Rodents
Rodentia
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Kingdom Animalia (animal kingdom)
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Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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Class Mammalia (mammals)
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Order Rodentia (rodents)
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Suborder Castorimorpha (beavers, gophers, kangaroo rats, and relatives)
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Family Castoridae (beavers)
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Species Castor canadensis (American beaver)
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Suborder Hystricomorpha (hystricognath rodents)
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Family Erethizontidae (New World porcupines)
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Species Erethizon dorsatum (North American porcupine)
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Suborder Myomorpha (mice, rats, gerbils, and relatives)
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Family Dipodidae (jumping mice and their relatives)
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Species Napaeozapus insignis (woodland jumping mouse)
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Species Zapus hudsonius (meadow jumping mouse)
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Family Cricetidae (New World mice and woodrats, voles, hamsters, and their relatives)
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Subfamily Arvicolinae (voles and lemmings)
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Species Microtus ochrogaster (prairie vole)
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Species Microtus pennsylvanicus (meadow vole)
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Species Microtus pinetorum (woodland vole)
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Species Myodes gapperi (southern red-backed vole)
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Species Ondatra zibethicus (muskrat)
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Species Synaptomys cooperi (southern bog lemming)
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Subfamily Neotominae (deer mice, woodrats, and relatives)
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Species Peromyscus leucopus (white-footed mouse)
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Species Peromyscus maniculatus (deer mouse)
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Family Muridae (Old World mice and rats, gerbils, whistling rats, and relatives)
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Species Mus musculus (house mice)
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Species Rattus norvegicus (norway rat)
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Species Rattus norvegicus (norway rat)
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Suborder Sciuromorpha (squirrels and relatives)
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Family Sciuridae (squirrels)
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Species Glaucomys sabrinus (northern flying squirrel)
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Species Glaucomys volans (southern flying squirrel)
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Species Sciurus carolinensis (eastern grey squirrel)
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Species Sciurus niger (fox squirrel)
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Species Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (red squirrel)
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Species Marmota monax (woodchuck, groundhog, whistlepig)
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Species Spermophilus tridecemlineatus (thirteen-lined ground squirrel)
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Species Tamias minimus (least chipmunk)
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Species Tamias striatus (eastern chipmunk)
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