofiber'' **''Neofiber alleni'' - round-tailed muskrat *Genus ''Ondatra'' **''Ondatra zibethicus'' - muskrat or musquash *Genus ''Phaiomys'' **''Phaiomys leucurus'' - Blyth's mountain vole *Genus ''Phenacomys'' **''Phenacomys intermedius'' - western heather vole **''Phenacomys ungava'' - eastern heather vole *Genus ''Proedromys'' **''Proedromys bedfordi'' - Duke Of Bedford's vole **''Proedromys liangshanensis'' - Liangshan vole *Genus ''Prometheomys'' **''Prometheomys schaposchnikowi'' - long-clawed mole vole *Genus ''Synaptomys'' **''Synaptomys borealis'' - northern bog lemming **''Synaptomys cooperi'' - southern bog lemming *Genus ''Volemys'' **''Volemys millicens'' - Szechuan vole **''Volemys musseri'' - Marie's vole


Subfamily Tylomyinae


=Tribe Nyctomyini

= *Genus ''Nyctomys'' **''Nyctomys sumichrasti'' - Sumichrast's vesper rat *Genus ''Otonyctomys'' **''Otonyctomys hatti'' - Hatt's vesper rat


=Tribe Tylomyini

= *Genus ''Ototylomys'' **''Ototylomys chiapensis'' - La Pera big-eared climbing rat **''Ototylomys phyllotis'' - big-eared climbing rat *Genus ''Tylomys'' **''Tylomys bullaris'' - Chiapan climbing rat **''Tylomys fulviventer'' - fulvous-bellied climbing rat **''Tylomys mirae'' - Mira climbing rat **''Tylomys nudicaudus'' - Peters's climbing rat **''Tylomys panamensis'' - Panamanian climbing rat **''Tylomys tumbalensis'' - Tumbala climbing rat **''Tylomys watsoni'' - Watson's climbing rat


Subfamily Neotominae

*Genus ''Baiomys'' **''Baiomys musculus'' - southern pygmy mouse **''Baiomys taylori'' - northern pygmy mouse or ratón-pigmeo norteño *Genus ''Habromys'' **''Habromys chinanteco'' - Chinanteco deer mouse **''Habromys delicatulus'' - delicate deermouse **''Habromys ixtlani'' - Ixtlán deermouse **''Habromys lepturus'' - slender-tailed deer mouse **''Habromys lophurus'' - crested-tailed deer mouse **''Habromys schmidlyi'' - Schmidly's deer mouse **''Habromys simulatus'' - Jico deer mouse *Genus ''Hodomys'' **''Hodomys alleni'' - Allen's woodrat *Genus ''Isthmomys'' **''Isthmomys flavidus'' - yellow isthmus rat **''Isthmomys pirrensis'' - Mt. Pirri isthmus rat *Genus ''Megadontomys'' **''Megadontomys cryophilus'' - Oaxaca giant deer mouse **''Megadontomys nelsoni'' - Nelson's giant deer mouse **''Megadontomys thomasi'' - Thomas's giant deer mouse *Genus ''Nelsonia (rodent), Nelsonia'' **''Nelsonia goldmani'' - Nelson and Goldman's woodrat **''Nelsonia neotomodon'' - diminutive woodrat *Genus ''Neotoma'' **Subgenus (''Neotoma'') ***''Neotoma albigula'' - white-throated woodrat ****''Neotoma albigula varia'' - Turner Island woodrat ***''Neotoma angustapalata'' - Tamaulipan woodrat ***''Neotoma bryanti'' - Bryant's woodrat ****''Neotoma bryanti anthonyi'' - Anthony's woodrat ****''Neotoma bryanti bunkeri'' - Bunker's woodrat ****''Neotoma bryanti martinensis'' - San Martin Island woodrat ***''Neotoma chrysomelas'' - Nicaraguan woodrat ***''Neotoma devia'' - Arizona woodrat ***''Neotoma findleyi'' - Findley's woodrat (extinct) ***''Neotoma floridana'' - Florida woodrat or eastern woodrat ****''Neotoma floridana smalli'' - Key Largo woodrat ***''Neotoma goldmani'' - Goldman's woodrat ***''Neotoma insularis'' - Angel de la Guarda woodrat ***''Neotoma lepida'' - desert woodrat ***''Neotoma leucodon'' - White-toothed woodrat ***''Neotoma macrotis'' - big-eared woodrat ***''Neotoma magister'' - Allegheny woodrat ***''Neotoma mexicana'' - Mexican woodrat ***''Neotoma micropus'' - southern plains woodrat ***''Neotoma nelsoni'' - Nelson's woodrat ***''Neotoma palatina'' - Bolaos woodrat ***''Neotoma stephensi'' - Stephens's woodrat **Subgenus (''Teanopus'') ***''Neotoma phenax'' - Sonoran woodrat **Subgenus (''Teonoma'') ***''Neotoma cinerea'' - bushy-tailed woodrat ***''Neotoma fuscipes'' - dusky-footed woodrat *Genus ''Neotomodon'' **''Neotomodon alstoni'' - Mexican volcano mouse *Genus ''Ochrotomys'' **''Ochrotomys nuttalli'' - golden mouse *Genus ''Onychomys'' **''Onychomys arenicola'' - Mearns's grasshopper mouse **''Onychomys leucogaster'' - northern grasshopper mouse **''Onychomys torridus'' - southern grasshopper mouse *Genus ''Osgoodomys'' **''Osgoodomys banderanus'' - Michoacan deer mouse *Genus ''Peromyscus'' **''californicus'' group ***''Peromyscus californicus'' - California deermouse **''eremicus'' group ***''Peromyscus caniceps'' - Burt's deer mouse ***''Peromyscus dickeyi'' - Dickey's deer mouse ***''Peromyscus eremicus'' - cactus mouse ***''Peromyscus eva'' - Eva's desert mouse ***''Peromyscus fraterculus'' - Northern Baja deer mouse ***''Peromyscus guardia'' - Angel Island mouse [possibly extinct] ***''Peromyscus interparietalis'' - San Lorenzo mouse ***''Peromyscus merriami'' - mesquite mouse ***''Peromyscus pembertoni'' - Pemberton's deer mouse [extinct] ***''Peromyscus pseudocrinitus'' - false canyon mouse **''hooperi'' group ***''Peromyscus hooperi'' - Hooper's mouse **''crinitus'' group ***''Peromyscus crinitus'' - canyon mouse **''maniculatus'' group ***''Peromyscus arcticus'' - Yukon deer mouse ***''Peromyscus gambellii'' - Gambel's deer mouse ***''Peromyscus keeni'' - Northwestern deer mouse ***''Peromyscus labecula'' - Southern deer mouse ***''Peromyscus maniculatus'' - Eastern deer mouse ***''Peromyscus melanotis'' - black-eared mouse ***''Peromyscus nesodytes'' - (Extinct) ***''Peromyscus oreas''? - Columbian mouse ***''Peromyscus polionotus'' - oldfield mouse ****''Peromyscus polionotus decoloratus'' - Pallid beach mouse (extinct) ****''Peromyscus polionotus phasma'' - Anastasia Island beach mouse ***''Peromyscus sejugis'' - Santa Cruz mouse ***''Peromyscus sitkensis''? - Sitka mouse ***''Peromyscus slevini'' - Slevin's mouse ***''Peromyscus sonoriensis'' - Western deer mouse **''leucopus'' group ***''Peromyscus gossypinus'' - cotton mouse ****''Peromyscus gossypinus allapaticola'' - Key Largo cotton mouse ****''Peromyscus gossypinus restrictus'' - Chadwick Beach cotton mouse (extinct) ***''Peromyscus leucopus'' - white-footed mouse **''aztecus'' group ***''Peromyscus aztecus'' - Aztec mouse ***''Peromyscus hylocetes'' - Transvolcanic deer mouse ***''Peromyscus oaxacensis'' - Oaxacan deer mouse ***''Peromyscus spicilegus'' - gleaning mouse ***''Peromyscus winkelmanni'' - Winkelmann's mouse **''boylii'' group ***''Peromyscus beatae'' - Orizaba deer mouse ***''Peromyscus boylii'' - brush mouse ***''Peromyscus carletoni'' - Carleton's deer mouse ***''Peromyscus kilpatricki'' - Kilpatrick's deer mouse ***''Peromyscus levipes'' - nimble-footed mouse ***''Peromyscus madrensis'' - Tres Marias Island mouse ***''Peromyscus polius'' - Chihuahuan mouse ***''Peromyscus sagax'' - La Palma deer mouse ***''Peromyscus schmidlyi'' - Schmidly's deer mouse ***''Peromyscus simulus'' - Nayarit mouse ***''Peromyscus stephani'' - San Eseban Island mouse **''truei'' group ***''Peromyscus attwateri'' - Texas mouse ***''Peromyscus bullatus'' - Perote mouse ***''Peromyscus difficilis'' - Zacatecan deer mouse ***''Peromyscus gratus'' - Osgood's mouse ***''Peromyscus laceianus'' - Northern white-ankled mouse ***''Peromyscus nasutus'' - northern rock mouse ***''Peromyscus ochraventer'' - El Carrizo deer mouse ***''Peromyscus pectoralis'' - Southern white-ankled mouse ***''Peromyscus truei'' - pinyon mouse **''melanophrys'' group ***''Peromyscus melanophrys'' - plateau mouse ***''Peromyscus mekisturus'' - Puebla deer mouse ***''Peromyscus perfulvus'' - marsh mouse **''furvus'' group ***''Peromyscus furvus'' - blackish deer mouse ***''Peromyscus latirostris'' - Wide-rostrum deer mouse **''megalops'' group ***''Peromyscus megalops'' - brown deer mouse ***''Peromyscus melanocarpus'' - Zempoaltepec ***''Peromyscus melanurus'' - black-tailed mouse **''mexicanus'' group ***''Peromyscus bakeri'' - Baker's deer mouse ***''Peromyscus carolpattonae'' - Carol Patton's deer-mouse ***''Peromyscus gardneri'' - Gardner's deer-mouse ***''Peromyscus grandis'' - big deer mouse ***''Peromyscus guatemalensis'' - Guatemalan deer mouse ***''Peromyscus gymnotis'' - naked-eared deer mouse ***''Peromyscus mayensis'' - Maya mouse ***''Peromyscus mexicanus'' - Mexican deer mouse ***''Peromyscus nicaraguae'' - Nicaraguan deer mouse ***''Peromyscus nudipes'' - Talamancan deer mouse ***''Peromyscus salvadorensis'' - Salvadoran deer mouse ***''Peromyscus stirtoni'' - Stirton's deer mouse ***''Peromyscus tropicalis'' - Chimoxan deer mouse ***''Peromyscus yucatanicus'' - Yucatán deer mouse ***''Peromyscus zarhynchus'' - Chiapan deer mouse *Genus ''Podomys'' **''Podomys floridanus'' - Florida mouse *Genus ''Reithrodontomys'' **''Reithrodontomys bakeri'' - Guerrero harvest mouse **''Reithrodontomys brevirostris'' - short-nosed harvest mouse **''Reithrodontomys burti'' - Sonoran harvest mouse **''Reithrodontomys chrysopsis'' - volcano harvest mouse **''Reithrodontomys creper'' - Chiriqui harvest mouse **''Reithrodontomys darienensis'' - Darien harvest mouse **''Reithrodontomys fulvescens'' - fulvous harvest mouse **''Reithrodontomys gracilis'' - slender harvest mouse **''Reithrodontomys hirsutus'' - hairy harvest mouse **''Reithrodontomys humulis'' - eastern harvest mouse **''Reithrodontomys megalotis'' - western harvest mouse **''Reithrodontomys mexicanus'' - Mexican harvest mouse **''Reithrodontomys microdon'' - small-toothed harvest mouse **''Reithrodontomys montanus'' - plains harvest mouse **''Reithrodontomys musseri'' - Small harvest mouse **''Reithrodontomys paradoxus'' - Nicaraguan harvest mouse **''Reithrodontomys raviventris'' - saltmarsh harvest mouse **''Reithrodontomys rodriguezi'' - Rodriguez's harvest mouse **''Reithrodontomys spectabilis'' - Cozumel harvest mouse **''Reithrodontomys sumichrasti'' - Sumichrast's harvest mouse **''Reithrodontomys tenuirostris'' - narrow-nosed harvest mouse **''Reithrodontomys zacatecae'' - Zacatecas harvest mouse *Genus ''Scotinomys'' **''Scotinomys teguina'' - Alston's brown mouse **''Scotinomys xerampelinus'' - Chiriqui brown mouse *Genus ''Xenomys'' **''Xenomys nelsoni'' - Magdalena rat


Subfamily Sigmodontinae

*Genus ''Delomys'' **''Delomys collinus'' - montane delomys **''Delomys dorsalis'' - striped Atlantic forest rat **''Delomys sublineatus'' - pallid Atlantic forest rat *Genus ''Irenomys'' **''Irenomys tarsalis'' - Chilean climbing mouse *Genus ''Juliomys'' **''Juliomys anoblepas'' (extinct) **''Juliomys ossitenuis'' - Delicate red-nosed tree mouse **''Juliomys pictipes'' - Contreras' juliomys **''Juliomys rimofrons'' - cleft-headed juliomys **''Juliomys ximenezi'' - Aracuaria Forest tree mouse *Genus ''Phaenomys'' **''Phaenomys ferrugineus'' - Rio de Janeiro arboreal rat *Genus ''Punomys'' **''Punomys kofordi'' - eastern puna mouse **''Punomys lemminus'' - puna mouse *Genus ''Wiedomys'' **''Wiedomys cerradensis'' - Cerrado red-nosed mouse **''Wiedomys pyrrhorhinos'' - red-nosed mouse *Genus ''Wilfredomys'' **''Wilfredomys oenax'' - greater Wilfred's mouse


=Tribe Abrotrichini

= *Genus ''Abrothrix'' **''Abrothrix andinus'' - Andean akodont **''Abrothrix hershkovitzi'' - Hershkovitz's akodont **''Abrothrix hirta'' - Hairy soft-haired mouse **''Abrothrix illuteus'' - gray akodont **''Abrothrix jelskii'' - ornate akodont **''Abrothrix lanosus'' - woolly akodont **''Abrothrix longipilis'' - long-haired akodont **''Abrothrix manni'' - Mann's soft-haired mouse **''Abrothrix olivaceus'' - Manso grass mouse ***''Abrothrix olivaceus markhami'' - Wellington akodont **''Abrothrix sanborni'' - Sanborn's akodont **''Abrothrix xanthorhina'' *Genus ''Chelemys'' **''Chelemys delfini'' - Magellanic long-clawed akodont **''Chelemys macronyx'' - Andean long-clawed mouse **''Chelemys megalonyx'' - large long-clawed mouse *Genus ''Geoxus'' **''Geoxus annectens'' - Pearson's long-clawed akodont **''Geoxus valdivianus'' - long-clawed mole mouse *Genus ''Notiomys'' **''Notiomys edwardsii'' - Edward's long-clawed mouse


=Tribe Akodontini

= *Genus ''Akodon'' **''Akodon aerosus'' - Yungas akodont **''Akodon affinis'' - Cordillera Occidental akodont **''Akodon albiventer'' - white-bellied akodont **''Akodon azarae'' - Azara's akodont **''Akodon boliviensis'' - Bolivian akodont **''Akodon budini'' - Budin's akodont **''Akodon caenosus''- unicolored grass mouse **''Akodon cursor'' - cursorial akodont **''Akodon dayi'' - dusky akodont **''Akodon dolores'' - Córdoba akodont **''Akodon fumeus'' - smoky akodont **''Akodon glaucinus'' **''Akodon iniscatus'' - Patagonian akodont **''Akodon juninensis'' - Junín akodont **''Akodon kofordi'' - Koford's akodont **''Akodon lindberghi'' - Lindbergh's akodont **''Akodon lutescens'' - Altiplano akodont **''Akodon mimus'' - hocicudo-like akodont **''Akodon molinae'' - Molina's grass mouse **''Akodon mollis'' - soft-furred akodont **''Akodon montensis'' - montane akodont **''Akodon mystax'' - Caparaó akodont **''Akodon neocenus'' - Neuquén akodont **''Akodon orophilus'' - Utcubamba akodont **''Akodon paranaensis'' - Paraná akodont **''Akodon pervalens'' - Tarija akodont **''Akodon philipmyersi'' - Philip Myers' akodont **''Akodon polopi'' - Polop's grass mouse **''Akodon reigi'' - Reig's akodont **''Akodon sanctipaulensis'' - São Paulo akodont **''Akodon serrensis'' - Serra do Mar akodont **''Akodon siberiae'' - Cochabamba akodont **''Akodon simulator'' - white-throated akodont **''Akodon spegazzinii'' - Spegazzini's akodont **''Akodon subfuscus'' - Puno akodont **''Akodon surdus'' - slate-bellied akodont **''Akodon sylvanus'' - woodland akodont **''Akodon tartareus'' **''Akodon toba'' - Toba akodont **''Akodon torques'' - cloud forest grass akodont **''Akodon varius'' - variable akodont *Genus ''Bibimys'' **''Bibimys chacoensis'' - Chaco crimson-nosed rat **''Bibimys labiosus'' - large-lipped crimson-nosed rat **''Bibimys torresi'' - Torres' crimson-nosed rat *Genus ''Blarinomys'' **''Blarinomys breviceps'' - Brazilian shrew-mouse *Genus ''Brucepattersonius'' **''Brucepattersonius albinasus''? - white-nosed brucie **''Brucepattersonius griserufescens'' - gray-bellied brucie **''Brucepattersonius guarani'' - Guaraní brucie **''Brucepattersonius igniventris'' - red-bellied brucie **''Brucepattersonius iheringi'' - Ihering's hocicudo **''Brucepattersonius misionensis'' - Misiones brucie **''Brucepattersonius paradisus'' - Arroyo of Paradise brucie **''Brucepattersonius soricinus'' - Soricine brucie *Genus ''Deltamys'' **''Deltamys kempi'' - Kemp's akodont *Genus ''Gyldenstolpia'' **''Gyldenstolpia fronto'' - fossorial giant rat **''Gyldenstolpia planaltensis'' - Cerrado giant rat *Genus ''Juscelinomys'' **''Juscelinomys candango'' - Brasilia burrowing mouse or candango mouse (extinct) **''Juscelinomys guaporensis'' - Rio Guapore burrowing mouse **''Juscelinomys huanchacae'' - Huanchaca akodont **''Juscelinomys talpinus'' - molelike mouse *Genus ''Kunsia'' **''Kunsia tomentosus'' - woolly giant rat *Genus ''Lenoxus'' **''Lenoxus apicalis'' - Andean rat *Genus ''Necromys'' **''Necromys amoenus'' - pleasant bolo mouse **''Necromys benefactus'' - Argentine bolo mouse **''Necromys lactens'' - rufous-bellied bolo mouse **''Necromys lasiurus'' - hairy-tailed bolo mouse **''Necromys lenguarum'' - Paraguayan bolo mouse **''Necromys obscurus'' - dark bolo mouse **''Necromys punctulatus'' - spotted bolo mouse **''Necromys temchuki'' - Temchuk's bolo mouse **''Necromys urichi'' - northern grass mouse *Genus ''Neomicroxus'' **''Neomicroxus bogotensis'' - Bogotá akodont **''Neomicroxus latebricola'' - Ecuadorian akodont *Genus ''Oxymycterus'' **''Oxymycterus akodontius'' - Argentine hocicudo **''Oxymycterus amazonicus'' - Amazon hocicudo **''Oxymycterus angularis'' - angular hocicudo **''Oxymycterus caparaoe'' - Caparao hocicudo **''Oxymycterus dasytrichus'' - Atlantic Forest hocicudo **''Oxymycterus delator'' - spy hocicudo **''Oxymycterus hiska'' - small hocicudo **''Oxymycterus hispidus'' - hispid hocicudo **''Oxymycterus hucucha'' - Quechuan hocicudo **''Oxymycterus inca'' - Incan hocicudo **''Oxymycterus itapeby'' - Itapevi hocicudo rat **''Oxymycterus josei'' - Jose's hocicudo **''Oxymycterus nasutus'' - long-nosed hocicudo **''Oxymycterus paramensis'' - paramo hocicudo **''Oxymycterus quaestor'' - Quaestor hocicudo **''Oxymycterus roberti'' - Robert's hocicudo **''Oxymycterus rufus'' - red hocicudo **''Oxymycterus wayku'' - Ravine hocicudo *Genus ''Podoxymys'' **''Podoxymys roraimae'' - Roraima mouse *Genus ''Scapteromys'' **''Scapteromys aquaticus'' - Argentine swamp rat **''Scapteromys meridionalis'' - Plateau swamp rat **''Scapteromys tumidus'' - swamp rat *Genus ''Thalpomys'' **''Thalpomys cerradensis'' - cerrado mouse **''Thalpomys lasiotis'' - hairy-eared cerrado mouse *Genus ''Thaptomys'' **''Thaptomys nigrita'' - blackish grass mouse


=Tribe Ichthyomyini

= *Genus ''Anotomys'' **''Anotomys leander'' - Ecuador fish-eating rat *Genus ''Chibchanomys'' **''Chibchanomys orcesi'' - Las Cajas ichthyomyine **''Chibchanomys trichotis'' - Chibchan water mouse *Genus ''Ichthyomys'' **''Ichthyomys hydrobates'' - crab-eating rat **''Ichthyomys pittieri'' - Pittier's crab-eating rat **''Ichthyomys stolzmanni'' - Stolzmann's crab-eating rat **''Ichthyomys tweedii'' - Tweedy's crab-eating rat *Genus ''Neusticomys'' **''Neusticomys ferreirai'' - Ferreira's fish-eating rat **''Neusticomys monticolus'' - montane fish-eating rat **''Neusticomys mussoi'' - Musso's fish-eating rat **''Neusticomys oyapocki'' - Oyapock's fish-eating rat **''Neusticomys peruviensis'' - Peruvian fish-eating rat **''Neusticomys venezuelae'' - Venezuelan fish-eating rat **''Neusticomys vossi'' - Voss's fish-eating rat *Genus ''Rheomys'' **''Rheomys mexicanus'' - Mexican water mouse **''Rheomys raptor'' - Goldman's water mouse **''Rheomys thomasi'' - Thomas's water mouse **''Rheomys underwoodi'' - Underwood's water mouse


=Tribe Oryzomyini

= *Genus ''Aegialomys'' **''Aegialomys galapagoensis'' - Galápagos rice rat **''Aegialomys xanthaeolus'' - Yellowish rice rat *Genus ''Amphinectomys'' **''Amphinectomys savamis'' - Ucayali water rat *Genus ''Cerradomys'' **''Cerradomys akroai'' - Akroa rice rat **''Cerradomys goytaca'' - Goytaca rice rat **''Cerradomys langguthi'' - Langguth's rice rat **''Cerradomys maracajuensis'' - Maracaju oryzomys **''Cerradomys marinhus'' - Marinho's rice rat **''Cerradomys scotti'' - Lindbergh's oryzomys **''Cerradomys subflavus'' - Flavescent oryzomys **''Cerradomys vivoi'' - Vivo's rice rat *Genus ''Drymoreomys'' **''Drymoreomys albimaculatus'' - White-throated montane forest rat *Genus ''Eremoryzomys'' **''Eremoryzomys polius'' - gray rice rat *Genus ''Euryoryzomys'' **''Euryoryzomys emmonsae'' - Emmons' rice rat **''Euryoryzomys lamia'' - monster rice rat **''Euryoryzomys legatus'' - big-headed rice rat **''Euryoryzomys macconnelli'' - MacConnell's rice rat **''Euryoryzomys nitidus'' - elegant rice rat **''Euryoryzomys russatus'' - russet rice rat *Genus ''Handleyomys'' **''Handleyomys alfaroi'' - Alfaro's rice rat **''Handleyomys chapmani'' - Chapman's rice rat **''Handleyomys fuscatus'' - dusky-footed montane mouse **''Handleyomys intectus'' - Colombian rice rat **''Handleyomys melanotis'' - black-eared rice rat **''Handleyomys rhabdops'' - striped rice rat **''Handleyomys rostratus'' - long-nosed rice rat **''Handleyomys saturatior'' - cloud forest rice rat *Genus ''Holochilus'' **''Holochilus brasiliensis'' - Brazilian marsh rat **''Holochilus chacarius'' - Chacoan marsh rat **''Holochilus nanus'' - Amazonian marsh rat **''Holochilus oxe'' - Brazilian North-eastern marsh rat **''Holochilus sciureus'' - Cerrado marsh rat *Genus ''Hylaeamys'' **''Hylaeamys acritus'' - Bolivian rice rat **''Hylaeamys laticeps'' - Atlantic Forest oryzomys **''Hylaeamys megacephalus'' - Azara's broad-headed oryzomys **''Hylaeamys oniscus'' - sowbug rice rat **''Hylaeamys perenensis'' - western Amazonian oryzomys **''Hylaeamys tatei'' - Tate's oryzomys **''Hylaeamys yunganus'' - Yungas rice rat *Genus ''Lundomys'' **''Lundomys molitor'' - Lund's amphibious rat *Genus ''Megalomys'' **''Megalomys audreyae'' - Barbuda giant rice-rat (Extinct) **''Megalomys curazensis'' - (Extinct) **''Megalomys desmarestii'' - Desmarest's pilorie (extinct) **''Megalomys georginae'' - Barbados giant rice rat (extinct) **''Megalomys luciae'' - Saint Lucia pilorie (extinct) *Genus ''Melanomys'' **''Melanomys caliginosus'' - dusky melanomys **''Melanomys robustulus'' - robust melanomys **''Melanomys zunigae'' - Zuniga's melanomys *Genus ''Microakodontomys'' **''Microakodontomys transitorius'' - Transitional colilargo *Genus ''Microryzomys'' **''Microryzomys altissimus'' - Páramo colilargo **''Microryzomys minutus'' - montane colilargo *Genus ''Mindomys'' **''Mindomys hammondi'' - Hammond's rice rat **''Mindomys kutuku'' - Kutukú rat *Genus ''Neacomys'' **''Neacomys aletheia'' - Upper Juruá bristly mouse **''Neacomys amoenus'' - pleasant bristly mouse **''Neacomys dubosti'' - Dubost's bristly mouse **''Neacomys elieceri'' - Eliecer's bristly mouse **''Neacomys guianae'' - Guiana bristly mouse **''Neacomys jau'' - Jaú bristly mouse **''Neacomys macedoruizi'' - Macedo Ruiz's bristly mouse **''Neacomys marajoara'' - Marajó bristly mouse **''Neacomys minutus'' - small bristly mouse **''Neacomys musseri'' - Musser's bristly mouse **''Neacomys paracou'' - Paracou bristly mouse **''Neacomys pictus'' - painted bristly mouse **''Neacomys rosalindae'' - Rosalind's bristly mouse **''Neacomys serranensis'' - Serrano bristly mouse **''Neacomys spinosus'' - large bristly mouse **''Neacomys tenuipes'' - narrow-footed bristly mouse **''Neacomys vargasllosai'' - Vargas Llosa's bristly mouse **''Neacomys vossi'' - Voss's bristly mouse **''Neacomys xingu'' - Xingu bristly mouse *Genus ''Nectomys'' **''Nectomys apicalis'' - western Amazonian nectomys **''Nectomys magdalenae'' - Magdalena-Cauca water rat **''Nectomys palmipes'' - Trinidad nectomys **''Nectomys rattus'' - small-footed bristly mouse **''Nectomys squamipes'' - Atlantic Forest nectomys *Genus ''Nephelomys'' **''Nephelomys albigularis'' - white-throated oryzomys **''Nephelomys auriventer'' - golden-bellied oryzomys **''Nephelomys caracolus'' - Costa Central oryzomys **''Nephelomys childi'' - Child's rice rat **''Nephelomys devius'' - Talamancan oryzomys **''Nephelomys keaysi'' - Keays's oryzomys **''Nephelomys levipes'' - nimble-footed oryzomys **''Nephelomys maculiventer'' - Santa Marta rice rat **''Nephelomys meridensis'' - Mérida oryzomys **''Nephelomys moerex'' - gray-bellied rice rat **''Nephelomys nimbosus'' - lesser golden-bellied rice rat **''Nephelomys pectoralis'' - Western Colombian rice rat **''Nephelomys pirrensis'' - Mount Pirre rice rat **''Nephelomys ricardopalmai'' - Ricardo Palma's rice rat *Genus ''Nesoryzomys'' **''Nesoryzomys darwini'' - Darwin's nesoryzomys (extinct **''Nesoryzomys fernandinae'' - Fernandina nesoryzomys **''Nesoryzomys indefessus'' - Indefatigable Galápagos mouse (extinct) **''Nesoryzomys narboroughi'' - large Fernandina Galapagos mouse **''Nesoryzomys swarthi'' - Santiago nesoryzomys *Genus ''Noronhomys'' **''Noronhomys vespuccii'' - Vespucci's rodent (extinct) *Genus ''Oecomys'' **''Oecomys auyantepui'' - north Amazonian arboreal rice rat **''Oecomys bicolor'' - bicolored arboreal rice rat **''Oecomys catherinae'' - Atlantic Forest oecomys **''Oecomys cleberi'' - Cleber's oecomys **''Oecomys concolor'' - unicolored arboreal rice rat **''Oecomys flavicans'' - yellow arboreal rice rat **''Oecomys mamorae'' - Mamore arboreal rice rat **''Oecomys paricola'' - Brazilian arboreal rice rat **''Oecomys phaeotis'' - dusky arboreal rice rat **''Oecomys rex'' - king arboreal rice rat **''Oecomys roberti'' - Robert's arboreal rice rat **''Oecomys rutilus'' - red arboreal rice rat **''Oecomys speciosus'' - Venezuelan arboreal rice rat **''Oecomys superans'' - foothill arboreal rice rat **''Oecomys sydandersoni'' - Anderson's arboreal rice rat **''Oecomys trinitatis'' - Trinidad arboreal rice rat *Genus ''Oligoryzomys'' **''Oligoryzomys andinus'' - Andean colilargo **''Oligoryzomys arenalis'' - sandy colilargo **''Oligoryzomys brendae'' - Brenda's colilargo **''Oligoryzomys chacoensis'' - Chacoan colilargo **''Oligoryzomys destructor'' - destructive pygmy rice rat **''Oligoryzomys flavescens'' - flavescent colilargo **''Oligoryzomys fornesi'' - Fornes' colilargo **''Oligoryzomys fulvescens'' - fulvous colilargo **''Oligoryzomys griseolus'' - grizzled colilargo **''Oligoryzomys longicaudatus'' - long-tailed colilargo **''Oligoryzomys magellanicus'' - Magellanic pygmy rice rat **''Oligoryzomys microtis'' - small-eared pygmy rice rat **''Oligoryzomys moojeni'' - Moojen's pygmy rice rat **''Oligoryzomys nigripes'' - black-footed colilargo **''Oligoryzomys rupestris'' - Highlands pygmy rice rat **''Oligoryzomys stramineus'' - straw-colored pygmy rice rat **''Oligoryzomys transitorius'' - Synonym of ''Microakodontomys transitorius'' ? **''Oligoryzomys vegetus'' - sprightly colilargo **''Oligoryzomys victus'' - St. Vincent pygmy rice rat (extinct) *Genus ''Oreoryzomys'' **''Oreoryzomys balneator'' - Peruvian rice rat *Genus ''Oryzomys'' **''Oryzomys albiventer'' - white-bellied marsh rice rat **''Oryzomys antillarum'' - Jamaican rice rat (extinct) **''Oryzomys couesi'' - Coues's rice rat **''Oryzomys dimidiatus'' - Thomas's rice rat **''Oryzomys gorgasi'' - Gorgas's rice rat **''Oryzomys nelsoni'' - Tres Marias rice rat (extinct) **''Oryzomys palustris'' - marsh rice rat **''Oryzomys peninsulae''? - Lower California rice rat (extinct) *Genus ''Pseudoryzomys'' **''Pseudoryzomys simplex'' - false oryzomys *Genus ''Scolomys'' **''Scolomys melanops'' - short-nosed scolomys **''Scolomys ucayalensis'' - Ucayali spiny mouse *Genus ''Sigmodontomys'' **''Sigmodontomys alfari'' - Alfaro's rice water rat *Genus ''Sooretamys'' **''Sooretamys angouya'' - Paraguayan rice rat *Genus ''Tanyuromys'' **''Tanyuromys aphrastus'' - Harris's rice water rat **''Tanyuromys thomasleei'' - Lee's long-tailed montane rat *Genus ''Transandinomys'' **''Transandinomys bolivaris'' - long-whiskered rice rat **''Transandinomys talamancae'' - Talamancan rice rat *Genus ''Zygodontomys'' **''Zygodontomys brevicauda'' - short-tailed zygodont **''Zygodontomys brunneus'' - brown zygodont


=Tribe Phyllotini

= *Genus ''Andalgalomys'' **''Andalgalomys olrogi'' - Olrog's chaco mouse **''Andalgalomys pearsoni'' - Pearson's chaco mouse **''Andalgalomys roigi'' - Roig's pericote *Genus ''Andinomys'' **''Andinomys edax'' - Andean mouse *Genus ''Auliscomys'' **''Auliscomys boliviensis'' - Bolivian big-eared mouse **''Auliscomys pictus'' - painted big-eared mouse **''Auliscomys sublimis'' - Andean big-eared mouse *Genus ''Calomys'' **''Calomys boliviae'' - Bolivian vesper mouse **''Calomys callidus'' - crafty vesper mouse **''Calomys callosus'' - large vesper mouse **''Calomys cerqueirai'' - Cerqueira's vesper mouse **''Calomys expulsus'' - Caatinga vesper mouse **''Calomys fecundus'' - fecund vesper mouse **''Calomys hummelincki'' - Hummelinck's vesper mouse **''Calomys laucha'' - small vesper mouse **''Calomys lepidus'' - Andean vesper mouse **''Calomys musculinus'' - drylands vesper mouse **''Calomys sorellus'' - Peruvian vesper mouse **''Calomys tener'' - delicate vesper mouse **''Calomys tocantinsi'' - Tocantins vesper mouse **''Calomys venustus'' - Córdoba vesper mouse *Genus ''Chinchillula'' **''Chinchillula sahamae'' - altiplano chinchilla mouse *Genus ''Eligmodontia'' **''Eligmodontia hirtipes'' - hairy-footed gerbil mouse **''Eligmodontia moreni'' - Monte laucha **''Eligmodontia morgani'' - western Patagonian laucha **''Eligmodontia puerulus'' - Altiplano laucha **''Eligmodontia typus'' - eastern Patagonian laucha *Genus ''Galenomys'' **''Galenomys garleppi'' - Garlepp's mouse *Genus ''Graomys'' **''Graomys centralis'' - central pericote **''Graomys domorum'' - pale leaf-eared mouse **''Graomys edithae'' - Edith's leaf-eared mouse **''Graomys griseoflavus'' - gray leaf-eared mouse *Genus ''Loxodontomys'' **''Loxodontomys micropus'' - Southern big-eared mouse **''Loxodontomys pikumche'' - Pikumche pericote *Genus ''Phyllotis'' **''Phyllotis alisosiensis'' - Los Alisos leaf-eared mouse **''Phyllotis amicus'' - friendly leaf-eared mouse **''Phyllotis andium'' - Andean leaf-eared mouse **''Phyllotis anitae'' - Anita's leaf-eared mouse **''Phyllotis bonariensis'' - Bonaerense pericote **''Phyllotis caprinus'' - capricorn leaf-eared mouse **''Phyllotis darwini'' - Darwin's leaf-eared mouse **''Phyllotis definitus'' - definitive leaf-eared mouse **''Phyllotis gerbillus'' - gerbilline pericote **''Phyllotis haggardi'' - Haggard's leaf-eared mouse **''Phyllotis limatus'' - Lima pericote **''Phyllotis magister'' - master leaf-eared mouse **''Phyllotis osgoodi'' - Osgood's leaf-eared mouse **''Phyllotis osilae'' - bunchgrass leaf-eared mouse **''Phyllotis pearsoni'' - Pearson's leaf-eared mouse **''Phyllotis pehuenche'' - Pehuenche leaf-eared mouse **''Phyllotis wolffsohni'' - Wolffsohn's leaf-eared mouse **''Phyllotis xanthopygus'' - yellow-rumped leaf-eared mouse *Genus ''Salinomys'' **''Salinomys delicatus'' - delicate salt flat mouse *Genus ''Tapecomys'' **''Tapecomys primus'' - primordial tapecua


=Tribe Reithrodontini

= *Genus ''Euneomys'' **''Euneomys chinchilloides'' - Patagonian chinchilla mouse **''Euneomys fossor'' - burrowing chinchilla mouse **''Euneomys mordax'' - biting chinchilla mouse **''Euneomys petersoni'' - Peterson's chinchilla mouse *Genus ''Neotomys'' **''Neotomys ebriosus'' - Andean swamp rat *Genus ''Reithrodon'' **''Reithrodon auritus'' - bunny rat **''Reithrodon typicus'' - naked-soled conyrat


=Tribe Sigmodontini

= *Genus ''Sigmodon'' **Subgenus ''Sigmodon'' ***''Sigmodon hispidus'' species group ****''Sigmodon alleni'' - Allen's cotton rat ****''Sigmodon arizonae'' - Arizona cotton rat ****''Sigmodon hirsutus'' - southern cotton rat ****''Sigmodon hispidus'' - hispid cotton rat ****''Sigmodon mascotensis'' - West Mexican cotton rat ****''Sigmodon ochrognathus'' - yellow-nosed cotton rat ****''Sigmodon planifrons'' - Miahuatlán cotton rat ****''Sigmodon toltecus'' - Toltec cotton rat ****''Sigmodon zanjonensis'' - montane cotton rat ***''Sigmodon fulviventer'' species group ****''Sigmodon fulviventer'' - tawny-bellied cotton rat ****''Sigmodon inopinatus'' - Ecuadorian cotton rat ****''Sigmodon leucotis'' - white-eared cotton rat ****''Sigmodon peruanus'' - Peruvian cotton rat **Subgenus ''Sigmomys'' ***''Sigmodon alstoni'' - Alston's cotton rat


=Tribe Thomasomyini

= *Genus ''Abrawayaomys'' **''Abrawayaomys ruschii'' - Ruschi's rat *Genus ''Aepeomys'' **''Aepeomys lugens'' - olive montane mouse **''Aepeomys reigi'' - Reig's aepeomys *Genus ''Chilomys'' **''Chilomys instans'' - Colombian forest mouse *Genus ''Rhagomys'' **''Rhagomys longilingua'' - long-tongued rhagomys **''Rhagomys rufescens'' - Brazilian arboreal mouse *Genus ''Rhipidomys'' **''Rhipidomys albujai'' - Albuja's climbing rat **''Rhipidomys austrinus'' - Southern climbing mouse **''Rhipidomys cariri'' - Cairi climbing mouse **''Rhipidomys caucensis'' - Cauca climbing mouse **''Rhipidomys couesi'' - Coues's climbing mouse **''Rhipidomys emiliae'' - Eastern Amazon climbing mouse **''Rhipidomys fulviventer'' - Buff-bellied climbing mouse **''Rhipidomys gardneri'' - Gardner's climbing mouse **''Rhipidomys ipukensis'' - Ipuca climbing rat **''Rhipidomys itoan'' - Sky climbing rat **''Rhipidomys latimanus'' - Broad-footed climbing mouse **''Rhipidomys leucodactylus'' - White-footed climbing mouse **''Rhipidomys macconnelli'' - MacConnell's climbing mouse **''Rhipidomys macrurus'' - Cerrado climbing mouse **''Rhipidomys mastacalis'' - Atlantic Forest climbing mouse **''Rhipidomys modicus'' - Peruvian climbing mouse **''Rhipidomys nitela'' - Splendid climbing mouse **''Rhipidomys ochrogaster'' - Yellow-bellied climbing mouse **''Rhipidomys similis'' - Greater Colombian climbing rat **''Rhipidomys tenuicauda'' - Turimiquire climbing rat **''Rhipidomys tribei'' - Tribe's climbing rat **''Rhipidomys venezuelae'' - Venezuelan climbing mouse **''Rhipidomys venustus'' - Charming climbing mouse **''Rhipidomys wetzeli'' - Wetzel's climbing mouse *Genus ''Thomasomys'' **''Thomasomys andersoni'' - Anderson's Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys antoniobracki'' - Antonio Brack's Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys apeco'' - Apeco Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys aureus'' - golden Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys baeops'' - beady-eyed mouse **''Thomasomys bombycinus'' - silky Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys burneoi'' - Burneo's Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys caudivarius'' - white-tipped Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys cinereiventer'' - ashy-bellied Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys cinereus'' - ash-colored Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys cinnameus'' - cinnamon-colored Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys daphne'' - Daphne's Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys eleusis'' - Peruvian Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys erro'' - wandering Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys gracilis'' - slender Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys hudsoni'' - Hudson's Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys hylophilus'' - woodland Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys incanus'' - Inca Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys ischyrus'' - long-tailed Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys kalinowskii'' - Kalinowski's Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys ladewi'' - Ladew's Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys laniger'' - soft-furred Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys macrotis'' - large-eared Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys monochromos'' - unicolored Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys niveipes'' - snow-footed Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys notatus'' - distinguished Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys onkiro'' - Ashaninka Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys oreas'' - montane Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys paramorum'' - paramo Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys pardignasi'' - Pardiñas's Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys popayanus'' - Popayán Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys praetor'' - Cajamarca Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys pyrrhonotus'' - Thomas's Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys rhoadsi'' - Rhoads's Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys rosalinda'' - Rosalinda's Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys silvestris'' - forest Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys taczanowskii'' - Taczanowski's Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys ucucha'' - ucucha thomasomys **''Thomasomys vestitus'' - dressy Oldfield mouse **''Thomasomys vulcani'' - Pichincha thomasomys


Family Muridae


Subfamily Leimacomyinae

*Genus ''Leimacomys'' **''Leimacomys buettneri'' - Togo mouse, Büttner's African forest mouse, groove-toothed forest mouse


Subfamily Deomyinae

*Genus ''Acomys'' **''Acomys airensis'' - western Saharan spiny mouse **''Acomys cahirinus'' - Cairo spiny mouse **''Acomys chudeaui'' - Chudeau's spiny mouse **''Acomys cilicicus'' - Asia Minor spiny mouse **''Acomys cineraceus'' - grey spiny mouse **''Acomys dimidiatus'' - Eastern spiny mouse **''Acomys ignitus'' - fiery spiny mouse **''Acomys johannis'' - Johan's spiny mouse **''Acomys kempi'' - Kemp's spiny mouse **''Acomys louisae'' - Louise's spiny mouse **''Acomys minous'' - Crete spiny mouse **''Acomys mullah'' - mullah spiny mouse **''Acomys muzei'' - Muze spiny mouse **''Acomys nesiotes'' - Cyprus spiny mouse **''Acomys ngurui'' - Nguru spiny mouse **''Acomys percivali'' - Percival's spiny mouse **''Acomys russatus'' - golden spiny mouse **''Acomys seurati'' - Seurat's spiny mouse **''Acomys spinosissimus'' - spiny mouse **''Acomys subspinosus'' - Cape spiny mouse **''Acomys wilsoni'' - Wilson's spiny mouse *Genus ''Deomys'' **''Deomys ferugineus'' - link rat *Genus ''Lophuromys'' **''Lophuromys angolensis'' - Angolan brush-furred rat **''Lophuromys ansorgei'' - Ansorge's brush-furred mouse **''Lophuromys aquilus'' - Gray brush-furred rat **''Lophuromys brevicaudus'' - Short-tailed brush-furred rat **''Lophuromys brunneus'' - Thomas's Ethiopian brush-furred rat **''Lophuromys chercherensis'' - Mount Chercher brush-furred rat **''Lophuromys chrysopus'' - Ethiopian forest brush-furred rat **''Lophuromys cinereus''? **''Lophuromys dieterleni'' - Dieterlen's brush-furred mouse **''Lophuromys dudui'' - Dudu's brush-furred rat **''Lophuromys eisentrauti'' - Mount Lefo brush-furred mouse **''Lophuromys flavopunctatus'' - Yellow-spotted brush-furred rat **''Lophuromys huttereri'' - Hutterer's brush-furred mouse **''Lophuromys kilonzoi'' - Kilonzo's brush-furred rat **''Lophuromys laticeps'' - Albertine Rift brush-furred rat **''Lophuromys luteogaster'' - Yellow-bellied brush-furred rat **''Lophuromys machangui'' - Machandu's brush-furred rat **''Lophuromys makundii'' - Makundi's brush-furred rat **''Lophuromys margarettae'' - Margaret's brush-furred rat **''Lophuromys medicaudatus'' - Medium-tailed brush-furred rat **''Lophuromys melanonyx'' - Black-clawed brush-furred rat **''Lophuromys menageshae'' - North Western Rift brush-furred rat **''Lophuromys nudicaudus'' - Fire-bellied brush-furred rat **''Lophuromys pseudosikapusi'' - Sheko Forest brush-furred rat **''Lophuromys rahmi'' - Rahm's brush-furred rat **''Lophuromys rita'' - Congolese brush-furred rat **''Lophuromys roseveari'' - Mount Cameroon brush-furred rat **''Lophuromys sabunii'' - Sabuni's brush-furred rat **''Lophuromys sikapusi'' - Rusty-bellied brush-furred rat **''Lophuromys simensis'' - Simien brush-furred rat **''Lophuromys stanleyi'' - Stanley's brush-furred rat **''Lophuromys verhageni'' - Verhagen's brush-furred rat **''Lophuromys woosnami'' - Woosnam's brush-furred rat **''Lophuromys zena'' - Zena's brush-furred rat *Genus ''Uranomys'' **''Uranomys ruddi'' - Rudd's mouse or the white-bellied brush-furred rat


Subfamily Otomyinae

*Genus ''Myotomys'' **''Myotomys sloggetti'' - rock karroo rat **''Myotomys unisulcatus'' - bush karroo rat *Genus ''Otomys'' **''Otomys anchietae'' - Angolan vlei rat **''Otomys angoniensis'' - Angoni vlei rat **''Otomys barbouri'' - Barbour's vlei rat **''Otomys burtoni'' - Burton's vlei rat **''Otomys cheesmani'' - Cheesman's vlei rat **''Otomys cuanzensis'' - Cuanza vlei rat **''Otomys dartmouthi'' - Ruwenzori vlei rat **''Otomys denti'' - Dent's vlei rat **''Otomys dollmani'' - Dollman's vlei rat **''Otomys fortior'' - Charada vlei rat **''Otomys helleri'' - Heller's vlei rat **''Otomys irroratus'' - vlei rat **''Otomys jacksoni'' - Mount Elgon vlei rat **''Otomys lacustris'' - Tanzanian vlei rat **''Otomys laminatus'' - laminate vlei rat **''Otomys maximus'' - large vlei rat **''Otomys occidentalis'' - western vlei rat **''Otomys orestes'' - Afroalpine vlei rat **''Otomys saundersiae'' - Saunders's vlei rat **''Otomys simiensis'' - Simien vlei rat **''Otomys thomasi'' - Thomas's vlei rat **''Otomys tropicalis'' - tropical vlei rat **''Otomys typus'' - typical vlei rat **''Otomys uzungwensis'' - Uzungwe vlei rat **''Otomys yaldeni'' - Yalden's vlei rat **''Otomys zinki'' - Mount Kilimanjaro vlei rat *Genus ''Parotomys'' **''Parotomys brantsii'' - Brants's whistling rat **''Parotomys littledalei'' - Littledale's whistling rat


Subfamily Gerbillinae

*Genus ''Ammodillus'' **''Ammodillus imbellis'' - ammodile *Genus ''Brachiones'' **''Brachiones przewalskii'' - Przewalski's gerbil *Genus ''Desmodilliscus'' **''Desmodilliscus braueri'' - pouched gerbil *Genus ''Desmodillus'' **''Desmodillus auricularis'' - Cape short-eared gerbil *Genus ''Dipodillus'' **''Dipodillus bottai'' - Botta's dipodil **''Dipodillus campestris'' - North African dipodil **''Dipodillus dasyurus'' - Wagner's dipodil **''Dipodillus harwoodi'' - Harwood's dipodil **''Dipodillus jamesi'' - James's dipodil **''Dipodillus lowei'' - Lowe's dipodil **''Dipodillus mackilligini'' - Mackilligin's dipodil **''Dipodillus maghrebi'' - Maghreb dipodil **''Dipodillus rupicola'' - rupicolous dipodil **''Dipodillus simoni'' - Simon's dipodil **''Dipodillus somalicus'' - Somalian dipodil **''Dipodillus stigmonyx'' - Khartoum dipodil **''Dipodillus zakariai'' - Kerkennah Islands dipodil *Genus ''Gerbilliscus'' **''Gerbilliscus afra'' - Cape gerbil **''Gerbilliscus boehmi'' - Boehm's gerbil **''Gerbilliscus brantsii'' - highveld gerbil **''Gerbilliscus guineae'' - Guinean gerbil **''Gerbilliscus inclusus'' - Gorongoza gerbil **''Gerbilliscus kempi'' - northern savanna gerbil **''Gerbilliscus leucogaster'' - bushveld gerbil **''Gerbilliscus nigricaudus'' - black-tailed gerbil **''Gerbilliscus phillipsi'' - Phillips's gerbil **''Gerbilliscus robustus'' - fringe-tailed gerbil **''Gerbilliscus validus'' - southern savanna gerbil *Genus ''Gerbillurus'' **''Gerbillurus paeba'' - hairy-footed gerbil **''Gerbillurus setzeri'' - Setzer's hairy-footed gerbil **''Gerbillurus tytonis'' - dune hairy-footed gerbil **''Gerbillurus vallinus'' - bushy-tailed hairy-footed gerbil *Genus ''Gerbillus'' **Subgenus ''Handecapleura'' ***''Gerbillus amoenus'' - Pleasant gerbil ***''Gerbillus brockmani'' - Brockman's gerbil ***''Gerbillus diminutus''? ***''Gerbillus famulus'' - Black-tufted gerbil ***''Gerbillus garamantis'' - Algerian gerbil ***''Gerbillus grobbeni'' - Grobben's gerbil ***''Gerbillus henleyi'' - Pygmy gerbil ***''Gerbillus juliani''? ***''Gerbillus mauritaniae'' - Mauritanian gerbil ***''Gerbillus mesopotamiae'' - Harrison's gerbil ***''Gerbillus muriculus'' - Darfur gerbil ***''Gerbillus nanus'' - Balochistan gerbil ***''Gerbillus percivali''? ***''Gerbillus poecillops'' - Large Aden gerbil ***''Gerbillus principulus'' - Principal gerbil ***''Gerbillus pusillus'' - Least gerbil ***''Gerbillus quadrimaculatus''? ***''Gerbillus ruberrimus''? ***''Gerbillus syrticus'' - Sand gerbil ***''Gerbillus watersi'' - Waters's gerbil **Subgenus ''Gerbillus'' ***''Gerbillus acticola'' - Berbera gerbil ***''Gerbillus agag'' - Agag gerbil ***''Gerbillus allenbyi''? ***''Gerbillus andersoni'' - Anderson's gerbil ***''Gerbillus aquilus'' - Swarthy gerbil ***''Gerbillus bilensis''? ***''Gerbillus bonhotei''? ***''Gerbillus burtoni'' - Burton's gerbil ***''Gerbillus cheesmani'' - Cheesman's gerbil ***''Gerbillus cosensi''? ***''Gerbillus dalloni''? ***''Gerbillus dongolanus'' - Dongola gerbil ***''Gerbillus dunni'' - Dunn's gerbil ***''Gerbillus floweri'' - Flower's gerbil ***''Gerbillus gerbillus'' - Lesser Egyptian gerbil ***''Gerbillus gleadowi'' - Indian hairy-footed gerbil ***''Gerbillus hesperinus'' - Western gerbil ***''Gerbillus hoogstraali'' - Hoogstraal's gerbil ***''Gerbillus latastei'' - Lataste's gerbil ***''Gerbillus nancillus'' - Sudan gerbil ***''Gerbillus nigeriae'' - Nigerian gerbil ***''Gerbillus occiduus'' - Occidental gerbil ***''Gerbillus perpallidus'' - Pale gerbil ***''Gerbillus pulvinatus'' - Cushioned gerbil ***''Gerbillus pyramidum'' - Greater Egyptian gerbil ***''Gerbillus riggenbachi''? ***''Gerbillus rosalinda'' - Rosalinda gerbil ***''Gerbillus tarabuli'' - Tarabul's gerbil *Genus ''Meriones (genus), Meriones'' **Subgenus ''Meriones'' ***''Meriones tamariscinus'' - Tamarisk jird **Subgenus ''Parameriones'' ***''Meriones persicus'' - Persian jird ***''Meriones rex'' - king jird **Subgenus ''Pallasiomys'' ***''Meriones arimalius'' - Arabian jird ***''Meriones chengi'' - Cheng's jird ***''Meriones crassus'' - Sundevall's jird ***''Meriones dahli'' - Dahl's jird ***''Meriones grandis'' - Moroccan jird ***''Meriones libycus'' - Libyan jird ***''Meriones meridianus'' - midday jird ***''Meriones sacramenti'' - Buxton's jird ***''Meriones shawi'' - Shaw's jird ***''Meriones tristrami'' - Tristram's jird ***''Meriones unguiculatus'' - Mongolian jird ***''Meriones vinogradovi'' - Vinogradov's jird ***''Meriones zarudnyi'' - Zarudny's jird **Subgenus ''Cheliones'' ***''Meriones hurrianae'' - Indian desert jird *Genus ''Microdillus'' **''Microdillus peeli'' - Somali pygmy gerbil *Genus ''Pachyuromys'' **''Pachyuromys duprasi'' - fat-tailed gerbil or duprasi gerbil *Genus ''Psammomys'' **''Psammomys obesus'' - fat sand rat **''Psammomys vexillaris'' - thin sand rat *Genus ''Rhombomys'' **''Rhombomys opimus'' - great gerbil *Genus ''Sekeetamys'' **''Sekeetamys calurus'' - bushy-tailed jird *Genus ''Tatera'' **''Tatera indica'' - Indian gerbil *Genus ''Taterillus'' **''Taterillus arenarius'' - Sahel gerbil **''Taterillus congicus'' - Congo gerbil **''Taterillus emini'' - Emin's gerbil **''Taterillus gracilis'' - slender gerbil **''Taterillus harringtoni'' - Harrington's gerbil **''Taterillus lacustris'' - Lake Chad gerbil **''Taterillus petteri'' - Petter's gerbil **''Taterillus pygargus'' - Senegal gerbil **''Taterillus tranieri'' - Tranieri's tateril


Subfamily Murinae

*Genus ''Abditomys'' **''Abditomys latidens'' - Luzon broad-toothed rat *Genus ''Abeomelomys'' **''Abeomelomys sevia'' - Papuan abeomelomys *Genus ''Aethomys'' **''Aethomys bocagei'' - Bocage's rock rat **''Aethomys chrysophilus'' - red rock rat **''Aethomys granti'' - Grant's rock rat **''Aethomys hindei'' - Hinde's rock rat **''Aethomys ineptus'' - Tete veld aethomys **''Aethomys kaiseri'' - Kaiser's rock rat **''Aethomys namaquensis'' - Namaqua rock rat **''Aethomys nyikae'' - Nyika rock rat **''Aethomys silindensis'' - Silinda rock rat **''Aethomys stannarius'' - Tinfield's rock rat **''Aethomys thomasi'' - Thomas's rock rat *Genus ''Anisomys'' **''Anisomys imitator'' - squirrel-toothed rat *Genus ''Anonymomys'' **''Anonymomys mindorensis'' - Mindoro rat *Genus ''Apodemus'' **''Apodemus agrarius'' - striped field mouse **''Apodemus alpicola'' - alpine field mouse **''Apodemus argenteus'' - small Japanese field mouse **''Apodemus arianus''? - Persian field mouse **''Apodemus avicennicus'' - Persian wood mouse **''Apodemus chevrieri'' - Chevrier's field mouse **''Apodemus draco'' - South China field mouse **''Apodemus epimelas'' - Western broad-toothed field mouse **''Apodemus flavicollis'' - yellow-necked mouse **''Apodemus fulvipectus''? - yellow-breasted mouse **''Apodemus gurkha'' - Himalayan field mouse **''Apodemus hermonensis''? - Mount Hermon field mouse **''Apodemus hyrcanicus'' - Caucasus field mouse **''Apodemus latronum'' - Sichuan field mouse **''Apodemus mystacinus'' - broad-toothed field mouse **''Apodemus pallipes'' - Ward's field mouse **''Apodemus peninsulae'' - Korean field mouse **''Apodemus ponticus'' - Black Sea field mouse **''Apodemus rusiges'' - Kashmir field mouse **''Apodemus semotus'' - Taiwan field mouse **''Apodemus speciosus'' - large Japanese field mouse **''Apodemus sylvaticus'' - wood mouse **''Apodemus uralensis'' - Ural field mouse **''Apodemus witherbyi'' - Steppe field mouse *Genus ''Apomys'' **''Apomys abrae'' - Luzon Cordillera forest mouse **''Apomys aurorae'' - Luzon Aurora forest mouse **''Apomys banahao'' - Mount Banahaw forest mouse **''Apomys brownorum'' - Mount Tapulao forest mouse **''Apomys camiguinensis'' - Camiguin forest mouse **''Apomys datae'' - Luzon montane forest mouse **''Apomys gracilirostris'' - Large Mindoro forest mouse **''Apomys hylocoetes'' - Mount Apo forest mouse **''Apomys insignis'' - Mindanao montane forest mouse **''Apomys iridensis'' - Mount Irid forest mouse **''Apomys littoralis'' - Mindanao lowland forest mouse **''Apomys lubangensis'' - Lubang forest mouse **''Apomys magnus'' - Luzon giant forest mouse **''Apomys microdon'' - Small Luzon forest mouse **''Apomys minganensis'' - Mount Mingan forest mouse **''Apomys musculus'' - Least forest mouse **''Apomys sacobianus'' - Long-nosed Luzon forest mouse **''Apomys sierrae'' - Sierra Madre forest mouse **''Apomys zambalensis'' - Luzon Zambales forest mouse *Genus ''Archboldomys'' **''Archboldomys luzonensis'' - Mt. Isarog shrew-mouse **''Archboldomys maximus'' - Large Cordillera shrew-mouse *Genus ''Arvicanthis'' **''Arvicanthis abyssinicus'' - Abyssinian grass rat **''Arvicanthis ansorgei'' - Sudanian grass rat **''Arvicanthis blicki'' - Blick's grass rat **''Arvicanthis nairobae'' - Nairobi grass rat **''Arvicanthis neumanni'' - Neumann's grass rat **''Arvicanthis niloticus'' - African grass rat **''Arvicanthis rufinus'' - Guinean grass rat *Genus ''Baiyankamys'' **''Baiyankamys habbema'' - mountain water rat **''Baiyankamys shawmayeri'' - Shaw Mayer's water rat *Genus ''Bandicota'' **''Bandicota bengalensis'' - Lesser bandicoot rat **''Bandicota indica'' - Greater bandicoot rat **''Bandicota savilei'' - Savile's bandicoot rat *Genus ''Batomys'' **''Batomys cagayanensis'' (extinct) **''Batomys dentatus'' - Large-toothed hairy-tailed rat **''Batomys granti'' - Luzon hairy-tailed rat **''Batomys hamiguitan'' - Luzon hairy-tailed rat **''Batomys russatus'' - Hamiguitan hairy-tailed rat **''Batomys salomonseni'' - Mindanao hairy-tailed rat **''Batomys uragon'' - Mount Isarog hairy-tailed rat *Genus ''Berylmys'' **''Berylmys berdmorei'' - Small white-toothed rat **''Berylmys bowersi'' - Bower's white-toothed rat **''Berylmys mackenziei'' - Kenneth's white-toothed rat **''Berylmys manipulus'' - Manipur white-toothed rat *Genus ''Brassomys'' **''Brassomys albidens'' - White-toothed brush mouse *Genus ''Bullimus'' **''Bullimus bagobus'' - Bagobo rat **''Bullimus carletoni'' - Carleton's forest rat **''Bullimus gamay'' - Camiguin forest rat **''Bullimus luzonicus'' - Large Luzon forest rat *Genus ''Bunomys'' **''Bunomys andrewsi'' - Andrew's hill rat **''Bunomys chrysocomus'' - Yellow-haired hill rat **''Bunomys coelestis'' - Heavenly hill rat **''Bunomys fratrorum'' - Fraternal hill rat **''Bunomys heinrichi''? **''Bunomys karokophilus'' - Karoko hill rat **''Bunomys penitus'' - Inland hill rat **''Bunomys prolatus'' - Long-headed hill rat **''Bunomys torajae'' - Tana Toraja hill rat *Genus ''Carpomys'' **''Carpomys dakai'' (extinct) **''Carpomys melanurus'' - short-footed Luzon tree rat **''Carpomys phaeurus'' - white-bellied Luzon tree rat *Genus ''Chiromyscus'' **''Chiromyscus chiropus'' - Fea's tree rat *Genus ''Chiropodomys'' ** ''Chiropodomys calamianensis'' - Palawan pencil-tailed tree mouse ** ''Chiropodomys gliroides'' - Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse ** ''Chiropodomys karlkoopmani'' - Koopman's pencil-tailed tree mouse ** ''Chiropodomys major'' - Large pencil-tailed tree mouse ** ''Chiropodomys muroides'' - Gray-bellied pencil-tailed tree mouse ** ''Chiropodomys pusillus'' - Small pencil-tailed tree mouse ** ''Chiropodomys maximus'' (Extinct) ** ''Chiropodomys primitivus'' (Extinct) *Genus ''Chiruromys'' **''Chiruromys forbesi'' - Greater tree mouse **''Chiruromys lamia'' - lamia **''Chiruromys vates'' - Lesser tree mouse *Genus ''Chrotomys'' **''Chrotomys gonzalesi'' - Isarog shrew-rat **''Chrotomys mindorensis'' - lowland striped shrew-rat **''Chrotomys sibuyanensis'' - Sibuyan striped shrew-rat **''Chrotomys silaceus'' - silver earth rat **''Chrotomys whiteheadi'' - Luzon montane shrew rat *Genus ''Coccymys'' **''Coccymys kirrhos'' - Tawny brush mouse **''Coccymys ruemmleri'' - Ruemmler's brush mouse **''Coccymys shawmayeri'' - Central Cordillera brush mouse *Genus ''Colomys'' **''Colomys goslingi'' - African water rat *Genus ''Congomys'' **''Congomys lukolelae'' - Lukolela swamp rat **''Congomys verschureni'' - Verschuren's swamp rat *Genus ''Conilurus'' **''Conilurus albipes'' - white-footed rabbit rat (extinct) **''Conilurus capricornensis'' - Capricorn rabbit rat (extinct) **''Conilurus penicillatus'' - brush-tailed rabbit rat *Genus ''Coryphomys'' **''Coryphomys buehleri'' - Buehler's rat (extinct) **''Coryphomys musseri'' - Timor giant rat (extinct) *Genus ''Crateromys'' **''Crateromys australis'' - Dinagat bushy-tailed cloud rat **''Crateromys ballik'' (extinct) **''Crateromys heaneyi'' - Panay crateromys **''Crateromys paulus'' - Ilin bushy-tailed cloud rat **''Crateromys schadenbergi'' - Luzon bushy-tailed cloud rat *Genus ''Cremnomys'' **''Cremnomys cutchicus'' - Cutch rat **''Cremnomys elvira'' - Elvira rat *Genus ''Crossomys'' **''Crossomys moncktoni'' - earless water rat *Genus ''Crunomys'' **''Crunomys celebensis'' - Celebes shrew rat **''Crunomys fallax'' - northern Luzon shrew rat **''Crunomys melanius'' - Leyte shrew rat **''Crunomys suncoides'' - Katanglad shrew mouse *Genus ''Dacnomys'' **''Dacnomys millardi'' - Millard's rat *Genus ''Dasymys'' **''Dasymys alleni'' - Glover Allen's dasymys **''Dasymys cabrali'' - Crawford-Cabral's dasymys **''Dasymys foxi'' - Fox's shaggy rat **''Dasymys incomtus'' - African marsh rat **''Dasymys montanus'' - montane shaggy rat **''Dasymys nudipes'' - Angolan marsh rat **''Dasymys robertsii'' - Robert's shaggy rat **''Dasymys rufulus'' - West African shaggy rat **''Dasymys rwandae'' - Rwandan dasymys **''Dasymys shortridgei'' **''Dasymys sua'' - Tanzanian dasymys *Genus ''Dephomys'' **''Dephomys defua'' - defua rat **''Dephomys eburneae'' - Ivory Coast dephomys *Genus ''Desmomys'' **''Desmomys harringtoni'' - Harrington's rat **''Desmomys yaldeni'' - Yalden's desmomys *Genus ''Diomys'' **''Diomys crumpi'' - Crump's mouse *Genus ''Diplothrix'' **''Diplothrix legata'' - Ryukyu Islands tree rat **''Diplothrix yangziensis'' (extinct) *Genus ''Echiothrix'' **''Echiothrix centrosa'' - Central Sulawesi echiothrix **''Echiothrix leucura'' - Sulawesi spiny rat *Genus ''Eropeplus'' **''Eropeplus canus'' - Sulawesi soft-furred rat *Genus ''Golunda'' **''Golunda aouraghei'' (extinct) **''Golunda dulamensis'' (extinct) **''Golunda ellioti'' - Indian bush rat **''Golunda gurai'' (extinct) **''Golunda jaegeri'' (extinct) **''Golunda kelleri'' (extinct) **''Golunda tatroticus'' (extinct) *Genus ''Grammomys'' **''Grammomys aridulus'' - arid thicket rat **''Grammomys brevirostris'' - short-snouted thicket rat **''Grammomys buntingi'' - Bunting's thicket rat **''Grammomys caniceps'' - gray-headed thicket rat **''Grammomys cometes'' - Mozambique thicket rat **''Grammomys dolichurus'' - woodland thicket rat **''Grammomys dryas'' - forest thicket rat **''Grammomys gigas'' - giant thicket rat **''Grammomys ibeanus'' - Ruwenzori thicket rat **''Grammomys kuru'' - eastern rainforest grammomys **''Grammomys macmillani'' - Macmillan's thicket rat **''Grammomys minnae'' - Ethiopian thicket rat **''Grammomys poensis'' - western rainforest grammomys **''Grammomys selousi'' - Selous thicket rat **''Grammomys surdaster''? - African woodland thicket rat *Genus ''Hadromys'' **''Hadromys humei'' - Manipur bush rat **''Hadromys loujacobsi'' (extinct) **''Hadromys yunnanensis'' - Yunnan hadromys *Genus ''Haeromys'' **''Haeromys margarettae'' - ranee mouse **''Haeromys minahassae'' - Minahassa ranee mouse **''Haeromys pusillus'' - lesser ranee mouse *Genus ''Hapalomys'' **''Hapalomys delacouri'' - Delacour's marmoset rat **''Hapalomys gracilis'' (extinct) **''Hapalomys longicaudatus'' - marmoset rat **''Hapalomys suntsovi'' - Suntsov's marmoset rat *Genus ''Heimyscus'' **''Heimyscus fumosus'' - African smoky mouse *Genus ''Hybomys'' **''Hybomys badius'' - Cameroon highland hybomys **''Hybomys basilii'' - Father Basilio's striped mouse **''Hybomys lunaris'' - moon striped mouse **''Hybomys planifrons'' - Miller's striped mouse **''Hybomys trivirgatus'' - Temminck's striped mouse **''Hybomys univittatus'' - Peter's striped mouse *Genus ''Hydromys'' **''Hydromys chrysogaster'' - water rat or rakali **''Hydromys hussoni'' - Western water rat **''Hydromys neobrittanicus'' - New Britain water rat **''Hydromys ziegleri'' - Ziegler's water rat *Genus ''Hylomyscus'' **''Hylomyscus aeta'' - beaded wood mouse **''Hylomyscus alleni'' - Allen's wood mouse **''Hylomyscus anselli'' - Ansell's wood mouse **''Hylomyscus arcimontensis'' - Arc Mountain wood mouse **''Hylomyscus baeri'' - Baer's wood mouse **''Hylomyscus carillus'' - Angolan wood mouse **''Hylomyscus denniae'' - montane wood mouse **''Hylomyscus endorobae'' - Mount Kenya wood mouse **''Hylomyscus grandis'' - Mount Oku hylomyscus **''Hylomyscus heinrichorum'' - Heinrich's wood mouse **''Hylomyscus kerbispeterhansi'' - Kerbis Peterhans's wood mouse **''Hylomyscus mpungamachagorum'' - Mahale wood mouse **''Hylomyscus pamfi'' - Dahomey Gap wood mouse **''Hylomyscus parvus'' - little wood mouse **''Hylomyscus pygmaeus'' - Pygmy wood mouse **''Hylomyscus simus'' - Flat-nosed wood mouse **''Hylomyscus stanleyi'' - Stanley's wood mouse **''Hylomyscus stella'' - Stella wood mouse **''Hylomyscus thornesmithae'' - Mother Ellen's wood mouse **''Hylomyscus vulcanorum'' - Albertine Rift wood mouse **''Hylomyscus walterverheyeni'' - Walter Verheyeni's mouse *Genus ''Hyomys'' **''Hyomys dammermani'' - Western white-eared giant rat **''Hyomys goliath'' - Eastern white-eared giant rat *Genus ''Kadarsanomys'' **''Kadarsanomys sodyi'' - Sody's tree rat *Genus ''Komodomys'' **''Komodomys rintjanus'' - Komodo rat *Genus ''Lamottemys'' **''Lamottemys okuensis'' - Mt. Oku rat *Genus ''Leggadina'' **''Leggadina forresti'' - Forrest's mouse **''Leggadina lakedownensis'' - Lakeland Downs mouse *Genus ''Lemniscomys'' **''Lemniscomys barbarus'' - Barbary striped grass mouse **''Lemniscomys bellieri'' - Bellier's striped grass mouse **''Lemniscomys griselda'' - Griselda's striped grass mouse **''Lemniscomys hoogstraali'' - Hoogstral's striped grass mouse **''Lemniscomys linulus'' - Senegal one-striped grass mouse **''Lemniscomys macculus'' - buffoon striped grass mouse **''Lemniscomys mittendorfi'' - Mittendorf's striped grass mouse **''Lemniscomys rosalia'' - single-striped grass mouse **''Lemniscomys roseveari'' - Rosevear's striped grass mouse **''Lemniscomys striatus'' - typical striped grass mouse **''Lemniscomys zebra'' - Heuglin's lemniscomys *Genus ''Lenomys'' **''Lenomys grovesi'' - Groves's giant rat (extinct) **''Lenomys meyeri'' - trefoil-toothed giant rat *Genus ''Lenothrix'' **''Lenothrix canus'' - gray tree rat *Genus ''Leopoldamys'' **''Leopoldamys ciliatus'' - Sundaic mountain leopoldamys **''Leopoldamys diwangkarai'' - Diwangkara's long-tailed giant rat **''Leopoldamys edwardsi'' - Edwards's long-tailed giant rat **''Leopoldamys milleti'' - Millet's leopoldamys **''Leopoldamys neilli'' - Neill's long-tailed giant rat **''Leopoldamys sabanus'' - long-tailed giant rat **''Leopoldamys siporanus'' - Mentawai long-tailed giant rat *Genus ''Leporillus'' **''Leporillus apicalis'' - lesser stick-nest rat **''Leporillus conditor'' - greater stick-nest rat *Genus ''Leptomys'' **''Leptomys arfakensis'' - Arfak water rat **''Leptomys elegans'' - Long-footed water rat **''Leptomys ernstmayri'' - Ernst Mayr's water rat **''Leptomys paulus'' - Small water rat **''Leptomys signatus'' - Fly River water rat *Genus ''Limnomys'' **''Limnomys bryophilus'' - gray-bellied limnomys **''Limnomys sibuanus'' - Mindanao mountain rat *Genus ''Lorentzimys'' **''Lorentzimys nouhuysi'' - New Guinean jumping mouse *Genus ''Macruromys'' **''Macruromys elegans'' - western small-toothed rat **''Macruromys major'' - eastern small-toothed rat *Genus ''Madromys'' **''Madromys blanfordi'' - Blanford's madromys *Genus ''Malacomys'' **''Malacomys cansdalei'' - Cansdale's swamp rat **''Malacomys edwardsi'' - Edward's swamp rat **''Malacomys longipes'' - big-eared swamp rat *Genus ''Mallomys'' **''Mallomys aroaensis'' - De Vis's woolly rat **''Mallomys gunung'' - alpine woolly rat **''Mallomys istapantap'' - subalpine woolly rat **''Mallomys rothschildi'' - Rothschild's woolly rat **''Mallomys sp. nov'' - Bosavi woolly rat **''Mallomys sp. nov'' - Arfak woolly rat **''Mallomys sp. nov'' - Foja woolly rat *Genus ''Mammelomys'' **''Mammelomys lanosus'' - highland mammelomys **''Mammelomys rattoides'' - lowland mammelomys *Genus ''Margaretamys'' ** ''Margaretamys beccarii'' - Beccari's margareta rat ** ''Margaretamys christinae'' - Christine's margareta rat ** ''Margaretamys elegans'' - elegant margareta rat ** ''Margaretamys parvus'' - little margareta rat *Genus ''Mastacomys'' ** ''Mastacomys fuscus'' - Broad-toothed mouse *Genus ''Mastomys'' **''Mastomys angolensis'' - Angolan multimammate mouse **''Mastomys awashensis'' - Awash mastomys **''Mastomys coucha'' - southern multimammate mouse **''Mastomys erythroleucus'' - Guinea multimammate mouse **''Mastomys huberti'' - Hubert's mastomys **''Mastomys kollmannspergeri'' - Kollmannsperger's mastomys **''Mastomys natalensis'' - Hildebrandt's multimammate mouse **''Mastomys shortridgei'' - Shortridge's multimammate mouse *Genus ''Maxomys'' ** ''Maxomys alticola'' - Mountain spiny rat ** ''Maxomys baeodon'' - small Bornean maxomys ** ''Maxomys bartelsii'' - Bartels's spiny rat ** ''Maxomys dollmani'' - Dollman's spiny rat ** ''Maxomys hellwaldii'' - Hellwald's spiny rat ** ''Maxomys hylomyoides'' - Sumatran spiny rat ** ''Maxomys inas'' - Malayan mountain spiny rat ** ''Maxomys inflatus'' - Fat-nosed spiny rat ** ''Maxomys moi'' - Mo's spiny rat ** ''Maxomys musschenbroekii'' - Musschenbroek's spiny rat ** ''Maxomys ochraceiventer'' - Chestnut-bellied spiny rat ** ''Maxomys pagensis'' - Pagai spiny rat ** ''Maxomys panglima'' - Palawan spiny rat ** ''Maxomys rajah'' - Rajah spiny rat ** ''Maxomys surifer'' - Red spiny rat ** ''Maxomys tajuddinii'' - Tajuddin's spiny rat ** ''Maxomys wattsi'' - Watts's spiny rat ** ''Maxomys whiteheadi'' - Whitehead's spiny rat *Genus ''Melasmothrix'' **''Melasmothrix naso'' - Sulawesian shrew rat *Genus ''Melomys'' **''Melomys aerosus'' - dusky mosaic-tailed rat **''Melomys arcium'' - Rossel Island melomys **''Melomys bannisteri'' - Great Key Island melomys **''Melomys bougainville'' - Bougainville mosaic-tailed rat **''Melomys burtoni'' - grassland mosaic-tailed rat **''Melomys capensis'' - Cape York mosaic-tailed rat **''Melomys caurinus'' - short-tailed Talaud melomys **''Melomys cervinipes'' - fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat **''Melomys cooperae'' - Yamdena Island melomys **''Melomys dollmani'' - Dollman's melomys **''Melomys fraterculus'' - Manusela mosaic-tailed rat **''Melomys frigicola'' - Snow Mountains grassland melomys **''Melomys fulgens'' - Seram long-tailed melomys **''Melomys howi'' - Riama Island melomys **''Melomys leucogaster'' - white-bellied mosaic-tailed rat **''Melomys lutillus'' - Papua grassland melomys **''Melomys matambuai'' - Manus Island melomys **''Melomys obiensis'' - Obi mosaic-tailed rat **''Melomys paveli'' - Pavel's Seram melomys **''Melomys rubicola'' - Bramble Cay mosaic-tailed rat **''Melomys rufescens'' - black-tailed mosaic-tailed rat **''Melomys spechti'' - Specht's mosaic-tailed rat **''Melomys talaudium'' - long-tailed Talaud melomys *Genus ''Mesembriomys'' [incomplete species listing?] **''Mesembriomys gouldii'' - black-footed tree-rat **''Mesembriomys macrurus'' - Golden-backed tree-rat *Genus ''Microhydromys'' **''Microhydromys musseri'' - Musser's shrew mouse **''Microhydromys richardsoni'' - groove-toothed shrew mouse *Genus ''Micromys'' ** ''Micromys bendai'' (extinct) ** ''Micromys caesaris'' (extinct) ** ''Micromys chalceus'' (extinct) ** ''Micromys cingulatus'' (extinct) ** ''Micromys coronensis'' (extinct) ** ''Micromys erythrotis'' - Indochinese harvest mouse ** ''Micromys kozaniensis'' (extinct) ** ''Micromys liui'' (extinct) ** ''Micromys minutus'' - Eurasian harvest mouse ** ''Micromys paricioi'' (extinct) ** ''Micromys praeminutus'' (extinct) ** ''Micromys steffensi'' (extinct) *Genus ''Millardia'' **''Millardia gleadowi'' - sand-colored soft-furred rat **''Millardia kathleenae'' - Miss Ryley's soft-furred rat **''Millardia kondana'' - Kondana soft-furred rat **''Millardia meltada'' - soft-furred rat *Genus ''Mirzamys'' **''Mirzamys louiseae'' - Mirza's western moss rat **''Mirzamys norahae'' - Mirza's eastern moss rat *Genus ''Montemys'' **''Montemys delectorum'' - delectable soft-furred mouse *Genus ''Muriculus'' **''Muriculus imberbis'' - striped-back mouse *Genus ''Mus (genus), Mus'' **''Mus baoulei'' - Baoule's mouse **''Mus booduga'' - Little Indian field mouse **''Mus bufo'' - Toad mouse **''Mus callewaerti'' - Callewaert's mouse **''Mus caroli'' - Ryukyu mouse **''Mus cervicolor'' - Fawn-coloured mouse **''Mus cookii'' - Cook's mouse **''Mus crociduroides'' - Sumatran shrewlike mouse **''Mus cypriacus'' - Cypriot mouse **''Mus famulus'' - Servant mouse **''Mus fernandoni'' - Ceylon spiny mouse **''Mus fragilicauda'' - Sheath-tailed mouse **''Mus goundae'' - Gounda mouse **''Mus haussa'' - Hausa mouse **''Mus indutus'' - desert pygmy mouse **''Mus lepidoides'' - Little Burmese field mouse **''Mus macedonicus'' - Macedonian mouse **''Mus mahomet'' - Mahomet mouse **''Mus mattheyi'' - Matthey's mouse **''Mus mayori'' - Mayor's mouse **''Mus minutoides'' - African pygmy mouse **''Mus musculoides'' - Temminck's mouse **''Mus musculus'' - House mouse ***''Mus musculus domesticus'' - Western European house mouse ***''Mus musculus molossinus'' - Japanese house mouse **''Mus neavei'' - Neave's mouse **''Mus nitidulus'' - Blyth's mouse **''Mus orangiae'' - Free State pygmy mouse/orange mouse **''Mus oubanguii'' - Oubangui mouse **''Mus pahari'' - Gairdner's shrewmouse **''Mus phillipsi'' - Phillips's mouse **''Mus platythrix'' - Flat-haired mouse **''Mus saxicola'' - Rock-loving mouse **''Mus setulosus'' - Peters's mouse **''Mus setzeri'' - Setzer's pygmy mouse **''Mus shortridgei'' - Shortridge's mouse **''Mus sorella'' - Thomas's pygmy mouse **''Mus spicilegus'' - Mound-building mouse/steppe mouse **''Mus spretus'' - Algerian mouse **''Mus tenellus'' - Delicate mouse **''Mus terricolor'' - Earth-coloured mouse **''Mus triton'' - Gray-bellied pygmy mouse **''Mus vulcani'' - Volcano mouse *Genus ''Musseromys'' **''Musseromys anacuao'' - Sierra Madre tree-mouse **''Musseromys beneficus'' - Mount Pulag tree-mouse **''Musseromys gulantang'' - Banahaw tree mouse **''Musseromys inopinatus'' - Amuyao tree-mouse *Genus ''Mylomys'' **''Mylomys dybowskii'' - African groove-toothed rat **''Mylomys rex'' - Ethiopian mylomys *Genus ''Myomyscus'' **''Myomyscus verreauxii'' - Verreaux's white-footed rat *Genus ''Nesokia'' **''Nesokia bunnii'' - Bunn's short-tailed bandicoot rat **''Nesokia indica'' - short-tailed bandicoot rat *Genus ''Nesoromys'' **''Nesoromys ceramicus'' - Seram Island mountain rat *Genus ''Nilopegamys'' **''Nilopegamys plumbeus'' - Ethiopian amphibious rat *Genus ''Niviventer'' **''Niviventer andersoni'' - Anderson's white-bellied rat **''Niviventer brahma'' - Brahma white-bellied rat **''Niviventer bukit'' - Bukit white-bellied rat **''Niviventer cameroni'' - Cameron highlands niviventer **''Niviventer confucianus'' - Chinese white-bellied rat **''Niviventer coninga'' - spiny Taiwan niviventer **''Niviventer cremoriventer'' - dark-tailed tree rat **''Niviventer culturatus'' - Oldfield white-bellied rat **''Niviventer eha'' - smoke-bellied rat **''Niviventer excelsior'' - large white-bellied rat **''Niviventer fengi'' - Tibetan white-bellied rat **''Niviventer fraternus'' - montane Sumatran niviventer **''Niviventer fulvescens'' - chestnut white-bellied rat **''Niviventer hinpoon'' - limestone rat **''Niviventer huang'' - South China white-bellied rat **''Niviventer langbianis'' - Lang Bian white-bellied rat **''Niviventer lepturus'' - narrow-tailed white-bellied rat **''Niviventer lotipes'' - Hainan white-bellied rat **''Niviventer mekongis'' - Mekong white-bellied rat **''Niviventer niviventer'' - white-bellied rat **''Niviventer rapit'' - long-tailed mountain rat **''Niviventer tenaster'' - Tenasserim white-bellied rat *Genus ''Notomys'' **''Notomys alexis'' - Spinifex hopping mouse **''Notomys amplus'' - Short-tailed hopping mouse (extinct) **''Notomys aquilo'' - Northern hopping mouse **''Notomys cervinus'' - Fawn hopping mouse **''Notomys fuscus'' - Dusky hopping mouse **''Notomys longicaudatus'' - Long-tailed hopping mouse (extinct) **''Notomys mitchellii'' - Mitchell's hopping mouse **''Notomys macrotis'' - Big-eared hopping mouse (extinct) **''Notomys mordax'' - Darling Downs hopping mouse (extinct) **''Notomys robustus'' - Great hopping mouse (extinct) *Genus ''Ochromyscus'' **''Ochromyscus brockmani'' - Brockman's rock mouse **''Ochromyscus yemeni'' - Yemeni mouse *Genus ''Oenomys'' **''Oenomys hypoxanthus'' - rufous-nosed rat ***''Oenomys hypoxanthus albiventris'' **''Oenomys ornatus'' - Ghana rufous-nosed rat **''Oenomys tiercelini'' *Genus ''Palawanomys'' **''Palawanomys furvus'' - Palawan soft-furred mountain rat *Genus ''Papagomys'' **''Papagomys armandvillei'' - Flores giant rat **''Papagomys theodorverhoeveni'' - Verhoeven's giant tree rat (extinct) *Genus ''Parahydromys'' **''Parahydromys asper'' - New Guinea waterside rat *Genus ''Paraleptomys'' **''Paraleptomys rufilatus'' - northern water rat **''Paraleptomys wilhelmina'' - short-haired water rat *Genus ''Paramelomys'' **''Paramelomys gressitti'' - Gressitt's paramelomys **''Paramelomys levipes'' - Papuan lowland paramelomys **''Paramelomys lorentzii'' - Lorentz's paramelomys **''Paramelomys mollis'' - montane soft-furred paramelomys **''Paramelomys moncktoni'' - Monckton's paramelomys **''Paramelomys naso'' - long-nosed paramelomys **''Paramelomys platyops'' - common lowland paramelomys **''Paramelomys rubex'' - mountain paramelomys **''Paramelomys steini'' - Stein's paramelomys *Genus ''Paruromys'' **''Paruromys dominator'' - Sulawesi bear rat *Genus ''Paulamys'' **''Paulamys naso'' - Flores long-nosed rat *Genus ''Pelomys'' **''Pelomys campanae'' - bell groove-toothed swamp rat **''Pelomys fallax'' - creek groove-toothed swamp rat **''Pelomys hopkinsi'' - Hopkins's groove-toothed swamp rat **''Pelomys isseli'' - Issel's groove-toothed swamp rat **''Pelomys minor'' - least groove-toothed swamp rat *Genus ''Phloeomys'' **''Phloeomys cumingi'' - southern Luzon giant cloud rat **''Phloeomys pallidus'' - northern Luzon giant cloud rat *Genus ''Pithecheir'' **''Pithecheir melanurus'' - red tree rat **''Pithecheir parvus'' - Malayan tree rat *Genus ''Pithecheirops'' **''Pithecheirops otion'' - Bornean pithecheirops *Genus ''Pogonomelomys'' **''Pogonomelomys brassi'' - Grey pogonomelomys **''Pogonomelomys bruijni'' - lowland brush mouse **''Pogonomelomys mayeri'' - Shaw Mayer's brush mouse *Genus ''Pogonomys'' **''Pogonomys championi'' - Champion's tree mouse **''Pogonomys fergussoniensis'' - D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago pogonomys **''Pogonomys loriae'' - large tree mouse **''Pogonomys macrourus'' - chestnut tree mouse **''Pogonomys mollipilosus'' - Prehensile-tailed rat **''Pogonomys sylvestris'' - gray-bellied tree mouse *Genus ''Praomys'' **''Praomys coetzeei'' - Coetzee's soft-furred mouse **''Praomys daltoni'' - Dalton's praomys **''Praomys degraaffi'' - De Graaff's praomys **''Praomys derooi'' - Deroo's praomys **''Praomys hartwigi'' - Hartweg's soft-furred mouse **''Praomys jacksoni'' - Jackson's soft-furred mouse **''Praomys minor'' - least soft-furred mouse **''Praomys misonnei'' - Misonne's soft-furred mouse **''Praomys morio'' - Cameroon soft-furred mouse **''Praomys mutoni'' - Muton's soft-furred mouse **''Praomys obscurus'' - Gotel Mountain praomys **''Praomys petteri'' - Petter's praomys **''Praomys rostratus'' - forest soft-furred mouse **''Praomys tullbergi'' - Tullberg's soft-furred mouse *Genus ''Protochromys'' **''Protochromys fellowsi'' - Papuan protochromys *Genus ''Pseudohydromys'' **''Pseudohydromys berniceae'' - Bishop's moss mouse **''Pseudohydromys carlae'' - Huon small-toothed moss mouse **''Pseudohydromys eleanorae'' - Laurie's moss mouse **''Pseudohydromys ellermani'' - Shaw Mayer's shrew mouse **''Pseudohydromys fuscus'' - mottled-tailed shrew mouse **''Pseudohydromys germani'' - German's one-toothed moss mouse **''Pseudohydromys murinus'' - eastern shrew mouse **''Pseudohydromys musseri'' - Musser's shrew mouse **''Pseudohydromys occidentalis'' - western shrew mouse **''Pseudohydromys patriciae'' - Woolley's moss mouse **''Pseudohydromys pumehanae'' - Southern small-toothed moss mouse **''Pseudohydromys sandrae'' - White-bellied moss mouse *Genus ''Pseudomys'' **''Pseudomys albocinereus'' - Ash-grey mouse **''Pseudomys apodemoides'' - Silky mouse **''Pseudomys australis'' - Plains rat **''Pseudomys bolami'' - Bolam's mouse **''Pseudomys calabyi'' - Kakadu pebble-mound mouse **''Pseudomys chapmani'' - Western pebble-mound mouse **''Pseudomys delicatulus'' - Little native mouse **''Pseudomys desertor'' - Desert mouse **''Pseudomys fieldi''? **''Pseudomys fumeus'' - Smoky mouse **''Pseudomys glaucus'' - Blue-gray mouse (possibly extinct) **''Pseudomys gouldii'' - Gould's mouse **''Pseudomys gracilicaudatus'' - Eastern chestnut mouse **''Pseudomys hermannsburgensis'' - Sandy inland mouse **''Pseudomys higginsi'' - Long-tailed mouse **''Pseudomys johnsoni'' - Central pebble-mound mouse **''Pseudomys laborifex''? **''Pseudomys nanus'' - Western chestnut mouse **''Pseudomys novaehollandiae'' - New Holland mouse **''Pseudomys occidentalis'' - Western mouse **''Pseudomys oralis'' - Hastings River mouse **''Pseudomys patrius'' - Country mouse **''Pseudomys pilligaensis'' - Pilliga mouse **''Pseudomys praeconis''? **''Pseudomys shortridgei'' - Heath mouse **''Pseudomys vandycki'' (extinct) *Genus ''Rattus'' **''Rattus adustus'' - Sunburned rat **''Rattus andamanensis'' - Sikkim rat **''Rattus arfakiensis'' - Vogelkop mountain rat **''Rattus argentiventer'' - Ricefield rat **''Rattus arrogans'' - Western New Guinea mountain rat **''Rattus baluensis'' - Summit rat **''Rattus blangorum'' - Aceh rat **''Rattus bontanus'' - Bonthain rat **''Rattus burrus'' - Nonsense rat **''Rattus colletti'' - Dusky rat **''Rattus detentus'' - Manus Island spiny rat **''Rattus elaphinus'' - Sula rat **''Rattus enganus'' - Enggano rat **''Rattus everetti'' - Philippine forest rat **''Rattus exulans'' - Polynesian rat **''Rattus facetus'' - Lore Lindu xanthurus rat **''Rattus feliceus'' - Spiny Ceram rat **''Rattus foramineus''? **''Rattus fuscipes'' - bush rat **''Rattus giluwensis'' - Giluwe rat **''Rattus hainaldi'' - Hainald's rat **''Rattus hoffmanni'' - Hoffmann's rat **''Rattus hoogerwerfi'' - Hoogerwerf's rat **''Rattus jobiensis'' - Japen rat **''Rattus koopmani'' - Koopman's rat **''Rattus korinchi'' - Korinch's rat **''Rattus leucopus'' - Cape York rat **''Rattus losea'' - Lesser ricefield rat **''Rattus lugens'' - Mentawai rat **''Rattus lutreolus'' - Australian swamp rat **''Rattus macleari'' - Maclear's rat **''Rattus marmosurus'' - Opossum rat **''Rattus mindorensis'' - Mindoro black rat **''Rattus mollicomulus'' - Little soft-furred rat **''Rattus montanus'' - Nillu rat **''Rattus mordax'' - Eastern rat **''Rattus morotaiensis'' - Molaccan prehensile-tailed rat **''Rattus nativitatis'' - bulldog rat, extinct (1903) **''Rattus nikenii'' - Gag Island rat **''Rattus niobe'' - Moss-forest rat **''Rattus nitidus'' - Himalayan field rat **''Rattus norvegicus'' - Brown rat **''Rattus novaeguineae'' - New Guinean rat **''Rattus omichlodes'' - Arianus's rat **''Rattus osgoodi'' - Osgood's rat **''Rattus palmarum'' - Palm rat **''Rattus pelurus'' - Peleng rat **''Rattus pococki'' - Pocock's highland rat **''Rattus praetor'' - Large New Guinea spiny rat **''Rattus pyctoris'' - Turkestan rat **''Rattus ranjiniae'' - Kerala rat **''Rattus rattus'' - Black rat **''Rattus richardsoni'' - Glacier rat **''Rattus sakeratensis'' - little Indochinese field rat **''Rattus salocco'' - Southeastern xanthurus rat **''Rattus sanila'' - New Ireland forest rat **''Rattus satarae'' - Sahyadris forest rat **''Rattus sikkimensis''? **''Rattus simalurensis'' - Simalur rat **''Rattus sordidus'' - Dusky field rat **''Rattus steini'' - Stein's rat **''Rattus stoicus'' - Andaman rat **''Rattus tanezumi'' - Tanezumi rat **''Rattus tawitawiensis'' - Tawitawi forest rat **''Rattus timorensis'' - Timor rat **''Rattus tiomanicus'' - Malayan field rat **''Rattus tunneyi'' - Pale field rat **''Rattus turkestanicus''? **''Rattus vandeuseni'' - Van Deusen's rat **''Rattus verecundus'' - Slender rat **''Rattus villosissimus'' - Long-haired rat **''Rattus xanthurus'' - Yellow-tailed rat *Genus ''Serengetimys'' **''Serengetimys pernanus'' - dwarf multimammate mouse *Genus ''Rhabdomys'' **''Rhabdomys dilectus'' - mesic four-striped grass rat **''Rhabdomys pumilio'' - Four-striped grass mouse *Genus ''Rhynchomys'' **''Rhynchomys banahao'' - Banahao shrew-rat **''Rhynchomys isarogensis'' - Isarog shrew-rat **''Rhynchomys labo'' - Labo shrew rat **''Rhynchomys mingan'' - Mingan shrew-rat **''Rhynchomys soricoides'' - Mt. Data shrew-rat **''Rhynchomys tapulao'' - Tapulao shrew-rat *Genus ''Saxatilomys'' **''Saxatilomys paulinae'' - Paulina's limestone rat *Genus ''Solomys'' **''Solomys ponceleti'' - Poncelet's naked-tailed rat **''Solomys salamonis'' - Florida naked-tailed rat **''Solomys salebrosus'' - Bougainville naked-tailed rat **''Solomys sapientis'' - Isabel naked-tailed rat **''Solomys spriggsarum'' - Buka naked-tailed rat (extinct) *Genus ''Soricomys'' **''Soricomys kalinga'' - Kalinga shrew mouse **''Soricomys leonardocoi'' - Leonardo shrew mouse **''Soricomys montanus'' - Southern Cordillera shrew-mouse **''Soricomys musseri'' - Sierra Madre shrew-mouse *Genus ''Sommeromys'' **''Sommeromys macrorhinos'' - Sommer's Sulawesi rat *Genus ''Spelaeomys'' **''Spelaeomys florensis'' - Flores cave rat *Genus ''Srilankamys'' **''Srilankamys ohiensis'' - Ohiya rat *Genus ''Stenocephalemys'' **''Stenocephalemys albipes'' - white-footed stenocephalemys **''Stenocephalemys albocaudata'' - Ethiopian narrow-headed rat **''Stenocephalemys griseicauda'' - gray-tailed narrow-headed rat **''Stenocephalemys ruppi'' - Rupp's stenocephalemys **''Stenocephalemys sokolovi'' - Sokolov's Ethiopian rat **''Stenocephalemys zimai'' - Zima's Ethiopian rat *Genus ''Stochomys'' **''Stochomys longicaudatus'' - target rat *Genus ''Sundamys'' **''Sundamys annandalei'' - Annandale's rat **''Sundamys infraluteus'' - mountain giant rat **''Sundamys maxi'' - Bartels's rat **''Sundamys muelleri'' - Mueller's giant Sunda rat *Genus ''Taeromys'' **''Taeromys arcuatus'' - Salokko rat **''Taeromys callitrichus'' - lovely-haired rat **''Taeromys celebensis'' - Celebes rat **''Taeromys hamatus'' - Sulawesi montane rat **''Taeromys microbullatus'' - small-eared taeromys **''Taeromys punicans'' - Sulawesi forest rat **''Taeromys taerae'' - Tondano rat *Genus ''Tarsomys'' **''Tarsomys apoensis'' - long-footed rat **''Tarsomys echinatus'' - spiny long-footed rat *Genus ''Tateomys'' **''Tateomys macrocercus'' - Long-tailed shrew rat **''Tateomys rhinogradoides'' - Tate's shrew rat *Genus ''Thallomys'' **''Thallomys loringi'' - Loring's rat **''Thallomys nigricauda'' - Black-tailed tree rat **''Thallomys paedulcus'' - Acacia rat **''Thallomys shortridgei'' - Shortridge's rat *Genus ''Thamnomys'' **''Thamnomys kempi'' - Kemp's thicket rat **''Thamnomys major'' - Hatt's thicket rat **''Thamnomys rutilans''? **''Thamnomys venustus'' - Charming thicket rat *Genus ''Tokudaia'' **''Tokudaia muenninki'' - Muennink's spiny rat **''Tokudaia osimensis'' - Ryukyu spiny rat **''Tokudaia tokunoshimensis'' - Tokunoshima spiny rat *Genus ''Tonkinomys'' **''Tonkinomys daovantieni'' - Daovantien's limestone rat *Genus ''Tryphomys'' **''Tryphomys adustus'' - Luzon short-nosed rat *Genus ''Uromys'' **''Uromys anak'' - Giant naked-tailed rat **''Uromys boeadii'' - Biak giant rat **''Uromys caudimaculatus'' - giant white-tailed rat **''Uromys emmae'' - Emma's giant rat **''Uromys hadrourus'' - Masked white-tailed rat **''Uromys imperator'' - Emperor rat **''Uromys neobritanicus'' - Bismarck giant rat **''Uromys porculus'' - Guadalcanal rat **''Uromys rex'' - King rat **''Uromys siebersi'' - Great Key Island giant rat **''Uromys vika'' - Vangunu giant rat *Genus ''Vandeleuria'' **''Vandeleuria nilagirica'' - Nilgiri long-tailed tree mouse **''Vandeleuria nolthenii'' - Nolthenius's long-tailed climbing mouse **''Vandeleuria oleracea'' - Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse *Genus ''Vernaya'' **''Vernaya fulva'' - red climbing mouse **''Vernaya prefulva'' **''Vernaya pristina'' **''Vernaya giganta'' **''Vernaya wushanica'' *Genus ''Xenuromys'' **''Xenuromys barbatus'' - Mimic tree rat *Genus ''Xeromys'' **''Xeromys myoides'' - false water rat *Genus ''Zelotomys'' **''Zelotomys hildegardeae'' - Hildegarde's broad-headed mouse **''Zelotomys woosnami'' - Woosnam's broad-headed mouse *Genus ''Zyzomys'' **''Zyzomys argurus'' - common rock rat **''Zyzomys maini'' - Arnhem Land rock rat **''Zyzomys palatilis'' - Carpentarian rock rat **''Zyzomys pedunculatus'' - central rock rat **''Zyzomys woodwardi'' - Kimberley rock rat


See also

* Mammal classification


References

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