Rodents list
Guinea Pig
- You know these ones already
- Big squeaking sounds
- Classic cuties
Tuco-tuco
- Underground lifestyle
- Make a 'tuc-tuc' noise while digging 🥺
- Dozens of different species
Bamboo Rat
- Big and slow
- Stay underground
- Eat a lot of sugar
Vole
- aka field mice
- Archaeologists use their teeth to date strata 😮
- An highly empathetic rodent 😌
Pacarana
- Stripey/spotty pattern (cool)
- Holds food in hands (cute)
- Hangs out in trees (climby)
Gerbil
- Very little 🥺
- Come in lots of different colours and patterns
- Cute
Hamster
- Big cheeks
- Hampster Dance, Hamtaro, Hamsterball...
- A very familiar rodent :-)
Prehensile-tailed Porcupine
- Huge cartoon snoot
- Expert tree climber
- Makes crazy cute noises
- Seriously, check these guys out!
Agouti
- Cool little hands
- Big long legs
- Cute wee ears
Prairie Dog
- Not technically a dog
- Good at barking though!
- Probably the kissiest rodent 🥰
Hutia
- Well, hutia think this is!
- Good size
- Most complex stomach of any rodent 🤩
Common Mole Rat
- This one's got clothes!
- Big, big chompers
- Digging experts
Chinchilla
- Fluffy icon
- Densest fur of any land-dwelling mammal
- Stay clean by bathing... in dust!?
Yellow-Bellied Marmot
- Live together in burrow colonies
- Sleep during the winter
- Not cowards 😤
Souslik
- Looooves seeds
- Appreciates the finer things
- Yells to warn the squad about predators
Viscacha
- Bushy tail
- Sleepy eyes
- Even their predators are adorable[1] 😳
Red and White Giant Flying Squirrel
- 400m glide distance
- 4000g body weight
- 40000% chance of stealing your man
Lesser Capybara
- Just a wee bit smaller than your standard capybara
- Used to be considered a subspecies
- Still a 5-star rodent
Red Squirrel
- National mammal of Demark
- Good at saving food for later
- Okay at finding the saved food later
Mara
- Big! 45cm
- Good at jumping
- South American
Naked Mole Rat
- Clothes? Not on this rodent!
- Probably beautiful on the inside?
- The longest living rodent (up to 32 years!!)
Jerboa
- Legs for days
- Ears for weeks
- Got a big zig-zag tail like a Pikachu
Springhare
- Loves to hop around
- Glows under a blacklight
- Party icon
- It's favourite word is "luminescence"
Horned Gopher
- Prehistoric rodent
- Smallest horned mammal on record
- Probably helped open bottles in Flintstones-time
- RIP, what a life lived
Mountain Beaver
- Love to stay at home
- Don't build dams or slap big tails around like the other beavers
- More closely related to squirrels
Gundi
- Really really cute
- Called "comb rats" for the little bristles on their back feet
- Can get into little gaps with their flexible ribs
Furret
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- Stubby arms but moves fast
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Tate's Shrew Rat
- Lives in Sulawesi
- Named after a zoologist/botanist
- Shrewd customer heh heh
Tufted Titmouse
- Nice plumage
- Very g- uhhh... hmm.
- Um
Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse
- Endangered 🥺
- Good at swimming
- Salty diet
Deer Mouse
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- Not to be confused with a mouse regarded with deep affection.
- Not to be confused with an expensive mouse.
Golden Mouse
- Granivore (eats seeds)
- Can hang upside-down with their tails 😮
- GOLD!!
Computer Mouse
- Tracks movements of the hand
- Very useful rodent
- Comes in lots of different colours and styles
Kangaroo Mouse
- Jumping expert
- Walks on two feet
- ∴ would be great at mouse basketball
Mickey Mouse
- name a more iconic mouse?!
- Keyblade Master
- gets into a lot of crazy situations
Porcupine
- Basically a little spiny pig
- Lots of cool defensive maneuvers
- Mostly sleep during the day
Groundhog
- aka woodchuck
- likes to sleep
- knows the weather
Beaver
- Into construction
- Eat trees with their big chompers
- Amphibious
Pikachu
- Very cute little dude
- Electricity is his job
- Pretty big for a mouse
Pink Fairy Armadillo
- The smallest armadillo
- Definitely magic
- Not sushi
Capybara
- Noble, wise
- Friend to all
- Amphibious
Rabbit
- Powerful hind legs
- Twitchy nose
- BIG ears
- Honorary rodent
