Rodentia

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Rattus norvegicus (Lithuania) (click on image to enlarge it)
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Rodentia (rodents)

Rodents are the most important group of vertebrate pests. They cause substantial losses of stored food, are carriers of various human diseases, and can result in mental distress for some people (musophobia).

For details see the respective page in Wikipedia.

The following genera and individual species are currently entered under Rodentia:

• Apodemus (genus)
• Arvicola terrestris
• Bandicota (genus)
• Callosciurus erythraeus
• Mastomys natalensis
• Microtus (genus)
• Mus (genus)
• Myocastor coypus
• Myodes (genus)

• Neotoma (genus)
• Ondatra zibethicus
• Otospermophilus beecheyi
• Peromyscus (genus)
• Rattus (genus)
• Sciurus (genus)
• Thomomys (genus)
• Urocitellus richardsonii