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]
Quick facts Scientific classification, Suborders ...
| Rodents 
 Temporal range: Late Paleocene–recent 
PreЄ Є O S D C P T J Pg N | 
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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
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| Suborders | 
| SciuromorphaCastorimorpha
 Myomorpha
 Anomaluromorpha
 Hystricomorpha
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| Combined range o aw rodent species | 
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