Cricetidae

• lemming

  Any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution.

• wood rat

  Any of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern hemisphere having soft fur grey...

• New World mouse

  A variety of rodent.

Also contains

• squirrel

  A kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail.

• rat

  Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.

• mouse

  Any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and...

• hedgehog

  Relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur.

• dormouse

  Small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather.

• marmot

  Stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern...

• gerbil

  Small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for...

• jerboa

  Mouselike jumping rodent.

• prairie dog

  Any of several rodents of North American prairies living in large complex burrows having...

• beaver

  Large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams...

• hamster

  Short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches.

• cavy

  Short-tailed rough-haired South American rodent.

• jumping mouse

  Any of several primitive mouselike rodents with long hind legs and no cheek pouches;...

• water rat

  Any of various amphibious rats.

• agouti

  Agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America and South America and the West Indies;...

• paca

  Large burrowing rodent of South America and Central America; highly esteemed as food.

• mountain paca

  Rodent of mountains of western South America.

• coypu

  Aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur.

• chinchilla

  Small rodent with soft pearly grey fur; native to the Andes but bred in captivity for...

• mountain chinchilla

  A rodent native to the mountains of Chile and Peru and now bred in captivit...

• viscacha

  Gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas.

• abrocome

  Ratlike rodent with soft fur and large ears of the Andes.

• mole rat

  Furry short-limbed tailless rodent resembling a true mole in habits and appearance; of...

• mole rat

  African rodent resembling a mole in habits and appearance.

• sand rat

  Small nearly naked African mole rat of desert areas.

• murine

  A rodent that is a member of the family Muridae.

• muskrat

  Beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur.

• round-tailed muskrat

  Of Florida wetlands.

• cotton rat

  Destructive long-haired burrowing rat of southern North America and Central America.

• mountain beaver

  Bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America;...

• mara

  Hare-like rodent of the pampas of Argentina.

• capybara

  Pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet; largest living...