Rodent↕ | Scientific Name↕ | Range↕ | Avg Weight (kg)↕ | Habitat↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Capybara | Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris | South America | 55 | Wetlands, rivers | World's largest rodent, chill vibes, friend to all animals |
Beaver (North American) | Castor canadensis | North America | 20 | Rivers, ponds | Builds dams and lodges, flat tail, ecosystem engineer |
Eurasian Beaver | Castor fiber | Europe, W Asia | 18 | Rivers, streams | Near-extinct in 1900, now reintroduced across Europe |
North American Porcupine | Erethizon dorsatum | North America | 10 | Forests | 30,000 quills, climbs trees, cannot shoot quills |
Crested Porcupine | Hystrix cristata | N Africa, S Europe | 15 | Woodland, scrub | Longest quills of any rodent up to 50cm, rattles quills |
Patagonian Mara | Dolichotis patagonum | Argentina | 9 | Patagonian steppe | Looks like a rabbit-deer hybrid, monogamous, hops at 45 km/h |
Chinchilla | Chinchilla chinchilla | Andes | 0.6 | Rocky highlands | Densest fur of any mammal, dust baths, high altitude |
Agouti | Dasyprocta spp. | C and S America | 4 | Tropical forests | Only animal that can open Brazil nut pods, seed disperser |
Paca | Cuniculus paca | C and S America | 9 | Tropical forests | Spotted coat, nocturnal, tasty bushmeat target |
Naked Mole Rat | Heterocephalus glaber | East Africa | 0.035 | Underground burrows | Eusocial like bees, cancer resistant, lives 30+ years, feels no pain |
Gundi | Ctenodactylus gundi | North Africa | 0.18 | Rocky desert | Looks like a guinea pig, sun basks on rocks, no tail |
Coypu (Nutria) | Myocastor coypus | S America (invasive) | 8 | Wetlands | Invasive swamp rodent, orange teeth, fur trade escape |
Groundhog | Marmota monax | North America | 4 | Meadows, forest edges | Punxsutawney Phil weather predictor, true hibernator |
Alpine Marmot | Marmota marmota | European Alps | 6 | Alpine meadows | Whistling alarm call, colonies, hibernates 9 months |
Black-tailed Prairie Dog | Cynomys ludovicianus | Great Plains USA | 1 | Shortgrass prairie | Keystone species, complex language, huge underground towns |
Red Squirrel | Sciurus vulgaris | Eurasia | 0.3 | Coniferous forests | Ear tufts, declining in UK due to gray invasion |
Flying Squirrel (Northern) | Glaucomys sabrinus | North America | 0.14 | Mixed forests | Glides up to 50m on skin membrane, fluoresces pink under UV |
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