Rodent
Appearance
(Reguidit frae Rodents)
Rodents | |
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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 | |
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 | eedit soorce]- ↑ "rodent - Encyclopedia.com". Retrieved 3 November 2007.
- ↑ "Rodents: Gnawing Animals". Archived frae the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 3 November 2007.