Animal Diversity Web: Rodentia
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Description: Written largely by and for college students, this site contains a wealth of information and photos. There are large sections on each of the rodent families.
With over 2000 living species placed in about 30 families, rodents are by far the largest order of mammals, at least in terms of number of taxa (well over 40% of mammalian species belong to the order Rodentia!). Rodents range in size from pygmy mice weighing 5 gms to capybaras, the largest of which weigh over 70 kg. They are found around the world except in Antarctica, New Zealand, and on some oceanic islands. Ecologically, they are incredibly diverse. Some species spend their entire lives above the ground in the canopy of rainforests; others seldom emerge from beneath the ground. Some species are highly aquatic, while others are equally specialized for life in deserts. Many are to some degree omnivorous; others are highly specialized, eating, for example, only a few species of invertebrates or fungi.
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| Page title: | ADW: Rodentia: INFORMATION |
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| IP-address: | 141.213.176.11 |
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| NS | Name Servers: DNS1.ITD.UMICH.EDU 141.211.144.15 DNS2.ITD.UMICH.EDU 141.211.125.15 |
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| Date | activated: 07-Oct-1985 last updated: 14-Feb-2014 expires: 31-Jul-2014 |