Table of Contents
414 relations: Adaptive radiation, Aeration, Age of Discovery, Agouti, Agriculture, Akodon, Alloparenting, Alpine marmot, American Society of Mammalogists, Animal cognition, Animals in space, Annual Review of Animal Biosciences, Annual Review of Neuroscience, Annual Reviews (publisher), Anomalure, Anomaluromorpha, Antarctica, Antelope, Anticoagulant, Aplodontiidae, Apodemus, Apollo 17, Arboreal locomotion, Arvicanthis, Atlantic puffin, Australia, Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical, Émile Roux, Babesiosis, Baculum, Bank vole, Bat detector, Beaver, Behavioral economics, Belding's ground squirrel, Biodiversity loss, Biological pest control, Biological specificity, Biome, Biosatellite, Bipedalism, Birch mouse, Bison, Black rat, Black-tailed prairie dog, Blesmol, Boreoeutheria, Bramble Cay melomys, Brazil nut, Brodifacoum, ... Expand index (364 more) »
- Rodents
- Taxa named by Thomas Edward Bowdich
Adaptive radiation
In evolutionary biology, adaptive radiation is a process in which organisms diversify rapidly from an ancestral species into a multitude of new forms, particularly when a change in the environment makes new resources available, alters biotic interactions or opens new environmental niches.
See Rodent and Adaptive radiation
Aeration
Aeration (also called aerification or aeriation) is the process by which air is circulated through, mixed with or dissolved in a liquid or other substances that act as a fluid (such as soil).
Age of Discovery
The Age of Discovery, also known as the Age of Exploration, was part of the early modern period and largely overlapping with the Age of Sail.
See Rodent and Age of Discovery
Agouti
The agouti or common agouti is any of several rodent species of the genus Dasyprocta. Rodent and agouti are rodents.
Agriculture
Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, fisheries, and forestry for food and non-food products.
Akodon
Akodon is a genus consisting of South American grass mice.
Alloparenting
Alloparenting (also referred to as alloparental care) is a term used to classify any form of parental care provided by an individual towards young that are not its own direct offspring.
Alpine marmot
The alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) is a large ground-dwelling squirrel, from the genus of marmots.
American Society of Mammalogists
The American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) was founded in 1919.
See Rodent and American Society of Mammalogists
Animal cognition
Animal cognition encompasses the mental capacities of non-human animals including insect cognition.
See Rodent and Animal cognition
Animals in space
Animals in space originally served to test the survivability of spaceflight, before human spaceflights were attempted.
See Rodent and Animals in space
Annual Review of Animal Biosciences
The Annual Review of Animal Biosciences is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Annual Reviews.
See Rodent and Annual Review of Animal Biosciences
Annual Review of Neuroscience
The Annual Review of Neuroscience is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes review articles relevant to neuroscience.
See Rodent and Annual Review of Neuroscience
Annual Reviews (publisher)
Annual Reviews is an independent, non-profit academic publishing company based in San Mateo, California.
See Rodent and Annual Reviews (publisher)
Anomalure
The Anomaluridae are a family of rodents found in central Africa.
Anomaluromorpha
Anomaluromorpha is a clade that unites the anomalures, springhares, and zenkerella.
See Rodent and Anomaluromorpha
Antarctica
Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent.
Antelope
The term antelope refers to numerous extant or recently extinct species of the ruminant artiodactyl family Bovidae that are indigenous to most of Africa, India, the Middle East, Central Asia, and a small area of Eastern Europe.
Anticoagulant
An anticoagulant, commonly known as a blood thinner, is a chemical substance that prevents or reduces the coagulation of blood, prolonging the clotting time.
Aplodontiidae
The family Aplodontiidae also known as Aplodontidae, Haplodontiidae or Haploodontini is traditionally classified as the sole extant family of the suborder Protrogomorpha.
Apodemus
Apodemus is a genus of Muridae (true mice and rats).
Apollo 17
Apollo 17 (December 7–19, 1972) was the eleventh and final mission of NASA's Apollo program, the sixth and most recent time humans have set foot on the Moon or traveled beyond low Earth orbit.
Arboreal locomotion
Arboreal locomotion is the locomotion of animals in trees.
See Rodent and Arboreal locomotion
Arvicanthis
Arvicanthis is a genus of rodent from Africa.
Atlantic puffin
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica), also known as the common puffin, is a species of seabird in the auk family.
See Rodent and Atlantic puffin
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical
Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on the autonomic nervous system.
See Rodent and Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical
Émile Roux
Pierre Paul Émile Roux FRS (17 December 18533 November 1933) was a French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist.
Babesiosis
Babesiosis or piroplasmosis is a malaria-like parasitic disease caused by infection with a eukaryotic parasite in the order Piroplasmida, typically a Babesia or Theileria, in the phylum Apicomplexa.
Baculum
The baculum (bacula), also known as the penis bone, penile bone, os penis, os genitale, or os priapi, is a bone in the penis of many placental mammals.
Bank vole
The bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) is a small vole with red-brown fur and some grey patches, with a tail about half as long as its body.
Bat detector
A bat detector is a device used to detect the presence of bats by converting their echolocation ultrasound signals, as they are emitted by the bats, to audible frequencies, usually about 120 Hz to 15 kHz.
Beaver
Beavers (genus Castor) are large, semiaquatic rodents of the Northern Hemisphere.
Behavioral economics
Behavioral economics is the study of the psychological, cognitive, emotional, cultural and social factors involved in the decisions of individuals or institutions, and how these decisions deviate from those implied by classical economic theory.
See Rodent and Behavioral economics
Belding's ground squirrel
Belding's ground squirrel (Urocitellus beldingi), also called pot gut, sage rat or picket-pin, is a squirrel that lives on mountains in the western United States.
See Rodent and Belding's ground squirrel
Biodiversity loss
Biodiversity loss happens when plant or animal species disappear completely from Earth (extinction) or when there is a decrease or disappearance of species in a specific area.
See Rodent and Biodiversity loss
Biological pest control
Biological control or biocontrol is a method of controlling pests, whether pest animals such as insects and mites, weeds, or pathogens affecting animals or plants by using other organisms.
See Rodent and Biological pest control
Biological specificity
Biological specificity is the tendency of a characteristic such as a behavior or a biochemical variation to occur in a particular species.
See Rodent and Biological specificity
Biome
A biome is a distinct geographical region with specific climate, vegetation, and animal life.
See Rodent and Biome
Biosatellite
A bio satellite is an artificial satellite designed to carry plants or animals in outer space.
Bipedalism
Bipedalism is a form of terrestrial locomotion where an animal moves by means of its two rear (or lower) limbs or legs.
Birch mouse
Birch mice (genus Sicista) are small jumping rodents that resemble mice with long, tufted tails and very long hind legs, allowing for remarkable leaps.
Bison
A bison (bison) is a large bovine in the genus Bison (Greek: "wild ox" (bison)) within the tribe Bovini.
See Rodent and Bison
Black rat
The black rat (Rattus rattus), also known as the roof rat, ship rat, or house rat, is a common long-tailed rodent of the stereotypical rat genus Rattus, in the subfamily Murinae.
Black-tailed prairie dog
The black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) is a rodent of the family Sciuridae (the squirrels) found in the Great Plains of North America from about the United States–Canada border to the United States–Mexico border.
See Rodent and Black-tailed prairie dog
Blesmol
The blesmols, also known as mole-rats, or African mole-rats, are burrowing rodents of the family Bathyergidae.
Boreoeutheria
Boreoeutheria ("northern true beasts") is a magnorder of placental mammals that groups together superorders Euarchontoglires and Laurasiatheria.
Bramble Cay melomys
The Bramble Cay melomys, or Bramble Cay mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys rubicola), is a recently extinct species of rodent in the family Muridae and subfamily Murinae.
See Rodent and Bramble Cay melomys
Brazil nut
The Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) is a South American tree in the family Lecythidaceae, and it is also the name of the tree's commercially harvested edible seeds.
Brodifacoum
Brodifacoum is a highly lethal 4-hydroxycoumarin vitamin K antagonist anticoagulant poison.
Brown hairy dwarf porcupine
The brown hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou vestitus) is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae.
See Rodent and Brown hairy dwarf porcupine
Brown rat
The brown rat (Rattus norvegicus), also known as the common rat, street rat, sewer rat, wharf rat, Hanover rat, Norway rat and Norwegian rat, is a widespread species of common rat.
Brush-tailed porcupine
The brush-tailed porcupines are a genus, Atherurus, of Old World porcupines found in Asia and Africa.
See Rodent and Brush-tailed porcupine
Bubonic plague
Bubonic plague is one of three types of plague caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis.
California deermouse
The California deermouse or California mouse (Peromyscus californicus) is a species of rodent in the subfamily Neotominae in the family Cricetidae.
See Rodent and California deermouse
California ground squirrel
The California ground squirrel (Otospermophilus beecheyi), also known as the Beechey ground squirrel, is a common and easily observed ground squirrel of the western United States and the Baja California Peninsula; it is common in Oregon and California and its range has relatively recently extended into Washington and northwestern Nevada.
See Rodent and California ground squirrel
Cannibalism
Cannibalism is the act of consuming another individual of the same species as food.
Cape ground squirrel
The Cape ground squirrel or South African ground squirrel (Geosciurus inauris) is found in most of the drier parts of southern Africa from South Africa, through to Botswana, and into Namibia, including Etosha National Park.
See Rodent and Cape ground squirrel
Cape mole-rat
The Cape mole-rat (Georychus capensis) is a species of mole-rat endemic to South Africa.
Capybara
The capybara or greater capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) is a giant cavy rodent native to South America.
Carbohydrate
A carbohydrate is a biomolecule consisting of carbon (C), hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) atoms, usually with a hydrogen–oxygen atom ratio of 2:1 (as in water) and thus with the empirical formula (where m may or may not be different from n), which does not mean the H has covalent bonds with O (for example with, H has a covalent bond with C but not with O).
Castoridae
Castoridae is a family of rodents that contains the two living species of beavers and their fossil relatives.
Castorimorpha
Castorimorpha is the suborder of rodents containing the beavers and the kangaroo rats. A 2017 study using retroposon markers indicated that they are most closely related to the Anomaluromorpha (the scaly-tailed squirrels and the springhare) and Myomorpha (mouse-like rodents).
Castoroides
Castoroides (Latin: "beaver" (castor), "like" (oides)), or the giant beaver, is an extinct genus of enormous, bear-sized beavers that lived in North America during the Pleistocene.
Cat
The cat (Felis catus), commonly referred to as the domestic cat or house cat, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal.
See Rodent and Cat
Cavia
Cavia is a genus in the subfamily Caviinae that contains the rodents commonly known as guinea pigs or cavies.
See Rodent and Cavia
Caviidae
Caviidae, the cavy family, is composed of rodents native to South America and includes the domestic guinea pig, wild cavies, and the largest living rodent, the capybara.
Caviomorpha
Caviomorpha is the rodent parvorder that unites all New World hystricognaths.
Cecum
The cecum or caecum is a pouch within the peritoneum that is considered to be the beginning of the large intestine.
See Rodent and Cecum
Cell biology
Cell biology (also cellular biology or cytology) is a branch of biology that studies the structure, function, and behavior of cells.
Cellulose
Cellulose is an organic compound with the formula, a polysaccharide consisting of a linear chain of several hundred to many thousands of β(1→4) linked D-glucose units.
Cenozoic
The Cenozoic is Earth's current geological era, representing the last 66million years of Earth's history.
Cheek pouch
Cheek pouches are pockets on both sides of the head of some mammals between the jaw and the cheek.
Chinchilla
Chinchillas are either of two species (Chinchilla chinchilla and Chinchilla lanigera) of crepuscular rodents of the parvorder Caviomorpha, and are native to the Andes mountains in South America.
Chinchilla rat
Chinchilla rats or chinchillones are members of the family Abrocomidae.
Chinchillidae
The family Chinchillidae is in the order Rodentia and consists of the chinchillas, the viscachas, and their fossil relatives.
Chipmunk
Chipmunks are small, striped rodents of Sciuridae, the squirrel family; specifically, they are ground squirrels (Marmotini).
Chisel
A chisel is a wedged hand tool with a characteristically shaped cutting edge on the end of its blade, for carving or cutting a hard material (e.g. wood, stone, or metal).
Clade
In biological phylogenetics, a clade, also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a grouping of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree.
See Rodent and Clade
Climate change
In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.
Cognitive bias
A cognitive bias is a systematic pattern of deviation from norm or rationality in judgment.
Colony (biology)
In biology, a colony is composed of two or more conspecific individuals living in close association with, or connected to, one another.
See Rodent and Colony (biology)
Columbian ground squirrel
The Columbian ground squirrel (Urocitellus columbianus) is a species of rodent common in certain regions of Canada and the northwestern United States.
See Rodent and Columbian ground squirrel
Common degu
The common degu (Octodon degus), or, historically, the degu, is a small hystricomorpha rodent endemic to the Chilean matorral ecoregion of central Chile.
Common kestrel
The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel or Old World kestrel, is a species of predatory bird belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae.
Convergent evolution
Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different periods or epochs in time.
See Rodent and Convergent evolution
Cooperative breeding
Cooperative breeding is a social system characterized by alloparental care: offspring receive care not only from their parents, but also from additional group members, often called helpers.
See Rodent and Cooperative breeding
Coprophagia
Coprophagia or coprophagy is the consumption of feces.
Cotton rat
A cotton rat is any member of the rodent genus Sigmodon.
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya).
Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event
The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event, also known as the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction, was the mass extinction of three-quarters of the plant and animal species on Earth approximately 66 million years ago.
See Rodent and Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event
Cricetidae
The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea.
Ctenodactylomorphi
Ctenodactylomorphi is an infraorder of the rodent suborder Hystricomorpha that includes two living families, the Ctenodactylidae (gundis) and the Diatomyidae (Laotian rock rat).
See Rodent and Ctenodactylomorphi
Cusco
Cusco or Cuzco (Qusqu or Qosqo) is a city in southeastern Peru near the Sacred Valley of the Andes mountain range and the Huatanay river.
See Rodent and Cusco
Damaraland mole-rat
The Damaraland mole-rat (Fukomys damarensis), Damara mole rat or Damaraland blesmol, is a burrowing rodent found in southern Africa.
See Rodent and Damaraland mole-rat
Dasyproctidae
Dasyproctidae is a family of large South American rodents, comprising the agoutis and acouchis.
Dear enemy effect
The dear enemy effect or dear enemy recognition is an ethological phenomenon in which two neighbouring territorial animals become less aggressive toward one another once territorial borders are well established.
See Rodent and Dear enemy effect
Developmental biology
Developmental biology is the study of the process by which animals and plants grow and develop.
See Rodent and Developmental biology
Diastema
A diastema (diastemata, from Greek διάστημα, 'space') is a space or gap between two teeth.
Diatomyidae
Diatomyidae is a family of hystricomorph rodents.
Dichromacy
Dichromacy (from Greek di, meaning "two" and chromo, meaning "color") is the state of having two types of functioning photoreceptors, called cone cells, in the eyes.
Digitigrade
In terrestrial vertebrates, digitigrade locomotion is walking or running on the toes (from the Latin digitus, 'finger', and gradior, 'walk').
Dinomyidae
The Dinomyidae are a family of South American hystricognath rodents: the dinomyids were once a very speciose group, but now contains only a single living species, the pacarana.
Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria.
Dipodoidea
Dipodoidea is a superfamily of rodents, also known as dipodoids, found across the Northern Hemisphere.
Dobrava-Belgrade orthohantavirus
Dobrava-Belgrade orthohantavirus (DOBV), also known as Dobrava virus, is an enveloped, single-stranded, negative-sense RNA virus species of Old World Orthohantavirus.
See Rodent and Dobrava-Belgrade orthohantavirus
Dodo
The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius, which is east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.
See Rodent and Dodo
Domestication
Domestication is a multi-generational mutualistic relationship in which an animal species, such as humans or leafcutter ants, takes over control and care of another species, such as sheep or fungi, to obtain from them a steady supply of resources, such as meat, milk, or labor.
Dominance hierarchy
In the zoological field of ethology, a dominance hierarchy (formerly and colloquially called a pecking order) is a type of social hierarchy that arises when members of animal social groups interact, creating a ranking system.
See Rodent and Dominance hierarchy
Dormouse
A dormouse is a rodent of the family Gliridae (this family is also variously called Myoxidae or Muscardinidae by different taxonomists).
Earless water rat
The earless water rat (Crossomys moncktoni) is a New Guinea rodent, part of the Hydromys group of the subfamily of Old World rats and mice (Murinae).
See Rodent and Earless water rat
Eastern gray squirrel
The eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis), also known, particularly outside of North America, as simply the grey squirrel, is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus.
See Rodent and Eastern gray squirrel
Echimyidae
Echimyidae is the family of neotropical spiny rats and their fossil relatives.
Ecosystem engineer
An ecosystem engineer is any species that creates, significantly modifies, maintains or destroys a habitat.
See Rodent and Ecosystem engineer
Emin's pouched rat
Emin's pouched rat (Cricetomys emini), also known as the African pouched rat, is a large rat of the muroid superfamily.
See Rodent and Emin's pouched rat
Eocene
The Eocene is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma).
Eospalax
Eospalax is a genus of rodents in the family Spalacidae.
Erethizon
Erethizon is a genus of New World porcupine and the only one of its family to be found north of southern Mexico.
Euarchonta
The Euarchonta are a proposed grandorder of mammals: the order Scandentia (treeshrews), and its sister Primatomorpha mirorder, containing the Dermoptera or colugos and the primates (Plesiadapiformes and descendants).
Euarchontoglires
Euarchontoglires (from: Euarchonta ("true rulers") + Glires ("dormice")), synonymous with Supraprimates, is a clade and a superorder of mammals, the living members of which belong to one of the five following groups: rodents, lagomorphs, treeshrews, primates, and colugos.
See Rodent and Euarchontoglires
Eulipotyphla
Eulipotyphla (which means "truly fat and blind") is an order of mammals suggested by molecular methods of phylogenetic reconstruction, which includes the laurasiatherian members of the now-invalid polyphyletic order Lipotyphla, but not the afrotherian members (tenrecs, golden moles, and otter shrews, now in their own order Afrosoricida).
Eurasia
Eurasia is the largest continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia.
Eurasian harvest mouse
The harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) is a small rodent native to Europe and Asia.
See Rodent and Eurasian harvest mouse
European water vole
The European water vole (Arvicola amphibius) or northern water vole, is a semi-aquatic rodent.
See Rodent and European water vole
Eusociality
Eusociality (Greek εὖ eu "good" and social) is the highest level of organization of sociality.
Evolutionary radiation
An evolutionary radiation is an increase in taxonomic diversity that is caused by elevated rates of speciation, that may or may not be associated with an increase in morphological disparity.
See Rodent and Evolutionary radiation
Family (biology)
Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.
See Rodent and Family (biology)
Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum, and Phooey
Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum, and Phooey were five mice who traveled to the Moon and circled it 75 times on the 1972 Apollo 17 mission.
See Rodent and Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum, and Phooey
Ferret
The ferret (Mustela furo) is a small, domesticated species belonging to the family Mustelidae.
Five-toed pygmy jerboa
The five-toed pygmy jerboa (Cardiocranius paradoxus) is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae.
See Rodent and Five-toed pygmy jerboa
Flickr
Flickr is an image hosting and video hosting service, as well as an online community, founded in Canada and headquartered in the United States.
Flying squirrel
Flying squirrels (scientifically known as Pteromyini or Petauristini) are a tribe of 50 species of squirrels in the family Sciuridae.
See Rodent and Flying squirrel
Foeticide
Foeticide (British English), or feticide (North American English), is the act of killing a fetus, or causing a miscarriage.
Fossil
A fossil (from Classical Latin) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.
Fossorial
A fossorial animal is one that is adapted to digging and which lives primarily (but not solely) underground.
Fukomys
Fukomys is a genus described in 2006 of common mole-rats, containing several species that were formerly placed in the genus Cryptomys; its species are endemic to Africa.
Fungus
A fungus (fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms.
Fur
Fur is a thick growth of hair that covers the skin of almost all mammals.
See Rodent and Fur
Gambian pouched rat
The Gambian pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus), also commonly known as the African giant pouched rat, is a species of nocturnal pouched rat of the giant pouched rat genus Cricetomys, in the family Nesomyidae.
See Rodent and Gambian pouched rat
Genetics
Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.
Geomyoidea
Geomyoidea is a superfamily of rodent that contains the pocket gophers (Geomyidae), the kangaroo rats and mice (Heteromyidae), and their fossil relatives.
Gerbillinae
Gerbillinae is one of the subfamilies of the rodent family Muridae and includes the gerbils, jirds, and sand rats.
Germ theory of disease
The germ theory of disease is the currently accepted scientific theory for many diseases.
See Rodent and Germ theory of disease
Glires
Glires (Latin glīrēs 'dormice') is a clade (sometimes ranked as a grandorder) consisting of rodents and lagomorphs (rabbits, hares, and pikas).
Glis (genus)
Glis is a genus of rodent that contains two extant species, both known as edible dormice or fat dormice: the European edible dormouse (Glis glis) and the Iranian edible dormouse (Glis persicus).
Glossary of entomology terms
This glossary of entomology describes terms used in the formal study of insect species by entomologists.
See Rodent and Glossary of entomology terms
Golden hamster
The golden hamster or Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) is a rodent belonging to the hamster subfamily, Cricetinae.
Golden-mantled ground squirrel
The golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis) is a ground squirrel native to western North America.
See Rodent and Golden-mantled ground squirrel
Gopher
Pocket gophers, commonly referred to simply as gophers, are burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae.
Great American Interchange
The Great American Biotic Interchange (commonly abbreviated as GABI), also known as the Great American Interchange and the Great American Faunal Interchange, was an important late Cenozoic paleozoogeographic biotic interchange event in which land and freshwater fauna migrated from North America to South America via Central America and vice versa, as the volcanic Isthmus of Panama rose up from the sea floor and bridged the formerly separated continents.
See Rodent and Great American Interchange
Great Plains
The Great Plains are a broad expanse of flatland in North America.
Ground squirrel
Ground squirrels are rodents of the squirrel family (Sciuridae) that generally live on the ground or in burrows, rather than in trees like the tree squirrels.
See Rodent and Ground squirrel
Ground vibrations
Ground vibrations is a technical term that is being used to describe mostly man-made vibrations of the ground, in contrast to natural vibrations of the Earth studied by seismology.
See Rodent and Ground vibrations
Groundhog
The groundhog (Marmota monax), also known as the woodchuck, is a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots.
Guinea pig
The guinea pig or domestic guinea pig (Cavia porcellus), also known as the cavy or domestic cavy, is a species of rodent belonging to the genus Cavia in the family Caviidae.
Gundi
Gundis or comb rats (family Ctenodactylidae) are a group of small, stocky rodents found in Africa.
See Rodent and Gundi
Hamster
Hamsters are rodents (order Rodentia) belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae, which contains 19 species classified in seven genera.
Hare
Hares and jackrabbits are mammals belonging to the genus Lepus.
See Rodent and Hare
Herbaceous plant
Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground.
See Rodent and Herbaceous plant
Herbivore
A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material, for example foliage or marine algae, for the main component of its diet.
Heteromyidae
Heteromyidae is a family of rodents consisting of kangaroo rats, kangaroo mice, pocket mice and spiny pocket mice.
Hibernation
Hibernation is a state of minimal activity and metabolic depression undergone by some animal species.
Hoarding (animal behavior)
Hoarding or caching in animal behavior is the storage of food in locations hidden from the sight of both conspecifics (animals of the same or closely related species) and members of other species.
See Rodent and Hoarding (animal behavior)
Holochilus
Holochilus is a genus of semiaquatic rodents in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae, sometimes called marsh rats.
Hopping mouse
A hopping mouse is any of about ten different Australian native mice in the genus Notomys.
House mouse
The house mouse (Mus musculus) is a small mammal of the order Rodentia, characteristically having a pointed snout, large rounded ears, and a long and almost hairless tail.
Human granulocytic anaplasmosis
Human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA) is a tick-borne, infectious disease caused by Anaplasma phagocytophilum, an obligate intracellular bacterium that is typically transmitted to humans by ticks of the Ixodes ricinus species complex, including Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus in North America.
See Rodent and Human granulocytic anaplasmosis
Hutia
Hutias (known in Spanish as jutía) are moderately large cavy-like rodents of the subfamily Capromyinae that inhabit the Caribbean islands.
See Rodent and Hutia
Hydrology
Hydrology is the scientific study of the movement, distribution, and management of water on Earth and other planets, including the water cycle, water resources, and drainage basin sustainability.
Hypothalamus
The hypothalamus (hypothalami) is a small part of the vertebrate brain that contains a number of nuclei with a variety of functions.
Hystricognathi
The Hystricognathi are an infraorder of rodents, distinguished from other rodents by the bone structure of their skulls.
Hystricomorpha
Hystricomorpha (from Greek ὕστριξ, hystrix 'porcupine' and Greek μορφή, morphē 'form') is a term referring to families and orders of rodents which has had many definitions throughout its history.
Immunology
Immunology is a branch of biology and medicine that covers the study of immune systems in all organisms.
Inca Empire
The Inca Empire, officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (Tawantinsuyu, "four parts together"), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America.
Incisor
Incisors (from Latin incidere, "to cut") are the front teeth present in most mammals.
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Induced ovulation (animals)
Induced ovulation occurs in some animal species that do not ovulate cyclically or spontaneously.
See Rodent and Induced ovulation (animals)
Infanticide in rodents
Infanticide is the termination of a neonate after it has been born, and in zoology this is often the termination or consumption of newborn animals by either a parent or an unrelated adult. Rodent and Infanticide in rodents are rodents.
See Rodent and Infanticide in rodents
Integrated pest management
Integrated pest management (IPM), also known as integrated pest control (IPC) is a broad-based approach that integrates both chemical and non-chemical practices for economic control of pests.
See Rodent and Integrated pest management
Introduced species
An introduced species, alien species, exotic species, adventive species, immigrant species, foreign species, non-indigenous species, or non-native species is a species living outside its native distributional range, but which has arrived there by human activity, directly or indirectly, and either deliberately or accidentally.
See Rodent and Introduced species
Invasive species
An invasive species is an introduced species that harms its new environment.
See Rodent and Invasive species
Iodine
Iodine is a chemical element; it has symbol I and atomic number 53.
Isthmus of Panama
The Isthmus of Panama (Istmo de Panamá), also historically known as the Isthmus of Darien (Istmo de Darién), is the narrow strip of land that lies between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, linking North and South America.
See Rodent and Isthmus of Panama
Jaw
The jaws are a pair of opposable articulated structures at the entrance of the mouth, typically used for grasping and manipulating food.
See Rodent and Jaw
Jerboa
Jerboas are hopping desert rodents found throughout North Africa and Asia, and are members of the family Dipodidae.
Johann Friedrich von Brandt
Johann Friedrich von Brandt (25 May 1802 – 15 July 1879) was a German-Russian naturalist, who worked mostly in Russia.
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Johns Hopkins University Press
Johns Hopkins University Press (also referred to as JHU Press or JHUP) is the publishing division of Johns Hopkins University.
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Josephoartigasia
Josephoartigasia is an extinct genus of enormous dinomyid rodent from the Early Pliocene to Early Pleistocene of Uruguay.
See Rodent and Josephoartigasia
Kangaroo mouse
A kangaroo mouse is either one of the two species of jumping mouse (genus Microdipodops) native to the deserts of the southwestern United States, predominantly found in the state of Nevada.
Kangaroo rat
Kangaroo rats, small mostly nocturnal rodents of genus Dipodomys, are native to arid areas of western North America.
Keystone species
A keystone species is a species that has a disproportionately large effect on its natural environment relative to its abundance.
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Kin recognition
Kin recognition, also called kin detection, is an organism's ability to distinguish between close genetic kin and non-kin.
See Rodent and Kin recognition
Korabl-Sputnik 4
Korabl-Sputnik 4 (Корабль-Спутник 4 meaning Ship-Satellite 4) or Vostok-3KA No.1, also known as Sputnik 9 in the West, was a Soviet spacecraft which was launched on 9 March 1961.
See Rodent and Korabl-Sputnik 4
Laboratory rat
Laboratory rats or lab rats are strains of the rat subspecies Rattus norvegicus domestica (Domestic Norwegian rat) which are bred and kept for scientific research.
Lagomorpha
The lagomorphs are the members of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha, of which there are two living families: the Leporidae (rabbits and hares) and the Ochotonidae (pikas).
Lakota people
The Lakota (pronounced; Lakȟóta/Lakhóta) are a Native American people.
Land mine
A land mine, or landmine, is an explosive weapon concealed under or camouflaged on the ground, and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets, ranging from combatants to vehicles and tanks, as they pass over or near it.
Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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Laughter
Laughter is a pleasant physical reaction and emotion consisting usually of rhythmical, often audible contractions of the diaphragm and other parts of the respiratory system.
Laurasia
Laurasia was the more northern of two large landmasses that formed part of the Pangaea supercontinent from around (Mya), the other being Gondwana.
Laurasiatheria
Laurasiatheria ("laurasian beasts") is a superorder of placental mammals that groups together true insectivores (eulipotyphlans), bats (chiropterans), carnivorans, pangolins (pholidotes), even-toed ungulates (artiodactyls), odd-toed ungulates (perissodactyls), and all their extinct relatives.
Leishmaniasis
Leishmaniasis is a wide array of clinical manifestations caused by protozoal parasites of the Trypanosomatida genus Leishmania.
Lemming
A lemming is a small rodent, usually found in or near the Arctic in tundra biomes.
Leporidae
Leporidae is the family of rabbits and hares, containing over 70 species of extant mammals in all.
Leptospirosis
Leptospirosis is a blood infection caused by the bacteria Leptospira that can infect humans, dogs, rodents and many other wild and domesticated animals.
Lion
The lion (Panthera leo) is a large cat of the genus Panthera, native to Africa and India.
See Rodent and Lion
List of mammals of Australia
A total of 386 species of mammals have been recorded in Australia and surrounding continental waters: 364 indigenous and 22 introduced.
See Rodent and List of mammals of Australia
List of recently extinct mammals
Recently extinct mammals are defined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as any mammals that have become extinct since the year 1500 CE.
See Rodent and List of recently extinct mammals
List of rodents of Australia
This is a list of rodents of Australia.
See Rodent and List of rodents of Australia
List of rodents of the Caribbean
The Caribbean region is home to a diverse and largely endemic rodent fauna.
See Rodent and List of rodents of the Caribbean
Litter (zoology)
A litter is the live birth of multiple offspring at one time in animals from the same mother and usually from one set of parents, particularly from three to eight offspring.
See Rodent and Litter (zoology)
Lord Howe fantail
The Lord Howe fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa cervina), also known as the Lord Howe Island fantail or fawn-breasted fantail, was a small bird in the fantail family, Rhipiduridae.
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Lord Howe Island
Lord Howe Island (formerly Lord Howe's Island) is an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, part of the Australian state of New South Wales.
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Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur (27 December 1822 – 28 September 1895) was a French chemist, pharmacist, and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization, the last of which was named after him.
Lundy
Lundy is an English island in the Bristol Channel.
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Lyme disease
Lyme disease, also known as Lyme borreliosis, is a tick-borne disease caused by species of Borrelia bacteria, transmitted by blood-feeding ticks in the genus Ixodes.
Major histocompatibility complex
The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a large locus on vertebrate DNA containing a set of closely linked polymorphic genes that code for cell surface proteins essential for the adaptive immune system.
See Rodent and Major histocompatibility complex
Major urinary proteins
Major urinary proteins (Mups), also known as α2u-globulins, are a subfamily of proteins found in abundance in the urine and other secretions of many animals.
See Rodent and Major urinary proteins
Malagasy giant rat
The Malagasy giant rat (Hypogeomys antimena), also known as the votsotsa or votsovotsa, is a nesomyid rodent found only in the Menabe region of Madagascar.
See Rodent and Malagasy giant rat
Mammal
A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia.
Maned rat
The maned rat or (African) crested rat (Lophiomys imhausi) is a nocturnal, long-haired and bushy-tailed East African rodent that superficially resembles a porcupine.
Manx shearwater
The Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae.
See Rodent and Manx shearwater
Marmot
Marmots are large ground squirrels in the genus Marmota, with 15 species living in Asia, Europe, and North America.
Marsupial
Marsupials are a diverse group of mammals belonging to the infraclass Marsupialia.
Masseter muscle
In anatomy, the masseter is one of the muscles of mastication.
See Rodent and Masseter muscle
Mastomys
Mastomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Africa.
Mating plug
A mating plug, also known as a copulation plug, sperm plug, vaginal plug, or sphragis (Latin, from Greek σφραγίς sphragis, "a seal"), is a gelatinous secretion used in the mating of some species.
Metabolism
Metabolism (from μεταβολή metabolē, "change") is the set of life-sustaining chemical reactions in organisms.
Metacognition
Metacognition is an awareness of one's thought processes and an understanding of the patterns behind them.
Microtus
Microtus is a genus of voles found in North America, Europe and northern Asia.
Middle East blind mole-rat
The Middle East blind mole-rat (Nannospalax ehrenbergi) is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae.
See Rodent and Middle East blind mole-rat
Midway Atoll
Midway Atoll (colloquial: Midway Islands; translation; label) is a atoll in the North Pacific Ocean.
Miocene
The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma).
Model organism
A model organism (often shortened to model) is a non-human species that is extensively studied to understand particular biological phenomena, with the expectation that discoveries made in the model organism will provide insight into the workings of other organisms.
Mole-rat
Mole-rat or mole rat can refer to several groups of burrowing Old World rodents.
Molecular clock
The molecular clock is a figurative term for a technique that uses the mutation rate of biomolecules to deduce the time in prehistory when two or more life forms diverged.
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Molecular phylogenetics
Molecular phylogenetics is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships.
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Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of evolutionary biology and phylogenetics.
See Rodent and Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Mongolian gerbil
The Mongolian gerbil or Mongolian jird (Meriones unguiculatus) is a rodent belonging to the subfamily Gerbillinae.
See Rodent and Mongolian gerbil
Mongoose
A mongoose is a small terrestrial carnivorous mammal belonging to the family Herpestidae.
Monitor lizard
Monitor lizards are lizards in the genus Varanus, the only extant genus in the family Varanidae.
Monogamy in animals
Monogamous pairing in animals refers to the natural history of mating systems in which species pair bond to raise offspring.
See Rodent and Monogamy in animals
Monophyly
In biological cladistics for the classification of organisms, monophyly is the condition of a taxonomic grouping being a clade – that is, a grouping of taxa which meets these criteria.
Morphine
Morphine, formerly also called morphia, is an opiate that is found naturally in opium, a dark brown resin produced by drying the latex of opium poppies (Papaver somniferum).
Mountain beaver
The mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa)Other names include boomer, mountain boomer, ground bear, giant mole, gehalis, sewellel, suwellel, showhurll, showtl, and showte, as well as a number of other Native American terms, such as Colin, Franklin and Mortimer.
See Rodent and Mountain beaver
Mountain degu
The mountain degu (Octodontomys gliroides) is a species of rodent in the family Octodontidae.
Mouse
A mouse (mice) is a small rodent. Rodent and mouse are rodents.
See Rodent and Mouse
Mouse models of breast cancer metastasis
Breast cancer metastatic mouse models are experimental approaches in which mice are genetically manipulated to develop a mammary tumor leading to distant focal lesions of mammary epithelium created by metastasis.
See Rodent and Mouse models of breast cancer metastasis
Mouse-like hamster
right Mouse-like hamster using its tail for balance while standing on a branch (a feat difficult for hamsters) Mouse-like hamsters, also called brush-tailed mice, are a group of small rodents found in Syria, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
See Rodent and Mouse-like hamster
Multituberculata
Multituberculata (commonly known as multituberculates, named for the multiple tubercles of their teeth) is an extinct order of rodent-like mammals with a fossil record spanning over 130 million years.
See Rodent and Multituberculata
Muridae
The Muridae, or murids, are either the largest or second-largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 870 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia.
Murinae
The Old World rats and mice, part of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae, comprise at least 519 species.
Muroidea
The Muroidea are a large superfamily of rodents, including mice, rats, voles, hamsters, lemmings, gerbils, and many other relatives.
Mus (genus)
The genus Mus or typical mice refers to a specific genus of muroid rodents, all typically called mice (the adjective "muroid" comes from the word "Muroidea", which is a large superfamily of rodents, including mice, rats, voles, hamsters, gerbils, and many other relatives), though the term can be used for other rodents.
Muskrat
The muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) is a medium-sized semiaquatic rodent native to North America and an introduced species in parts of Europe, Asia and South America.
Mycorrhiza
A mycorrhiza (mycorrhiza, or mycorrhizas) is a symbiotic association between a fungus and a plant.
Myomorpha
The suborder Myomorpha contains 1,524 species of mouse-like rodents, nearly a quarter of all mammal species.
Naked mole-rat
The naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber), also known as the sand puppy, is a burrowing rodent native to the Horn of Africa and parts of Kenya, notably in Somali regions.
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
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National Pest Management Association
The National Pest Management Association (NPMA), is a non-profit trade association founded in 1933 that aims to represent the interests of the professional pest management and pest control industries in the United States.
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Nature (journal)
Nature is a British weekly scientific journal founded and based in London, England.
See Rodent and Nature (journal)
Navajo
The Navajo are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States.
Neo-Latin
Neo-LatinSidwell, Keith Classical Latin-Medieval Latin-Neo Latin in; others, throughout.
Nepotism
Nepotism is the act of granting an advantage, privilege, or position to relatives or friends in an occupation or field.
Nesomyidae
The Nesomyidae are a family of African rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea.
New Guinea
New Guinea (Hiri Motu: Niu Gini; Papua, fossilized Nugini, or historically Irian) is the world's second-largest island, with an area of.
New World flying squirrel
The three species of New World flying squirrels, genus Glaucomys, are the only species of flying squirrel found in North America.
See Rodent and New World flying squirrel
New World porcupine
The New World porcupines, family Erethizontidae, are large arboreal rodents, distinguished by their spiny coverings from which they take their name.
See Rodent and New World porcupine
New World rats and mice
The New World rats and mice are a group of related rodents found in North and South America.
See Rodent and New World rats and mice
North American beaver
The North American beaver (Castor canadensis) is one of two extant beaver species, along with the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber).
See Rodent and North American beaver
North American fur trade
The North American fur trade is the (typically) historical commercial trade of furs and other goods in North America, predominantly in the eastern provinces of Canada and the northeastern American colonies (soon-to-be northeastern United States).
See Rodent and North American fur trade
Northern grasshopper mouse
The northern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys leucogaster) is a North American carnivorous rodent of the family Cricetidae.
See Rodent and Northern grasshopper mouse
Nosopsyllus fasciatus
Nosopsyllus fasciatus, the northern rat flea, is a species of flea found on domestic rats and house mice.
See Rodent and Nosopsyllus fasciatus
Nutria
The nutria or coypu (Myocastor coypus) is a herbivorous, semiaquatic rodent from South America.
Oceanic dispersal
Oceanic dispersal is a type of biological dispersal that occurs when terrestrial organisms transfer from one land mass to another by way of a sea crossing.
See Rodent and Oceanic dispersal
Octodontidae
Octodontidae is a family of rodents, restricted to southwestern South America.
Old World porcupine
The Old World porcupines, or Hystricidae, are large terrestrial rodents, distinguished by the spiny covering from which they take their name.
See Rodent and Old World porcupine
Oldfield mouse
The oldfield mouse, oldfield deermouse or beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus) is a nocturnal species of rodent in the family Cricetidae that primarily eats seeds.
Oligocene
The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present (to). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the epoch are slightly uncertain.
Oligoryzomys
Oligoryzomys is a genus of rodents in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae.
Omnivore
An omnivore is an animal that has the ability to eat and survive on both plant and animal matter.
Omsk hemorrhagic fever
Omsk hemorrhagic fever is a viral hemorrhagic fever caused by a Flavivirus.
See Rodent and Omsk hemorrhagic fever
Oncology
Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the study, treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of cancer.
Online Etymology Dictionary
The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often cites), is a free online dictionary that describes the origins of English words, written and compiled by Douglas R. Harper.
See Rodent and Online Etymology Dictionary
Operant conditioning
Operant conditioning, also called instrumental conditioning, is a learning process where voluntary behaviors are modified by association with the addition (or removal) of reward or aversive stimuli.
See Rodent and Operant conditioning
Order (biology)
Order (ordo) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.
See Rodent and Order (biology)
Orthohantavirus
Orthohantavirus is a genus of single-stranded, enveloped, negative-sense RNA viruses in the family Hantaviridae within the order Bunyavirales.
See Rodent and Orthohantavirus
Oryzomys
Oryzomys is a genus of semiaquatic rodents in the tribe Oryzomyini living in southern North America and far northern South America.
Ovulation
Ovulation is the release of eggs from the ovaries.
Paca
A paca (from Tupí paka) is a member of the genus Cuniculus of ground-dwelling, herbivorous rodents in South and Central America.
See Rodent and Paca
Pacarana
The pacarana (Dinomys branickii) is a rare and slow-moving hystricognath rodent indigenous to South America.
Pain
Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli.
See Rodent and Pain
Pair bond
In biology, a pair bond is the strong affinity that develops in some species between a mating pair, often leading to the production and rearing of young and potentially a lifelong bond.
Paleocene
The Paleocene, or Palaeocene, is a geological epoch that lasted from about 66 to 56 million years ago (mya).
Parallel evolution
Parallel evolution is the similar development of a trait in distinct species that are not closely related, but share a similar original trait in response to similar evolutionary pressure.
See Rodent and Parallel evolution
Patagium
The patagium (patagia) is a membranous body part that assists an animal in obtaining lift when gliding or flying.
Patagonian mara
The Patagonian mara (Dolichotis patagonum) is a relatively large rodent in the mara genus Dolichotis.
See Rodent and Patagonian mara
Pathogen
In biology, a pathogen (πάθος, "suffering", "passion" and -γενής, "producer of"), in the oldest and broadest sense, is any organism or agent that can produce disease.
Pedetes
Pedetes is a genus of rodent, the springhares, in the family Pedetidae.
Pedetidae
The Pedetidae are a family of mammals from the rodent order.
Peromyscus
Peromyscus is a genus of rodents.
Pest (organism)
A pest is any organism harmful to humans or human concerns.
See Rodent and Pest (organism)
Petromuridae
Petromuridae is a family of hystricognath rodents that contains the dassie rat (Petromus typicus) of southwestern Africa, the only extant member of this group.
Pheromone
A pheromone is a secreted or excreted chemical factor that triggers a social response in members of the same species.
Phiomorpha
The rodent parvorder or infraorder Phiomorpha comprises several living and extinct families found wholly or largely in Africa.
Photoperiodism
Photoperiod is the change of day length around the seasons.
Phyllotis
Phyllotis is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae.
Phylogenetic tree
A phylogenetic tree, phylogeny or evolutionary tree is a graphical representation which shows the evolutionary history between a set of species or taxa during a specific time.
See Rodent and Phylogenetic tree
Physiological Reviews
Physiological Reviews is a journal published quarterly by the American Physiological Society which has been published since 1921.
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Physiology (journal)
Physiology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal on physiology published by the American Physiological Society and the International Union of Physiological Societies.
See Rodent and Physiology (journal)
Piacenzian
The Piacenzian is in the international geologic time scale the upper stage or latest age of the Pliocene.
Pika
A pika is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America.
See Rodent and Pika
Placentalia
Placental mammals (infraclass Placentalia) are one of the three extant subdivisions of the class Mammalia, the other two being Monotremata and Marsupialia.
Plains pocket gopher
The plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius) is one of 35 species of pocket gophers, so named in reference to their externally located, fur-lined cheek pouches.
See Rodent and Plains pocket gopher
Plantigrade
Portion of a human skeleton, showing plantigrade habit In terrestrial animals, plantigrade locomotion means walking with the toes and metatarsals flat on the ground.
Platacanthomyidae
The rodent family Platacanthomyidae, or Oriental dormice, includes the spiny dormice and the Chinese pygmy dormice.
See Rodent and Platacanthomyidae
Pleistocene
The Pleistocene (often referred to colloquially as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch that lasted from to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations.
Pliocene
The Pliocene (also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58 million years ago.
PLOS One
PLOS One (stylized PLOS ONE, and formerly PLoS ONE) is a peer-reviewed open access mega journal published by the Public Library of Science (PLOS) since 2006.
Poikilotherm
A poikilotherm is an animal (Greek poikilos – 'various, spotted', and therme – 'heat) whose internal temperature varies considerably.
Polygyny in animals
Polygyny (from Neo-Greek) is a mating system in which one male lives and mates with multiple females but each female only mates with a few males.
See Rodent and Polygyny in animals
Polynesian rat
The Polynesian rat, Pacific rat or little rat (Rattus exulans), known to the Māori as kiore, is the third most widespread species of rat in the world behind the brown rat and black rat.
Porcupine
Porcupines are large rodents with coats of sharp spines, or quills, that protect them against predation.
Powassan virus
Powassan virus (POWV) is a Flavivirus transmitted by ticks, found in North America and in the Russian Far East.
Prairie dog
Prairie dogs (genus Cynomys) are herbivorous burrowing ground squirrels native to the grasslands of North America.
Prairie vole
The prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster) is a small vole found in central North America.
Precociality and altriciality
Precocial species in birds and mammals are those in which the young are relatively mature and mobile from the moment of birth or hatching.
See Rodent and Precociality and altriciality
Predation
Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey.
Prehensility
Prehensility is the quality of an appendage or organ that has adapted for grasping or holding.
Premolar
The premolars, also called premolar teeth, or bicuspids, are transitional teeth located between the canine and molar teeth.
Primate
Primates is an order of mammals, which is further divided into the strepsirrhines, which include lemurs, galagos, and lorisids; and the haplorhines, which include tarsiers; and the simians, which include monkeys and apes.
Pronghorn
The pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) is a species of artiodactyl (even-toed, hoofed) mammal indigenous to interior western and central North America.
Public health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals".
Puumala orthohantavirus
Puumala orthohantavirus (PUUV) is a species of Orthohantavirus.
See Rodent and Puumala orthohantavirus
Quadrupedalism
Quadrupedalism is a form of locomotion where animals have four legs are used to bear weight and move around.
Quillwork
Quillwork is a form of textile embellishment traditionally practiced by Indigenous peoples of North America that employs the quills of porcupines as an aesthetic element.
Rabbit
Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also includes the hares), which is in the order Lagomorpha (which also includes pikas).
Rakali
The rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster), also known as the rabe, the "Australian Otter" or water-rat, is an Australian native rodent first scientifically described in 1804.
Rat
Rats are various medium-sized, long-tailed rodents. Rodent and Rat are rodents.
See Rodent and Rat
Rattus
Rattus is a genus of muroid rodents, all typically called rats.
Red squirrel
The red squirrel or Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) is a species of tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus common throughout Europe and Asia.
Red-crested tree-rat
The red-crested tree-rat or Santa Marta toro (Santamartamys rufodorsalis) is a species of tree-rat found in the monotypic genus Santamartamys in the family Echimyidae.
See Rodent and Red-crested tree-rat
Relapsing fever
Relapsing fever is a vector-borne disease caused by infection with certain bacteria in the genus Borrelia, which is transmitted through the bites of lice, soft-bodied ticks (genus Ornithodoros), or hard-bodied ticks (Genus Ixodes).
See Rodent and Relapsing fever
Rice
Rice is a cereal grain and in its domesticated form is the staple food of over half of the world's population, particularly in Asia and Africa.
See Rodent and Rice
Richardson's ground squirrel
Richardson's ground squirrel (Urocitellus richardsonii), also known as the dakrat or flickertail, is a North American ground squirrel in the genus Urocitellus.
See Rodent and Richardson's ground squirrel
Rickettsialpox
Rickettsialpox is a mite-borne infectious illness caused by bacteria of the genus Rickettsia (Rickettsia akari).
Riparian zone
A riparian zone or riparian area is the interface between land and a river or stream.
Roach (headdress)
Porcupine hair roaches are a traditional male headdress of a number of Native American tribes in what is now New England, the Great Lakes and Missouri River regions, including the Potawatomi who lived where Chicago now stands.
See Rodent and Roach (headdress)
Robert Koch
Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch (11 December 1843 – 27 May 1910) was a German physician and microbiologist.
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a bacterial disease spread by ticks.
See Rodent and Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Rodenticide
Rodenticides are chemicals made and sold for the purpose of killing rodents.
Saaremaa virus
Saaremaa virus is a single-stranded, negative-sense, RNA virus Orthohantavirus that causes a milder form of Hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.
Salmonella
Salmonella is a genus of rod-shaped (bacillus) gram-negative bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae.
Sciuromorpha
Sciuromorpha ('squirrel-like') is a rodent clade that includes several rodent families.
Scrotifera
Scrotifera ("scrotum bearers") is a clade of placental mammals that groups together grandorder Ferungulata, Chiroptera (bats), other extinct members and their common ancestors.
Seismic communication
Seismic or vibrational communication is a process of conveying information through mechanical (seismic) vibrations of the substrate.
See Rodent and Seismic communication
Sense of smell
The sense of smell, or olfaction, is the special sense through which smells (or odors) are perceived.
Sexual dimorphism
Sexual dimorphism is the condition where sexes of the same species exhibit different morphological characteristics, particularly characteristics not directly involved in reproduction.
See Rodent and Sexual dimorphism
Sexual selection
Sexual selection is a mode of natural selection in which members of one biological sex choose mates of the other sex to mate with (intersexual selection), and compete with members of the same sex for access to members of the opposite sex (intrasexual selection).
See Rodent and Sexual selection
Short-tailed field vole
The short-tailed field vole, short-tailed vole, or simply field vole (Microtus agrestis) is a grey-brown vole, around 10 cm in length, with a short tail.
See Rodent and Short-tailed field vole
Shrewlike rat
The shrewlike rats, genus Rhynchomys, also known as the tweezer-beaked rats are a group of unusual Old World rats found only on the island of Luzon in the Philippines.
Sigmodontinae
The rodent subfamily Sigmodontinae includes New World rats and mice, with at least 376 species.
Sister group
In phylogenetics, a sister group or sister taxon, also called an adelphotaxon, comprises the closest relative(s) of another given unit in an evolutionary tree.
Small mammals as pets
The domestication of small mammals to keep as pets is a relatively recent development, arising only after large-scale industrialization.
See Rodent and Small mammals as pets
Sminthidae
Sminthidae is a family of mouse-like jumping rodents.
Smooth-toothed pocket gopher
The smooth-toothed pocket gophers, genus Thomomys, are so called because they are among the only pocket gophers without grooves on their incisors.
See Rodent and Smooth-toothed pocket gopher
Sorghum
Sorghum bicolor, commonly called sorghum and also known as great millet, broomcorn, guinea corn, durra, imphee, jowar, or milo, is a species in the grass genus Sorghum cultivated for its grain.
Southern Paiute people
The Southern Paiute people are a tribe of Native Americans who have lived in the Colorado River basin of southern Nevada, northern Arizona, and southern Utah.
See Rodent and Southern Paiute people
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
Spalacidae
The Spalacidae, or spalacids, are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea.
Spatial memory
In cognitive psychology and neuroscience, spatial memory is a form of memory responsible for the recording and recovery of information needed to plan a course to a location and to recall the location of an object or the occurrence of an event.
Sperm competition
Sperm competition is the competitive process between spermatozoa of two or more different males to fertilize the same egg during sexual reproduction.
See Rodent and Sperm competition
Spore
In biology, a spore is a unit of sexual (in fungi) or asexual reproduction that may be adapted for dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavourable conditions.
See Rodent and Spore
Squirrel
Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae, a family that includes small or medium-sized rodents.
Substance P
Substance P (SP) is an undecapeptide (a peptide composed of a chain of 11 amino acid residues) and a type of neuropeptide, belonging to the tachykinin family of neuropeptides. It acts as a neurotransmitter and a neuromodulator. Substance P and the closely related neurokinin A (NKA) are produced from a polyprotein precursor after alternative splicing of the preprotachykinin A gene.
Tamias
Tamias is a genus of chipmunks in the tribe Marmotini of the squirrel family.
Tanzania
Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, (formerly Swahililand) is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region.
Taukihepa / Big South Cape Island
Taukihepa / Big South Cape Island is an offshore island of New Zealand to the west of the southern tip of Stewart Island / Rakiura.
See Rodent and Taukihepa / Big South Cape Island
Taxonomic rank
In biology, taxonomic rank is the relative level of a group of organisms (a taxon) in an ancestral or hereditary hierarchy.
Temporalis muscle
In anatomy, the temporalis muscle, also known as the temporal muscle, is one of the muscles of mastication (chewing).
See Rodent and Temporalis muscle
Territory (animal)
In ethology, territory is the sociographical area that an animal consistently defends against conspecific competition (or, occasionally, against animals of other species) using agonistic behaviors or (less commonly) real physical aggression.
See Rodent and Territory (animal)
Texas pocket gopher
The Texas pocket gopher (Geomys personatus) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae.
See Rodent and Texas pocket gopher
Thanetian
The Thanetian is, in the ICS Geologic timescale, the latest age or uppermost stratigraphic stage of the Paleocene Epoch or Series.
The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
Thermoregulation
Thermoregulation is the ability of an organism to keep its body temperature within certain boundaries, even when the surrounding temperature is very different.
See Rodent and Thermoregulation
Thomas Edward Bowdich
Thomas Edward Bowdich (20 June 179110 January 1824) was an English traveller and author.
See Rodent and Thomas Edward Bowdich
Thryonomyidae
Thryonomyidae is a family of hystricognath rodents that contains the cane rats (Thryonomys) found throughout sub-Saharan Africa, and a number of fossil genera.
Thyroid hormones
Thyroid hormones are any hormones produced and released by the thyroid gland, namely triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4).
See Rodent and Thyroid hormones
Toxoplasmosis
Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease caused by Toxoplasma gondii, an apicomplexan.
Tree squirrel
Tree squirrels are the members of the squirrel family (Sciuridae) commonly just referred to as "squirrels".
Trichinosis
Trichinosis, also known as trichinellosis, is a parasitic disease caused by roundworms of the Trichinella type.
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, is an infectious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria.
Tuco-tuco
A tuco-tuco is a neotropical rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.
Tundra
In physical geography, tundra is a type of biome where tree growth is hindered by frigid temperatures and short growing seasons.
Type (biology)
In biology, a type is a particular specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally associated.
Typhus
Typhus, also known as typhus fever, is a group of infectious diseases that include epidemic typhus, scrub typhus, and murine typhus.
Ultraviolet
Ultraviolet (UV) light is electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths of 10–400 nanometers, shorter than that of visible light, but longer than X-rays.
Urban area
An urban area is a human settlement with a high population density and an infrastructure of built environment.
Vesper mouse
Vesper mice are rodents belonging to the genus Calomys.
Viscacha
Viscacha or vizcacha are rodents of two genera (Lagidium and Lagostomus) in the family Chinchillidae.
Vole
Voles are small rodents that are relatives of lemmings and hamsters, but with a stouter body; a longer, hairy tail; a slightly rounder head; smaller eyes and ears; and differently formed molars (high-crowned with angular cusps instead of low-crowned with rounded cusps).
See Rodent and Vole
Weaning
Weaning is the process of gradually introducing an infant human or another mammal to what will be its adult diet while withdrawing the supply of its mother's milk.
West Nile virus
West Nile virus (WNV) is a single-stranded RNA virus that causes West Nile fever.
See Rodent and West Nile virus
Whiskers
Whiskers or vibrissae (vibrissa) are a type of stiff, functional hair used by most mammals to sense their environment.
White-footed mouse
The white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) is a rodent native to North America from southern Canada to the southwestern United States and Mexico.
See Rodent and White-footed mouse
Winter white dwarf hamster
The winter white dwarf hamster (Phodopus sungorus), also known as the Russian dwarf hamster, Djungarian hamster, Dzungarian hamster, striped dwarf hamster, Siberian hamster, or Siberian dwarf hamster, is one of three species of hamster in the genus Phodopus.
See Rodent and Winter white dwarf hamster
Yellow-bellied marmot
The yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris), also known as the rock chuck, is a large, stout-bodied ground squirrel in the marmot genus.
See Rodent and Yellow-bellied marmot
Yellow-pine chipmunk
The yellow-pine chipmunk (Neotamias amoenus) is a species of order Rodentia in the family Sciuridae.
See Rodent and Yellow-pine chipmunk
Yersinia pestis
Yersinia pestis (Y. pestis; formerly Pasteurella pestis) is a gram-negative, non-motile, coccobacillus bacterium without spores that is related to both Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, the pathogen from which Y. pestis evolved and responsible for the Far East scarlet-like fever.
See Rodent and Yersinia pestis
Zapodidae
Zapodidae, the jumping mice, is a family of mouse-like rodents in North America and China.
Zapus
Zapus is a genus of North American jumping mouse.
See Rodent and Zapus
Zenkerella (rodent)
Zenkerella is a genus of rodent, the only member of the family Zenkerellidae.
See Rodent and Zenkerella (rodent)
Zokor
Zokors are Asiatic burrowing rodents resembling mole-rats.
See Rodent and Zokor
Zygodontomys
Zygodontomys is a genus of rodent in the tribe Oryzomyini of the family Cricetidae.
See also
Rodents
Taxa named by Thomas Edward Bowdich
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