Canadian Mammals   View all facts

mammal > rodent

rodent comparison table

Subject	be	have Order name	is a kind of	have scientific name	swim	weigh	eat	slap	have length	build	has part	use	have colour	have picture	eat by	have Family name
mammal			kbTop
rodent		Order Rodentia	mammal
beaver	the largest rodent in North America	Order Rodentia	rodent	Castor canadensis	up to 7 km an hour	16 to 32kg	tree bark, grasses, herbs, leaves of woody plants, fruits, and aquatic plants	water with its tail if it senses danger	up to 1.3 m including its 30 cm long tail	dam	webbed hind feet	its tail as a rudder when swimming	brown		wolf, coyote, bear, lynx, river otter, and wolverine	Family Castoridae
coypu		Order Rodentia	rodent	Myocastor coypus
jumping mouse or jerboa		Order Rodentia	rodent
mountain beaver		Order Rodentia	rodent	Aplodontia rufa												Family Aplodontidae
pocket gopher		Order Rodentia	rodent
pocket mouse or kangaroo rat		Order Rodentia	rodent
porcupine		Order Rodentia	rodent	Erethison dorsatum												Family Erethizonditae
rat, mouse or vole		Order Rodentia	rodent													Family Muridae
squirrel		Order Rodentia	rodent													Family Sciuridae

Next mammal: seal, sealion or walrus    Up: mammal    Previous mammal: primate