The muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) is a medium-sized semiaquatic rodent native to North America. It lives in wetlands over a wide range of climates and habitats. It has important effects on the ecology of wetlands and is a resource of food and fur for...
The Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) is a small rodent belonging to the hamster subfamily, Cricetinae. In 1930, Professor Aharoni captured a female Syrian hamster (otherwise called Golden or Teddy bear hamster) with her twelve pups in Aleppo...
The Djungarian hamster (Phodopus sungorus) is one of three species of hamster in the genus Phodopus. It is ball-shaped and typically half the size of the Syrian hamster, so is called a dwarf hamster along with all Phodopus species. As winter...
Thomasomys ucucha, also known as the ucucha thomasomys, is a rodent in the genus Thomasomys of the family Cricetidae. It is known only from high altitude forest and grassland habitats in the Cordillera Oriental of Ecuador. Seven other species of...
European water voles > (Arvicola amphibius) are semiaquatic rodents. They are often informally called water rats, though they only superficially resemble a true rat. Their dark color allows them to blend in well in the densely vegetated areas and...
The Roborovski hamster (Phodopus roborovskii) is the smallest of three species of hamster in the genus Phodopus. It lives in the deserts of Central Asia and its average lifespan is only 2-3 years. These tiny creatures are known for their speed and...
The Campbell’s dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli) is native to Eastern and Central Asia. The species is named after W.C. Campbell, who discovered this animal in Mongolia in 1902. Endemic to the Djungaria region of Mongolia, these animals are...
Endemic to North America, the Eastern deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) is one of the most common organisms of the biotic community in nearly all woodlands throughout the continent. However, even the most attentive observers often cannot spot this...
Pseudoryzomys simplex, also known as the Brazilian false rice rat or false oryzomys, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae from south-central South America. It is found in lowland palm savanna and thorn scrub habitats. It is a medium-sized...
The common vole (Microtus arvalis ) is a European rodent.
The Eastern meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) is a North American rodent. It is active year-round, usually at night. It also digs burrows, where it stores food for the winter and females give birth to their young.
The European hamster (Cricetus cricetus ), also known as the Eurasian hamster, black-bellied hamster or common hamster, is the only species of hamster in the genus Cricetus. It is native to grassland and similar habitats in a large part of Eurasia,...
The white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus ) is a rodent native to North America from Ontario, Quebec, Labrador, and the Maritime Provinces (excluding the island of Newfoundland) to the southwestern United States and Mexico. In the Maritimes, its...
The Chinese hamster (Cricetulus griseus or Cricetulus barabensis griseus ) is a rodent in the genus Cricetulus of the subfamily Cricetidae that originated in the deserts of northern China and Mongolia. They are distinguished by an uncommonly long...
The Norway lemming, also known as the Norwegian lemming (Lemmus lemmus ) is a common species of lemming found in northern Fennoscandia, where it is the only vertebrate species endemic to the region. The Norway lemming dwells in tundra and fells, and...
The bushy-tailed woodrat, or packrat (Neotoma cinerea ) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found in Canada and the United States.Its natural habitats are boreal forests, temperate forests, dry savanna, temperate shrubland, and temperate...
The bank vole (Myodes glareolus ) is a small vole with red-brown fur and some grey patches, with a tail about half as long as its body. A rodent, it lives in woodland areas and is around 100 millimetres (3.9 in) in length. The bank vole is found in...
The prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster ) is a small vole found in central North America. The vole has long, coarse grayish-brown fur on the upper portion of the body and yellowish fur on the lower portion of the body. It has short ears and a short...
The short-tailed field vole, short-tailed vole, or simply field vole (Microtus agrestis ) is a grey-brown vole, around 10 cm in length, with a short tail. It is one of the most common mammals in Europe, with a range extending from the Atlantic coast...
The Arctic lemming (Dicrostonyx torquatus) is a species of rodent native to Russian Federation. This species was once found in England, but it is now extirpated.
The Cactus mouse (Peromyscus eremicus) is a species of rodent native to western North America. It is a closely related group of New World mice often called "deermice".
The Woodland Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys hylophilus) is a rare species of rodent found in forests of South America.
The Maned rat (Lophiomys imhausi) is a long-haired and bushy-tailed African rodent that superficially resembles a porcupine. It is the world's only poisonous rodent, that borrows toxins from plants to fend off predators.
The marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris ) is a semiaquatic North American rodent in the family Cricetidae. It usually occurs in wetland habitats, such as swamps and salt marshes. It is found mostly in the eastern and southern United States, from New...
The round-tailed muskrat (Neofiber alleni ) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, sometimes called the Florida water rat. The species is monotypic in the genus Neofiber. It is found only in the southeastern United States, where its...
The southern bog lemming (Synaptomys cooperi ) is a small North American lemming. Its range overlaps with the other species in genus Synaptomys, the northern bog lemming, in southeastern Canada, but extends farther south.
The woodland vole (Microtus pinetorum ) is a small vole found in eastern North America. It is also known as the pine vole.
The salt marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris ), also known as the red-bellied harvest mouse, is an endangered rodent endemic to the San Francisco Bay Area salt marshes in California. The two distinct subspecies are both endangered and...
The hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus ) is a rodent species long thought to occur in parts of South America, Central America, and southern North America. However, recent taxonomic revisions, based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data, have split...
The California vole (Microtus californicus ) is a type of vole which lives throughout much of California and part of southwestern Oregon. It is also known as the "California meadow mouse", a misnomer as this species is a vole, not a mouse. It...
The royal vole (Myodes regulus ), also called the Korean red-backed vole, is a species of vole endemic to the Korean Peninsula. It lives underground in a burrow, emerging at night to feed on grasses, seeds and other vegetation. The International...
The northern collared lemming or Nearctic collared lemming (Dicrostonyx groenlandicus ), sometimes called the Peary Land collared lemming in Canada, is a small lemming found in Arctic North America and Wrangel Island. At one time, it was considered...
The southern grasshopper mouse or scorpion mouse (Onychomys torridus ) is a species of predatory rodent in the family Cricetidae, native to Mexico and the states of Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah in the United States. Notable for...
The steppe lemming or steppe vole (Lagurus lagurus ) is a small, plump, light-grey rodent, similar in appearance to the Norway lemming (Lemmus lemmus ), but not in the same genus. The steppe lemming eats shoots and leaves and is more active at...
The California deermouse or California mouse (Peromyscus californicus ) is a species of rodent in the subfamily Neotominae in the family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the Peromyscus californicus species group. It is found in northwestern...
Lundomys molitor, also known as Lund's amphibious rat or the greater marsh rat, is a semiaquatic rat species from southeastern South America.Its distribution is now restricted to Uruguay and nearby Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, but it previously ranged...
The desert woodrat (Neotoma lepida ) is a species of pack rat native to desert regions of western North America.
The northern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys leucogaster ) is a North American carnivorous rodent of the family Cricetidae. It ranges over much of the western part of the continent, from southern Saskatchewan and central Washington to Tamaulipas in...
The western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis ) is a small neotomine mouse native to most of the western United States. Many authorities consider the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse to be a subspecies, but the two are now usually treated...
The Turkish hamster (Mesocricetus brandti ), also referred to as Brandt's hamster, Azerbaijani hamster, or avurtlak, is a species of hamster native to Turkey, Armenia and other surrounding nations. The Turkish hamster, first catalogued in 1878, is a...
Alston's brown mouse, also called Alston's singing mouse, short-tailed singing mouse, or singing mouse (Scotinomys teguina ), is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Central America, from Chiapas, Mexico, to western...
The Alabama beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus ammobates) is a federally endangered species that lives along the Alabama coast.
