List of extinct rodents

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This list is of rodent species that are extinct − no longer alive.

Species from related groups such as Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) are not included.

Before 1500

Exceptionally large extinct rodents
Genus	Species	Notes	Location	Approx. max. weight	Stratigraphy
Castor	C. californicus	An extinct beaver species	Western North America		Late Miocene to Early Pleistocene^[1]
Castoroides		Giant beavers	North America	Up to 100 kg (220 lb)	Pleistocene^[1]
Ceratogaulus		Horned gophers	North America	Smallest horned mammal	Late Miocene to Pliocene^[2]
Spelaeomys	S. florensis	A large cave rat	Flores	-	Extinct by 1500^[3]
"Giant hutias"		A paraphyletic group of rodents resembling large guinea pigs	West Indies	Up to 200 kg (440 lb)	Pleistocene^[4]
Leithia		A giant dormouse	Europe (Malta, Sicily)	113 g (4.0 oz)	Pleistocene^[5]
Neochoerus	N. pinckneyi	A large capybara	North America	100 kg (220 lb)	Pleistocene^[6]
Josephoartigasia	J. monesi	'Giant pacarana', largest known rodent	South America	1,500 kg (3,300 lb)	Pliocene to Early Pleistocene^[7]
Phoberomys	P. pattersoni	A horse-sized rodent^[8]	North America	Probably under 280 kg (620 lb);^[8] earlier estimates up to 700 kg (1,500 lb)^[9]	Miocene^[8]
Telicomys		A giant rodent, to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) long	South America	Perhaps 70% of size of P. pattersoni^[8]	Late Miocene to Early Pleistocene^[8]

Extinct after 1500

16th century

17th century

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Harington, C. R. (March 1996). "Giant beaver". Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre. Archived from the original on September 14, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070914223710/http://www.beringia.com/02/02maina6.html. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
↑ Hopkins, Samantha S. B. (2005). "The evolution of fossoriality and the adaptive role of horns in the Mylagaulidae (Mammalia: Rodentia)". Proceedings of the Royal Society B 272 (1573): 1705–1713. doi:10.1098/rspb.2005.3171. PMID 16087426.
↑ Hooijer, D. A. (1957). "Three new giant prehistoric rats from Flores Lesser Sunda Islands". Zoologische Mededelingen (Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden) 35 (21): 299–316. http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/150080THREE.
↑ Biknevicius, A. R.; McFarlane, Donald A.; MacPhee, R. D. E. (1993). "Body size in Amblyrhiza inundata (Rodentia: Caviomorpha), an extinct megafaunal rodent from the Anguilla Bank, West Indies: estimates and implications". American Museum Novitates (3079): 1–26. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/4976/1/N3079.pdf.
↑ Petronio, C. (1970). "I roditori Pleistocenici della Grotta di Spinagallo (Siracusa)". Geol. Rom. IX: 149–194. http://tetide.geo.uniroma1.it/dst/grafica_nuova/pubblicazioni_DST/geologica_romana/Volumi/VOL%209/GR_9_149-193_Petronio.pdf. (in Italian)
↑ Kurtén, Björn; Anderson, Elaine (1980). Pleistocene Mammals of North America. Columbia University Press. p. 274. ISBN 0-231-03733-3.
↑ Rinderknecht, Andrés; Blanco, R. Ernesto (2008). "The largest fossil rodent". Proceedings of the Royal Society B 275 (1637): 923–928. doi:10.1098/rspb.2007.1645. PMID 18198140.
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 ^8.3 ^8.4 Millien, Virginie; Bovy, Helene (2010). "When teeth and bones disagree: Body mass estimation of a giant extinct rodent". Journal of Mammalogy 91 (1): 11–18. doi:10.1644/08-mamm-a-347r1.1.
↑ Sánchez-Villagra, M. R.; Aguilera, O.; Horovitz, I. (2003). "The anatomy of the world's largest rodent". Science 301 (5640): 1708–10. doi:10.1126/science.1089332. PMID 14500978.

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[Harington,_C._R-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Harington, C. R. (March 1996). "Giant beaver". Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre. Archived from the original on September 14, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070914223710/http://www.beringia.com/02/02maina6.html. Retrieved 3 July 2014.

[2] Hopkins, Samantha S. B. (2005). "The evolution of fossoriality and the adaptive role of horns in the Mylagaulidae (Mammalia: Rodentia)". Proceedings of the Royal Society B 272 (1573): 1705–1713. doi:10.1098/rspb.2005.3171. PMID 16087426.

[3] Hooijer, D. A. (1957). "Three new giant prehistoric rats from Flores Lesser Sunda Islands". Zoologische Mededelingen (Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden) 35 (21): 299–316. http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/150080THREE.

[4] Biknevicius, A. R.; McFarlane, Donald A.; MacPhee, R. D. E. (1993). "Body size in Amblyrhiza inundata (Rodentia: Caviomorpha), an extinct megafaunal rodent from the Anguilla Bank, West Indies: estimates and implications". American Museum Novitates (3079): 1–26. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/4976/1/N3079.pdf.

[Petronio-5] Petronio, C. (1970). "I roditori Pleistocenici della Grotta di Spinagallo (Siracusa)". Geol. Rom. IX: 149–194. http://tetide.geo.uniroma1.it/dst/grafica_nuova/pubblicazioni_DST/geologica_romana/Volumi/VOL%209/GR_9_149-193_Petronio.pdf. (in Italian)

[6] Kurtén, Björn; Anderson, Elaine (1980). Pleistocene Mammals of North America. Columbia University Press. p. 274. ISBN 0-231-03733-3.

[Rinderknecht-7] Rinderknecht, Andrés; Blanco, R. Ernesto (2008). "The largest fossil rodent". Proceedings of the Royal Society B 275 (1637): 923–928. doi:10.1098/rspb.2007.1645. PMID 18198140.

[Millien-8] 8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 ^8.3 ^8.4 Millien, Virginie; Bovy, Helene (2010). "When teeth and bones disagree: Body mass estimation of a giant extinct rodent". Journal of Mammalogy 91 (1): 11–18. doi:10.1644/08-mamm-a-347r1.1.

[Sánchez-9] Sánchez-Villagra, M. R.; Aguilera, O.; Horovitz, I. (2003). "The anatomy of the world's largest rodent". Science 301 (5640): 1708–10. doi:10.1126/science.1089332. PMID 14500978.

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List of extinct rodents

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Before 1500

Extinct after 1500

16th century

17th century

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