Rodentia
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See also: rodentia
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin stem of rodens (“gnawing”), from rodo (“I gnaw”).
Proper noun
Rodentia
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
- Sciuromorpha, Castorimorpha, Myomorpha, Anomaluromorpha, Hystricomorpha - infraorders
References
Rodentia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Rodentia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category: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
