Rodents


Two degus snuggling up

Degu

Guinea pig

Guinea Pig

  • Classic cuties
Tuco-tuco

Tuco-tuco

Bamboo rat

Bamboo Rat

  • Pretty underground rodent
vole

Vole

  • aka field mice
Pacarana climbing on something

Pacarana

  • Stripey/spotty pattern (cool)
  • Holds food in hands (cute)
  • Hangs out in trees (climby)
Gerbil

Gerbil

  • Very little 🥺
Hamster

Hamster

  • Big cheeks
  • Hampster Dance, Hamtaro, Hamsterball…
  • A very familiar rodent :-)
Prehensile-tailed Porcupine

Prehensile-tailed Porcupine

  • Huge cartoon snoot
  • Expert tree climber
  • Makes crazy cute noises
  • Seriously, check these guys out!
Agouti

Agouti

  • Cool little hands
  • Big long legs
  • Cute wee ears
Prairie dog, eating a chunk of fruit

Prairie Dog

  • Not technically a dog, good at barking though!
  • Probably the kissiest rodent 🥰
A hutia in repose

Hutia

  • Well, hutia think this is!
  • Most complex stomach of any rodent 🤩
Mole rat hanging out woth some dirt

Common Mole Rat

  • This one’s got clothes!
Chinchilla holding a chunk of cheese

Chinchilla

  • Fluffy icon
  • Densest fur of any land-dwelling mammal
  • Stay clean by bathing… in dust!?
Marmot (Yellow-bellied)

Yellow-Bellied Marmot

Souslik nuzzling up to a dandelion

Souslik

  • Appreciates the finer things
Snoozing viscacha

Viscacha

  • Even their predators are adorable[1] 😳
Laotian rock rat

Laotian Rock Rat

Flying squirrel descending dramatically from above

Red and White Giant Flying Squirrel

  • 400m glide distance
  • 4000g body weight
  • 40000% chance of stealing your man
Lesser capybara amongst foliage (mostly not pictured)

Lesser Capybara

  • Just a wee bit smaller than your standard capybara
  • Used to be considered a subspecies
  • Still a 5-star rodent
Red squirrel walking

Red Squirrel

  • National mammal of Demark
Patagonian mara having a little stretch

Mara

  • Big! 45cm
Naked mole rat screaming at camera

Naked Mole Rat

  • No clothes 😳
  • Probably beautiful on the inside?
  • The longest living rodent (up to 32 years)
Jerboa pic

Jerboa

  • Legs for days
  • Ears for weeks
  • Got a big zig-zag tail like a Pikachu
A springhare

Springhare

  • Loves to hop around
  • Glows under a blacklight
  • Party icon
A hopping mouse in the act... of hopping

Hopping Mouse

  • hop hop hop
  • hop
  • hop hop
Skeleton of a horned gopher, presented next to an artist rendition of a living horned gopher.

Horned Gopher

  • Prehistoric rodent
  • Smallest horned mammal on record
  • Probably helped open bottles in Flintstones-time
  • RIP, what a life lived
Mountain beaver on hind legs

Mountain Beaver

  • Not like the other beavers (actually more closely like squirrels)
Gundi (aka comb rat) standing on some cute little legs

Gundi

  • Really really cute
  • Called “comb rats” for the little bristles on their back feet
  • Can get into little gaps with their flexible ribs
Tate's Sulawesi shrew rat

Tate's Shrew Rat

  • Shrewd customer heh heh
A blue titmouse, woth tuft atop head.

Tufted Titmouse

  • Might not be a real mouse… 😑
A salty, marshy, harvest mouse.

Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse

  • Endangered 🥺
A deer mouse

Deer Mouse

  • Not to be confused with mouse deer
  • Not to be confused with a mouse regarded with deep affection.
  • Not to be confused with an expensive mouse.
A spiny pocket mouse

Spiny Pocket Mouse

  • Spiny
  • Pocket
  • Mouse
A golden mouse

Golden Mouse

  • GOLD!!
A computer mouse

Computer Mouse

  • Tracks movements of the hand
  • Very useful rodent
Kangaroo Mouse

Kangaroo Mouse

  • Jumping expert
  • Walks on two feet
  • ∴ would be great at mouse basketball
Mickey Mouse in Org13 regalia

Mickey Mouse

  • name a more iconic mouse?!
  • Keyblade Master
  • gets into a lot of crazy situations
A lil porcupine

Porcupine

  • Basically a little spiny pig
A groundhog

Groundhog

  • aka woodchuck
  • knows the weather
A beaver sitting on its butt

Beaver

  • 🪵
Pikachu, the electric mouse

Pikachu

  • Very cute little dude
  • Electricity is his job
  • Pretty big for a mouse
Very little be-shelled rodent.

Pink Fairy Armadillo

  • Looks like sushi
A noble caybara deep in thought.

Capybara

  • Top-tier
Three beautiful bunnies.

Rabbit

  • Honorary rodent