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mouse
any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
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rat
any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
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murine
a rodent that is a member of the family Muridae
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water rat
any of various amphibious rats
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New World mouse
a variety of rodent
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Ondatra zibethica, muskrat, musquash
beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur
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Florida water rat, Neofiber alleni, round-tailed muskrat
of Florida wetlands
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Sigmodon hispidus, cotton rat
destructive long-haired burrowing rat of southern North America and Central America
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wood rat, wood-rat
any of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern hemisphere having soft fur grey above and white below with furred tails and large ears; some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)
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hamster
short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches
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gerbil, gerbille
small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping
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lemming
any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution
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hedgehog, porcupine
relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
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jumping mouse
any of several primitive mouselike rodents with long hind legs and no cheek pouches; of woodlands of Eurasia and North America
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jerboa
mouselike jumping rodent
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dormouse
small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather
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squirrel
a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail
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prairie dog, prairie marmot
any of several rodents of North American prairies living in large complex burrows having a barking cry
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marmot
stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter
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beaver
large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges
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Aplodontia rufa, mountain beaver, sewellel
bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America; the most primitive living rodent
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cavy
short-tailed rough-haired South American rodent
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Dolichotis patagonum, mara
hare-like rodent of the pampas of Argentina
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Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, capibara, capybara
pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet; largest living rodent
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Dasyprocta aguti, agouti
agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America and South America and the West Indies; valued as food
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Cuniculus paca, paca
large burrowing rodent of South America and Central America; highly esteemed as food
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mountain paca
rodent of mountains of western South America
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Myocastor coypus, coypu, nutria
aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur
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Chinchilla laniger, chinchilla
small rodent with soft pearly grey fur; native to the Andes but bred in captivity for fur
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mountain chinchilla, mountain viscacha
a rodent native to the mountains of Chile and Peru and now bred in captivity
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Lagostomus maximus, chinchillon, viscacha
gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas
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abrocome, chinchilla rat, rat chinchilla
ratlike rodent with soft fur and large ears of the Andes
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mole rat
furry short-limbed tailless rodent resembling a true mole in habits and appearance; of eastern Europe and Middle East
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mole rat
African rodent resembling a mole in habits and appearance
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sand rat
small nearly naked African mole rat of desert areas
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pocket rat
any of various rodents with cheek pouches
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Mus musculus, house mouse
brownish-grey Old World mouse now a common household pest worldwide
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Micromyx minutus, harvest mouse
small reddish-brown Eurasian mouse inhabiting e.g. cornfields
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field mouse, fieldmouse
any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens
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nude mouse
a mouse with a genetic defect that prevents them from growing hair and also prevents them from immunologically rejecting human cells and tissues; widely used in preclinical trials
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Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus, brown rat
common domestic rat; serious pest worldwide
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Rattus rattus, black rat, roof rat
common household pest originally from Asia that has spread worldwide
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bandicoot rat, mole rat
burrowing scaly-tailed rat of India and Ceylon
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jerboa rat
large Australian rat with hind legs adapted for leaping
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beaver rat
amphibious rat of Australia and New Guinea
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American harvest mouse, harvest mouse
any of several small greyish New World mice inhabiting e.g. grain fields
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wood mouse
any of various New World woodland mice
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dusky-footed wood rat
a wood rat with dusky feet
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field mouse, vole
any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows
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Neotoma cinerea, bushytail woodrat, pack rat, packrat, trade rat
any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects
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Neotoma floridana, eastern woodrat
large greyish-brown wood rat of the southeastern United States
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Oryzomys palustris, rice rat
hardy agile rat of grassy marshes of Mexico and the southeastern United States
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Cricetus cricetus, Eurasian hamster
a variety of hamster common to Europe and Asia
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Mesocricetus auratus, Syrian hamster, golden hamster
small light-colored hamster often kept as a pet
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jird
gerbil of northern Africa
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Meriones unguiculatus, tamarisk gerbil
a gerbil that is popular as a pet
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Meriones longifrons, sand rat
southern European gerbil
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European lemming, Lemmus lemmus
notable for mass migrations even into the sea where many drown
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Lemmus trimucronatus, brown lemming
of northwestern Canada and Alaska
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gray lemming, grey lemming, red-backed lemming
Old World lemming
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pied lemming
North American lemming having a white winter coat and some claws much enlarged
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Synaptomys cooperi, southern bog lemming
of low bogs and meadows of northeastern and central United States and southern Canada
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Synaptomys borealis, northern bog lemming
of wet alpine and subalpine meadows of Canada and Alaska
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Old World porcupine
terrestrial porcupine
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New World porcupine
arboreal porcupine
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Zapus hudsonius, meadow jumping mouse
widely distributed in northeastern and central United States and Canada
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typical jerboa
small nocturnal jumping rodent with long hind legs; of arid parts of Asia and northern Africa
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Jaculus jaculus
a variety of jerboa
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Glis glis, loir
large European dormouse
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Muscardinus avellanarius, hazel mouse
a variety of dormouse
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lerot
dormouse of southern Europe and northern Africa
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tree squirrel
any typical arboreal squirrel
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gopher, ground squirrel, spermophile
any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops
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Cynomys ludovicianus, blacktail prairie dog
tail is black tipped
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Cynomys gunnisoni, whitetail prairie dog
tail is white tipped
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Tamias striatus, eastern chipmunk, ground squirrel, hackee, striped squirrel
small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches
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chipmunk
a burrowing ground squirrel of western America and Asia; has cheek pouches and a light and dark stripe running down the body
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Eutamius asiaticus, Eutamius sibiricus, baranduki, baronduki, barunduki, burunduki
terrestrial Siberian squirrel
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American flying squirrel
New World flying squirrels
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Marmota monax, groundhog, woodchuck
reddish brown North American marmot
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Marmota caligata, hoary marmot, whistler, whistling marmot
large North American mountain marmot
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Marmota flaviventris, rockchuck, yellowbelly marmot
heavy-bodied yellowish-brown marmot of rocky areas of western North America
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Asiatic flying squirrel
nocturnal rodent of Asia having furry folds of skin between forelegs and hind legs enabling it to move by gliding leaps
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Castor fiber, Old World beaver
a European variety of beaver
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Castor canadensis, New World beaver
a variety of beaver found in almost all areas of North America except Florida
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Cavia cobaya, guinea pig
stout-bodied nearly tailless domesticated cavy; often kept as a pet and widely used in research
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Cavia porcellus, aperea, wild cavy
South American cavy; possibly ancestral to the domestic guinea pig
