Rodents

Rodents list

Guinea pig

Guinea Pig

You know these ones already
Big squeaking sounds
Classic cuties

Two degus snuggling up

Degu

Smart
Social
Chilean

Tuco-tuco

Tuco-tuco

Underground lifestyle
Make a ‘tuc-tuc’ noise while digging 🥺
Dozens of different species

Bamboo rat

Bamboo Rat

Big and slow
Stay underground
Eat a lot of sugar

vole

Vole

aka field mice
Archaeologists use their teeth to date strata 😮
An highly empathetic rodent 😌

Pacarana climbing on something

Pacarana

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

Gerbil

Gerbil

Very little 🥺
Come in lots of different colours and patterns
Cute

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 🥰

Hutia

Hutia

Well, hutia think this is!
Good size
Most complex stomach of any rodent 🤩

Mole rat hanging out with some dirt

Common Mole Rat

This one’s got clothes!
Big, big chompers
Digging experts

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

Live together in burrow colonies
Sleep during the winter
Not cowards 😤

Souslik nuzzling up to a dandelion

Souslik

Looooves seeds
Appreciates the finer things
Yells to warn the squad about predators

Snoozing viscacha

Viscacha

Bushy tail
Sleepy eyes
Even their predators are adorable^[1] 😳

Laotian rock rat

Laotian Rock Rat

Textbook Lazarus taxon
Big fluffy tail
Weird long head

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
Good at saving food for later
Okay at finding the saved food later

Patagonian mara having a little stretch

Mara

Big! ^45cm
Good at jumping
South American

Naked mole rat screaming at camera

Naked Mole Rat

Clothes? Not on this rodent!
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

Love to stay at home
Don’t build dams or slap big tails around like the other beavers
More closely related to 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

Furret walking

Furret

he walcc
Stubby arms but moves fast
shape type

Tate's Sulawesi shrew rat

Tate's Shrew Rat

Lives in Sulawesi
Named after a zoologist/botanist
Shrewd customer ^{^{heh heh}}

A blue titmouse, with tuft atop head.

Tufted Titmouse

Nice plumage
Very g- uhhh… hmm.
Um

A salty, marshy, harvest mouse.

Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse

Endangered 🥺
Good at swimming
Salty diet

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

Granivore (eats seeds)
Can hang upside-down with their tails 😮
GOLD!!

A computer mouse

Computer Mouse

Tracks movements of the hand
Very useful rodent
Comes in lots of different colours and styles

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
Lots of cool defensive maneuvers
Mostly sleep during the day

A groundhog

Groundhog

aka woodchuck
likes to sleep
knows the weather

A beaver sitting on its butt

Beaver

Into construction
Eat trees with their big chompers
Amphibious

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

The smallest armadillo
Definitely magic
Not sushi

A noble caybara deep in thought.

Capybara

Noble, wise
Friend to all
Amphibious

Three beautiful bunnies.

Rabbit

Powerful hind legs
Twitchy nose
BIG ears
Honorary rodent

Make new friends BUT keep the old

One is silver.... t'other gold