Rodentia

See also: rodentia

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin stem of rodens (“gnawing”), from rodo (“I gnaw”).

Proper noun

Rodentia

A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – rodents.

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass

Hyponyms

(order): Sciurognathi, Hystricognathi - suborders
- Sciuromorpha, Castorimorpha, Myomorpha, Anomaluromorpha, Hystricomorpha - infraorders
  - Abrocomidae (chinchilla rats), Anomaluridae (scaly-tailed squirrels), Aplodontiidae (mountain beaver), Bathyergidae (mole rats), Calomyscidae, Capromyidae (hutias), Castoridae (beavers), Caviidae (hamsters), Chinchillidae (chinchillas), Cricetidae, Ctenodactylidae, Ctenomyidae, Cuniculidae, Dasyproctidae, Diatomyidae, Dinomyidae, Dipodidae, Echimyidae (spiny rats and nutria), Erethizontidae, Geomyidae, Gliridae (dormice), Heptaxodontidae, Heteromyidae, Hystricidae, Muridae, Myocastoridae, Nesomyidae, Octodontidae, Pedetidae, Petromuridae, Platacanthomyidae, Sciuridae (squirrels), Spalacidae, Thryonomyidae - families

References

Rodentia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Rodentia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Rodentia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Rodentia in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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