exam 4 Flashcards
suborder of scaly tailed squirrels and spring hares
anomaluromorpha
suborder of beavers, gophers, kangaroo rats, pocket mice, and relatives
castorimorpha
suborder of rats, mice, gerbils, jerboas
myomorpha
suborder of mountain beavers, squirrels, marmots
sciumorpha
suborder of porcupines, nutria, chinchillas
hystrichomorpha
mountain beaver family
Aplodontidae
order: rodentia
squirrels family
Sciuridae
order: rodentia
beaver family
Castoridae
order: rodentia
pocket gopher family
Geomyidae
order: rodentia
kangaroo rats and mice family
Heteromyidae
order: rodentia
old world rats and mice family
Muridae
order: rodentia
new world rats and mice family
Cricetidae
order: rodentia
new world porcupines family
Erethizontidae
order: rodentia
spiny rats, hutias, coypu (nutria) family
Echimyidae
order: rodentia
naked mole rat family
Heterocephalidae
order: rodentia