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Taxon: Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 (mammal)
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Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Count: [*] 21o;132f;1061g;4316s; ‡1f;5g;38s
   Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
  Count: [*] 29f;399g;1788s; ‡1g;16s
     01 Family Aplodontidae Trouessart, 1897, orth. inval. - sewellel see Family Aplodontiidae Brandt, 1855
    Count: [*] 1g;1s
     02 Family Sciuridae Batsch, 1788 - squirrels, chipmunks, marmots, and prairie dogs
    Count: [*] 49g;259s
     03 Family Geomyidae Bonaparte, 1845 - pocket gophers
    Count: [*] 5g;35s
     04 Family Heteromyidae Gray, 1868 - pocket mice, kangaroo rats, and kangaroo mice
    Count: [*] 6g;60s
     05 Family Castoridae Batsch, 1788 - beavers
    Count: [*] 1g;2s
     06 Family Anomaluridae Gervais, 1849 - scaly-tailed squirrels
    Count: [*] 3g;7s
     07 Family Pedetidae Gray, 1825 - springhare
    Count: [*] 1g;1s
     08 Family Muridae Batsch, 1788 - rats, mice, hamsters, voles, lemmings, and gerbils
    Count: [*] 255g;1149s; ‡1g;16s
     09 Family Gliridae Muirhead, 1819 - dormice
    Count: [*] 8g;20s
     10 Family Seleviniidae Bashanov & Belosludov, 1939 - desert dormouse see Subtribe Seleviniina Bashanov & Belosludov, 1939
    Count: [*] 1g;1s
     11 Family Zapodidae Coues, 1875 - jumping mice
    Count: [*] 4g;17s
     12 Family Dipodidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 - jerboas
    Count: [*] 10g;30s
     13 Family Hystricidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 - Old World porcupines
    Count: [*] 3g;11s
     14 Family Erethizontidae Bonaparte, 1845 - New World porcupines
    Count: [*] 4g;10s
     15 Family Caviidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 - cavies and Patagonian "hares"
    Count: [*] 5g;17s
     16 Family Hydrochaeridae (Gray, 1825) Cabrera, 1961 - capybara see Family Hydrochoeridae Gray, 1825
    Count: [*] 1g;1s
     17 Family Dinomyidae Peters, 1873 - pacarana
    Count: [*] 1g;1s
     18 Family Dasyproctidae Gray, 1825 - agoutis and pacas
    Count: [*] 3g;14s
     19 Family Chinchillidae Bennett, 1833 - viscachas and chinchillas
    Count: [*] 3g;6s
     20 Family Capromyidae Smith, 1842 - hutias and nutria
    Count: [*] 2g;14s
     21 Family Myocastoridae Ameghino, 1902
    Count: [*] 1g;1s
     22 Family Octodontidae Waterhouse, 1840 - octodonts
    Count: [*] 5g;9s
     23 Family Ctenomyidae Lesson, 1842 - tuco-tucos
    Count: [*] 1g;38s
     24 Family Abrocomidae Miller & Gidley, 1918 - chinchilla-rats
    Count: [*] 1g;2s
     25 Family Echimyidae Gray, 1825 - spiny rats
    Count: [*] 14g;63s
     26 Family Thryonomyidae Pocock, 1922 - cane rats
    Count: [*] 1g;2s
     27 Family Petromuridae Tullberg, 1899 - dassie rat
    Count: [*] 1g;1s
     28 Family Bathyergidae Waterhouse, 1841 - African mole-rats
    Count: [*] 5g;11s
     29 Family Ctenodactylidae Gervais, 1853 - gundis
    Count: [*] 4g;5s

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