Rodent
Appearance
| Rodents | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
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Sciuromorpha | |
| Combined range o aw rodent species | |
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]
References
[eedit | edit soorce]- ↑ "rodent - Encyclopedia.com". Retrieved 3 November 2007.
- ↑ "Rodents: Gnawing Animals". Archived frae the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 3 November 2007.