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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 ...
species that are
extinct
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
− no longer alive.
Species from related groups such as
Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) are not included.
Before 1500
Extinct after 1500
16th century
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Oriente cave rat
The Oriente cave rat (''Boromys offella'') is an extinct species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It was endemic to Cuba.
Its natural habitat was subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is known from recent fossil records, and may h ...
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Torre's cave rat
Torre's cave rat (''Boromys torrei'') was a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae.
It was endemic to Cuba.
Its natural habitat was subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds ...
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Imposter hutia
The imposter hutia (''Hexolobodon phenax'') is an extinction, extinct species of rodent in the hutia subfamily (Hutia, Capromyinae). It is the only species in the genus ''Hexolobodon'' and tribe Hexolobodontini. It was found only on the Caribbean ...
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Montane hutia
The montane hutia (''Isolobodon montanus'') is an extinct species of rodent in the subfamily Capromyinae. It was endemic to Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti).
History
The remains were found in association with those from rats of ...
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Megaoryzomys
''Megaoryzomys curioi'', also known as the Galápagos giant rat, is an extinct species of sigmodontine rodent, known only from Santa Cruz Island in the Galápagos Islands. It likely met its demise when European settlers introduced invasive species ...
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Cuban coney
The Cuban coney (''Geocapromys columbianus'') is an extinct species of rodent in the subfamily Capromyinae. In it’s time, it was endemic to Cuba.
Its natural habitats were lowlands moist forests, xeric shrublands and rocky areas. Some scienti ...
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Hispaniolan edible rat
The Hispaniolan edible rat (''Brotomys voratus'') is a recently extinct species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is the only species in the genus ''Brotomys''. It was endemic to the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean, in what is today ...
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Conilurus capricornensis
The Capricorn rabbit rat (''Conilurus capricornensis'') is an extinct species of rodent from Queensland, Australia. It was described as a new species in 2010 on the basis of Pleistocene and Holocene dental remains. The specific name refers to th ...
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Samaná hutia
The Samaná hutia (''Plagiodontia ipnaeum'') is an extinction, extinct species of rodent in the subfamily Hutia, Capromyinae. It was Endemism, endemic to Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti). Its natural habitat was subtropical or tropic ...
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Buhler's coryphomys
Buhler's coryphomys (''Coryphomys buehleri'') is an extinct species of giant rat. It is known only from sub-fossil fragments that were found on Timor Island, Indonesia. It is related to the murines of New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ' ...
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Noronhomys''
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Pennatomys nivalis''
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Desmarest's hutia
Desmarest's hutia or the Cuban hutia (''Capromys pilorides'') is a stout, furry, rat-like mammal found only on Cuba and nearby islands. Growing to about 60 cm (2 ft), it normally lives in pairs and feeds on leaves, fruit, bark and sometimes small ...
17th century
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Insular cave rat
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Puerto Rican hutia
The Puerto Rican hutia (''Isolobodon portoricensis'') is an extinct species of rodent in the family Capromyidae. It was found on Hispaniola (today the Dominican Republic and Haiti) and Gonâve Island; it was introduced to the Virgin Islands ...
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Verhoeven's giant tree rat
Verhoeven's giant tree rat (''Papagomys theodorverhoeveni'') is an extinct rat of subfamily Murinae that lived on Flores in Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the ...
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Rodents
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 nat ...
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Extinct rodents
Rodents, extinct