Family Leporidae

Sylvilagus audubonii – Desert cottontail
Sylvilagus floridanus alacer – Eastern cottontail

Family Hystricidae

Atherurus macrourus – Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine
Hystrix africaeaustralis – Cape Porcupine
Hystrix brachyura brachyura – Malayan porcupine
Hystrix brachyura hodgsoni – Malayan porcupine
Hystrix brachyura subcristata – Malayan porcupine
Hystrix crassispinis – Thick-spined porcupine
Hystrix javanica – Sunda porcupine
Hystrix pumila – Philippine porcupine
Trichys fasciculata – Long-tailed porcupine

Family Erethizontidae

Coendou prehensilis – Brazilian porcupine

Family Sciuridae

Ammospermophilus harrisii – Harris’s antelope squirrel
Callosciurus finlaysonii bocourti – Finlayson’s squirrel
Callosciurus finlaysonii finlaysonii – Finlayson’s squirrel
Callosciurus nigrovittatus nigrovittatus – Black-striped squirrel
Callosciurus notatus miniatus – Plantain squirrel
Callosciurus phayrei – Phayre’s squirrel
Callosciurus prevostii borneoensis – Prevost’s squirrel
Callosciurus prevostii humei – Prevost’s squirrel
Callosciurus prevostii prevostii – Prevost’s squirrel
Callosciurus prevostii rafflesii – Prevost’s squirrel
Cynomys ludovicianus ludovicianus – Black-tailed prairie-dog
Menetes berdmorei consularis – Indochinese ground squirrel
Menetes berdmorei mouhotei – Indochinese ground squirrel
Petaurista alborufus castaneus – Red-and-white giant flying squirrel
Petaurista philippensis annamensis – Indian giant flying squirrel
Ratufa macroura dandolena – Sri Lankan giant squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis pennsylvanicus – Eastern gray squirrel
Sciurus niger limitis – Eastern fox squirrel
Xerus inauris – Cape ground squirrel

Family Caviidae

Dolichotis patagonum – Patagonian mara
Dolichotis salinicola – Chacoan mara

Family Hydrochaeridae

Family Dasyproctidae

Dasyprocta leporina croconota – Orange agouti
Dasyprocta prymnolopha – Black-rumped agouti
Dasyprocta punctata – Central American agouti

Family Cuniculidae

Cuniculus paca – Lowland paca

Family Octodontidae

Family Myocastoridae

Myocastor coypus – Coypu

Family Capromyidae

Family Chinchillidae

Chinchilla lanigera – Long-tailed chinchilla

Family Bathyergidae

Fukomys damarensis – Damaraland mole-rat
Heterocephalus glaber – Naked mole-rat

Family Muridae

Bandicota indica – Greater bandicoot rat
Gerbillus nanus – Balochistan gerbil

Family Cricetidae

Family Dipodidae

Jaculus orientalis – Greater egyptian jerboa

Family Spalacidae

Rhizomys sumatrensis sumatrensis – Indomalayan bamboo rat

Family Myoxidae

Family Castoridae

Castor canadensis – North American beaver

Family Petromuridae

Family Ctenodactylidae

Family Heteromyidae

Dipodomys ordii – Ord’s kangaroo-rat

Family Pedetidae

 

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