Rodent | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom Information | |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum Information | |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class Information | |
Class | Mammalia |
Infra-class | Eutheria |
Order Information | |
Superorder | Euarchontoglires |
Order | Rodentia |
Population statistics |
Rodents (known scientifically as the order Rodentia) are mammals characterized by two pairs of large, continually-growing incisor teeth, kept short by gnawing on the hard shells of seed-nuts or wood. They are found on every continent except Antarctica, and range in size from small mice to the 100-pound capybara of South America.