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Descriptions and representative pictures of the rodent families.
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I probably see rodents all around us,day and night.We know them as rats and mice,squirrels and chipmunks,woodchucks and prairie dogs.They live in more land areas than any other animal family.In forests and deserts,on farmlands and in cities. Rodents have a...Brief essays about a number of rodent species found in Ohio, USA.
http://www.wittenberg.edu/academ...ol/courses/mammals/Rodentia.html
Characteristics of the order and descriptions of each of the 29 families from the Animal Diversity Web.
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umic.../chordata/mammalia/rodentia.html
Brief introduction.
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Rodentia The single largest group of mammals is the Rodentia. Most non-flying mammals are rodents: there are about 1,500 living rodent species (out of about 4,000 living mammals overall Most people are familiar with mice, rats, hamsters, and guinea pigs, which...