Rodent genera

Micromys is a genus of small rodents in the subfamily Murinae. The genus contains two living species: the widespread Eurasian harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) of much of Europe and Asia; and the more restricted Indochinese harvest mouse (Micromys erythrotis) of Vietnam, southern China, and perhaps nearby regions. Fossils of Micromys date back to the Late Miocene and include at least 10 extinct species, which form several lineages.

Macruromys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to New Guinea. It contains the following species: Lesser small-toothed rat (M. elegans) Eastern small-toothed rat (M. major)

Melanomys is a genus of rodent in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae, which is distributed in northern South America and adjacent Central America. It contains three species, two of which—Melanomys robustulus and Melanomys zunigae—have limited distributions. The third, Melanomys caliginosus, is more widely distributed, but may be a species complex.

Cuscomys is a genus of rodents found in the Andes of Cusco in southern Peru. These relatively large chinchilla rats are dark grey with a distinct white line running from the crown to the nose. The genus was coined in 1999 when C. ashaninka was scientifically described, but later it was discovered that C. oblativus, a species traditionally placed in the genus Abrocoma, actually belonged in Cuscomys. They are very poorly known, as C. ashaninka only is known from the holotype, while C. oblativus usually has been considered extinct, as it was only known from remains found in 1912, buried alongside

Dephomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Africa. It contains the following species: Defua rat (Dephomys defua) Ivory Coast rat (Dephomys eburneae)

Nesoryzomys is a genus of rodent in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae, endemic to the Galápagos Islands. Five species have been described, with two of them considered extinct.

thumb | right | alt=A large eared rat in a swamp | Malacomys longipes Malacomys is a genus of rodents in the family Muridae native to Africa. It is the only member of the tribe Malacomyini.

Juscelinomys is a genus of burrowing mice. The name is derived from Brazilian president Juscelino Kubitschek who created the city of Brasília where the Brasília burrowing mouse was discovered.

Andalgalomys is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It contains the following species: Olrog's chaco mouse (Andalgalomys olrogi) Pearson's chaco mouse (Andalgalomys pearsoni) Roig's chaco mouse (Andalgalomys roigi)

Scolomys is a genus of rodent in the tribe Oryzomyini of the family Cricetidae. Some evidence suggests that it is related to Zygodontomys. It is characterized, among other traits, by spiny fur. It contains two species, S. melanops and S. ucayalensis.

Juliomys is a genus of South American rodents of the family Cricetidae. Five species are known, all found in Argentina and Brazil. They are as follows: Juliomys anoblepas (extinct) Juliomys ossitenuis Juliomys pictipes (Lesser Wilfred's mouse) Juliomys rimofrons (Cleft-headed juliomys) Juliomys ximenezi (Aracuaria Forest tree mouse)

Archboldomys, the shrew-mice, are a genus of rodents in the family Muridae. They are carnivores that feed on invertebrates much like shrews do. An apparently smaller relatives of the true shrew-rats Chrotomys and Rhynchomys, Archboldomys are somewhat convergent to the more distantly related Crunomys.

Stenocephalemys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. The genus is endemic to Ethiopia.

Microryzomys is a genus of rodent in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae. It is closely related to Oreoryzomys, Oligoryzomys, and Neacomys. It contains two species, both restricted to the Andes: M. altissimus and M. minutus.

Proechimys is a genus of South American spiny rats of the family Echimyidae. All species of the genus are terrestrial. In the lowland Neotropical forests, Proechimys rodents are often the most abundant non-volant mammals. They are recognizable by reason of their elongated heads and long rostra, large and erect ears, narrow and long hind feet, and tails always shorter than head-and-body lengths. The dorsal pelage comprises a mixture of expanded, varyingly stiffened spines (or aristiforms) — hence the vernacular name of spiny rats — and soft hairs (or setiforms).

Brucepattersonius is a genus of rodents within the tribe Akodontini from southeastern South America. Also known as brucies, the genus is named after Bruce Patterson, MacArthur Curator at the Department of Zoology (Mammals), at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Paramelomys is a genus of rodent. All of the nine species of the genus are found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Hyperacrius is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It contains the following species: True's vole (Hyperacrius fertilis) Murree vole (Hyperacrius wynnei)

Caryomys is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae. The genus contains the following species:

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Desmomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Ethiopia. It contains the following species:

Gerbilliscus is a genus of rodent in the subfamily Gerbillinae (gerbils) of the family Muridae. It contains the following species, all native to Africa: Cape gerbil (Gerbilliscus afra) Boehm's gerbil (Gerbilliscus boehmi) Highveld gerbil (Gerbilliscus brantsii) Guinean gerbil (Gerbilliscus guineae) Gorongoza gerbil (Gerbilliscus inclusus) Kemp's gerbil (Gerbilliscus kempi) Bushveld gerbil (Gerbilliscus leucogaster) Black-tailed gerbil (Gerbilliscus nigricaudus) Phillips's gerbil (Gerbilliscus phillipsi) Fringe-tailed gerbil (Gerbilliscus robustus) Savanna gerbil (Gerbilliscus validu

Limnomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Mindanao, Philippines. It contains the following species: Gray-bellied mountain rat (Limnomys bryophilus) Mindanao mountain rat (Limnomys sibuanus)

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Diplomys is a genus of rodent in the family Echimyidae. They are found in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Colombia and Panama.

Chelemys is a genus of South American rodents in the tribe Abrotrichini of family Cricetidae. Three species—Chelemys delfini, Chelemys macronyx, and Chelemys megalonyx—are known, all found in central and southern Chile and Argentina.

Megalomys is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae, part of the tribe Oryzomyini. The genus contains five large rodents from various Caribbean islands, of which two are known to have survived into modern times, but all of which are now extinct. The last species to survive was M. desmarestii from Martinique, which became extinct after the Mount Pelée eruption in 1902. Ancient DNA analysis places Megalomys forming a clade with Pennatomys, sister to the clade containing Aegialomys, Nesoryzomys, Melanomys and Sigmodontomys, having diverged from the mainland clade around 7 million years ago.

Pogonomelomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to New Guinea and nearby islands. It contains the following species:

Punomys is a genus of rodents in the family Cricetidae. It contains the following species: Eastern puna mouse (Punomys kofordi) Puna mouse (Punomys lemminus)

Necromys is a genus of South American sigmodontine rodents allied to Akodon. This genus has also been known as Cabreramys or more recently Bolomys, and the northern grass mouse (N. urichi) has recently been transferred from Akodon.

Brachyuromys is a genus of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It contains the following species: Betsileo short-tailed rat (Brachyuromys betsileoensis) Gregarious short-tailed rat (Brachyuromys ramirohitra)

Rhagomys is a genus of South American rodents in the tribe Thomasomyini of the family Cricetidae. Two species separated by about 3100 km are known, from southeast Peru and Bolivia east of the Andes, and in the Atlantic Forest of southeast Brazil. An undetermined species of Rhagomys has also been reported from Mato Grosso in central Brazil. The species are as follows: Long-tongued arboreal mouse (Rhagomys longilingua) Brazilian arboreal mouse (Rhagomys rufescens) This genus is distinguished from other sigmodontine rodents by the presence of a nail on the hallux. Nuclear DNA sequence anal

Cryptomys is the genus of mole-rats, endemic to Africa. Most of the species formerly placed in this genus were moved to the genus Fukomys in 2006.

Petromyscus is a genus of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is so distinct from other rodents that it is placed as the only genus in subfamily Petromyscinae. In previous classifications, Delanymys brooksi has also been placed in the subfamily. They are found in southwestern Africa. These animals have a sharp lower point to their V-shaped infraorbital canal. Their molars are intermediate between the ancestral cricetid style tooth and the dendromurine style tooth.

Clyomys is a South American rodent genus in the family Echimyidae. It contains two species, found in tropical savannas and grasslands from circa to elevation in central Brazil and eastern Paraguay.

Otospermophilus is a genus of ground squirrels in the family Sciuridae, containing three species from Mexico and the United States. Otospermophilus was formerly placed in the large ground squirrel genus Spermophilus, as a subgenus or species group. Since DNA sequencing of the cytochrome b gene has shown Spermophilus to be paraphyletic to the prairie dogs and marmots, it is now separated, along with six other genera.

Mylomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: African groove-toothed rat (Mylomys dybowskii) Ethiopian mylomys (Mylomys rex)

Scapteromys is a genus of South American rodents in the tribe Akodontini of family Cricetidae. Three species are known, found in northern Argentina, southern Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. They are as follows: Argentine swamp rat (Scapteromys aquaticus) Plateau swamp rat (Scapteromys meridionalis) Waterhouse's swamp rat (Scapteromys tumidus) Species are semiaquatic, living in and near marshes and other bodies of water. They reach a body length of 15 to 20 cm and a tail length of 13–17 cm, and weigh 110-200 g. Fur color is dark gray on top and light gray on the underside. They are p

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Sigmodontomys is a genus of rodent in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae. It is related to Nectomys and Melanomys and used to be included in Nectomys. It includes two species, Sigmodontomys alfari and the much rarer Sigmodontomys aphrastus, but whether these are indeed each other's closest relatives is uncertain.

Lagostomus is a South American genus of rodents in the family Chinchillidae. It contains a single living species, the plains viscacha, and it is the only Holocene genus in the subfamily Lagostominae. It probably only has one extant species; the taxa Lagostomus crassus is probably not valid.

Mammelomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to New Guinea. It contains the following species:

Hadromys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Asia. It contains the following species: Manipur bush rat (Hadromys humei) †Hadromys loujacobsi Yunnan bush rat (Hadromys yunnanensis)

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Urocitellus is a genus of ground squirrels. They were previously believed to belong to the much larger genus Spermophilus, but DNA sequencing of the cytochrome b gene showed that this group was paraphyletic to the prairie dogs and marmots, and could therefore no longer be retained as a single genus. As a result, Urocitellus is now considered as a genus in its own right.

thumb | right | alt=Giant Atlantic tree-rat (Phyllomys thomasi) at Ilhabela-SP, Brasil | Giant Atlantic tree-rat (Phyllomys thomasi) at Ilhabela-SP, Brasil Phyllomys is a genus of arboreal spiny rat, geographically restricted to the forests of eastern Brazil.

Saccostomus is a genus of rodent in the family Nesomyidae, or pouched mice. They have pouches in their cheeks. The genus contains the following species: South African pouched mouse (Saccostomus campestris) Mearns's pouched mouse (Saccostomus mearnsi)

Handleyomys is a genus of Central and South American rodents in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae. It was first described in 2002 to include two species from the Colombian Andes which were previously included in distinct and unrelated genera, Aepeomys and Oryzomys, but which turned out to be closely related. Later, in 2006, six other species were provisionally added from Oryzomys; these are expected to be placed in new genera in the future.

Cratogeomys is a genus of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It was previously considered a subgenus of Pappogeomys. All species are distributed in Mexico and the Southwest United States, with some species being found in both countries.

Tachyoryctes is a genus of rodent in the family Spalacidae. It contains the following species: Ankole African mole-rat (T. ankoliae) Mianzini African mole-rat (T. annectens) Aberdare Mountains African mole-rat (T. audax) Demon African mole-rat (T. daemon) Kenyan African mole-rat (T. ibeanus) Giant root-rat (T. macrocephalus) Navivasha African mole-rat (T. naivashae) King African mole-rat (T. rex) Rwanda African mole-rat (T. ruandae) Rudd's African mole-rat (T. ruddi) Embi African mole-rat (T. spalacinus) Northeast African mole-rat (T. splendens) Storey's African mole-rat (T. store

Callospermophilus is a genus of ground squirrel from North America.

Hylaeamys is a genus of South American oryzomyine rodents found principally in humid forested areas east of the Andes. The species in this genus have historically been placed in Oryzomys. They are most closely related to Euryoryzomys, Transandinomys, Nephelomys, Oecomys, and Handleyomys, and most closely resemble species of the former two genera. They are distinguished from members of Euryoryzomys by all-dark or indistinct two-tone tail coloration (as opposed to the distinct two-tone tail coloration of Euryoryzomys), from members of Transandinomys by having shorter whiskers above their eyes th

Eospalax is a genus of rodents in the family Spalacidae. It contains these species:

Makalata is a genus of rodents in the family Echimyidae.

Biswamoyopterus is a genus of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It contains three known species of very large flying squirrels, with B. laoensis being among the longest of all squirrels. They are distributed in forests in northeast India, southwest China and Laos. Despite their size, species in this genus tend to be very elusive; due to this, all of them have been described relatively recently. In fact 2 out of the 3 species are only known from a single specimen. Additionally, they are easily confused with certain Petaurista giant flying squirrels that are more common and overlap in range with t

Wiedomys is a genus of South American rodents in the family Cricetidae.

Myotomys is a genus of African Karoo rats that inhabit the Karoo, a semi-desert region in the southern portion of the African continent. Previously placed in the genus Otomys, they are sometimes referred to as vlei rats.

Nesomys, also called red forest rats, is a genus of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found only on Madagascar, and contains the following species: White-bellied nesomys (Nesomys audeberti) Western nesomys (Nesomys lambertoni) Nesomys narindaensis † Island mouse (Nesomys rufus)