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Rodent
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Rodents are mammals o the order Rodentia, characterised bi a single pair o continuously growin incisors in ilka o the upper an lawer jaws that must be kept short bi gnawin.[1][2]
Quick Facts Scientific classification, Suborders ...
Rodents Temporal range: Late Paleocene–recent | |
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Left tae richt an tap tae bottom: Springhare (Anomaluromorpha), black rat (Myomorpha), reid squirrel (Sciuromorpha), North American beaver (Castorimorpha), an capybara (Hystricomorpha) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Mammalia |
(unranked): | Glires |
Order: | Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 |
Suborders | |
Sciuromorpha | |
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Combined range o aw rodent species |
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