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]
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Rodents
Temporal range: Late Paleocene–recent
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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) |
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Scientific classification  |
| Kinrick: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Chordata |
| Cless: |
Mammalia |
| (unranked): |
Glires |
| Order: |
Rodentia
Bowdich, 1821 |
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| Suborders |
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Sciuromorpha
Castorimorpha
Myomorpha
Anomaluromorpha
Hystricomorpha |
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| Combined range o aw rodent species |
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