Well-known rodents include mice, rats, squirrels, prairie dogs, porcupines, beavers, guinea pigs, and hamsters.
What is a small rodent called?
Most rodents are small. Examples of commonly known rodents are mice, rats, chipmunks, and squirrels. Some other small rodents sometimes kept as pets are Guinea pigs, hamsters, and gerbils.
What are classed as rodents?
Well-known rodents include mice, rats, squirrels, prairie dogs, porcupines, beavers, guinea pigs, and hamsters. Most rodents are small animals with robust bodies, short limbs, and long tails. They use their sharp incisors to gnaw food, excavate burrows, and defend themselves.
How many species of rodents are there?
4,660 species
What are the 5 major rodents found in the Philippines?
Rodents. Rodentia make up the largest order of mammals, comprising over 440 genera and over 2000 different species. The five main families within this order are Muridae (rats and mice), Sciuridae (squirrels), Echimyidae (spiny rats), Heteromyidae (pocket mice and kangaroo rats), and Dipodidae (jerboas and jumping mice)
Most rodents are identifiable by behavior, specific body features and coloration. Some rodents bear tails that are much shorter than the lengths of their bodies, while others have tails that far exceed that length. Rats tend to have hairless tails and ears and are larger in size than most mice.