The bush rat (Rattus fuscipes) is a small Australian nocturnal animal. It is one of the most common indigenous species of rat on the continent, found in many heathland areas of Victoria and New South Wales.
One of the most abundant and widespread mammals around the globe, the House mouse (Mus musculus) is found in almost any part of the world (except Antarctica) due to human travel. This rodent originated in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and northern...
The Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) is a widespread species of common rat. One of the largest muroids, it weighs between 140 and 500 g (5 and 17+3⁄4 oz). Thought to have originated in northern China and neighboring areas, this rodent has now spread to...
The fancy rat (Rattus norvegicus domestica ) is the domesticated form of Rattus norvegicus, the brown rat, and the most common species of rat kept as a pet. The name fancy rat derives from the idea of animal fancy (the promotion of domesticated...
The Black rat (Rattus rattus) has an extremely long tail that is longer than its head and body. It likely originated in the Indian subcontinent but is now found worldwide. Romans were the ones who introduced this species to Britain. Black rats are...
The Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) is a small burrowing rodent often used in science and kept as a small house pet. Their use in science dates back to the latter half of the 19th century but these small animals became popular as pets in...
A fancy mouse (fancy means 'hobby' in this context) is a domesticated form of the house mouse (Mus musculus ), one of many mouse species, usually kept as a type of pocket pet. Fancy mice have also been specially bred for exhibiting, with shows being...
The rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster) is an Australian native rodent first described in 1804. Having adapted to and colonized a unique niche of a semiaquatic and nocturnal lifestyle, this rakali lives in burrows on the banks of rivers, lakes and...
The Polynesian rat (Rattus exulans) is the third most widespread species of rat in the world behind the Brown rat and Black rat. The Polynesian rat originated in Southeast Asia, and like its relatives, has become widespread, migrating to most of...
The Wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) is a murid rodent native to Europe and northwestern Africa. It is found across most of Europe and is a very common and widespread species, is commensal with people, and is sometimes considered a pest. The Wood...
The Eurasian harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) is a small rodent native to Europe and Asia. It is typically found in fields of cereal crops, such as wheat and oats, in reed beds, and in other tall ground vegetation, such as long grass and hedgerows....
The yellow-necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis ), also called yellow-necked field mouse, yellow-necked wood mouse, and South China field mouse, is closely related to the wood mouse, with which it was long confused. It was only recognised as a...
The Flores giant rat (Papagomys armandvillei ) is a rodent of the family Muridae that occurs on the island of Flores in Indonesia. It has been recorded in Rutong Protection Forest. The species is found in primary, secondary and disturbed forest over...
The Lesser bandicoot rat (Bandicota bengalensis) is a giant rat of Southern Asia, not related to the true bandicoots which are marsupials. It is considered a pest in the cereal crops and gardens of India and Sri Lanka and emits piglike grunts when...
The Spinifex hopping mouse (Notomys alexis ) is a tiny semi-fossorial, burrowing rodent. It spends a great deal of energy not just foraging for food, but also transporting it back to their burrows.
The Fat-tailed gerbil (Pachyuromys duprasi) is a medium-sized rodent belonging to subfamily Gerbillinae. It is the most docile species of the gerbil subfamily. Fat-tailed gerbils are frequently kept as pets.
The Natal multimammate mouse (Mastomys natalensis) is a species of rodent found only in Africa. The Natal multimammate rat has been used as a laboratory animal since 1939 and has great value for researchers.
The African pygmy mouse (Mus minutoides ) is one of the smallest rodents. It is widespread within sub-Saharan Africa, and is kept as a pet in other parts of the world. Like the common house mouse, it is a member of the enormous superfamily Muroidea,...
The large Japanese field mouse (Apodemus speciosus ) is a nocturnal species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is endemic to Japan.
The greater bandicoot rat (Bandicota indica ) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.It can grow to about 27–29 cm without...
The great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus ) is a large rodent found throughout much of Central Asia.
The long-haired rat (Rattus villosissimus ), is a species of rodent in the family Muridae which is native to Australia. The long-haired rat is well known for its population eruptions over vast areas of Australia which is the basis of its alternative...
Brants's whistling rat or Brants' whistling rat (Parotomys brantsii ) is one of two species of murid rodent in the genus Parotomys. It is found in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry...
The Australian swamp rat (Rattus lutreolus ), also known as the eastern swamp rat, is a species of rat native to the coasts of southern and eastern Australia.
The ricefield rat (Rattus argentiventer ) is a species of rat found throughout Southeast Asia.
The fat sand rat (Psammomys obesus ) is a terrestrial mammal from the gerbil subfamily that is mostly found in North Africa and the Middle East, ranging from Mauritania to the Arabian Peninsula. This species usually lives in sandy deserts, but may...
The northern Luzon giant cloud rat (Phloeomys pallidus ) or northern Luzon slender-tailed cloud rat, also known as bu-ot in Filipino, is a large species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is only found in Luzon, the Philippines.
The striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius ) is a rodent in the family Muridae. The range of this species stretches from Eastern Europe to Eastern Asia.
Mus musculus domesticus, the Western European house mouse, is a subspecies of the house mouse (Mus musculus ). Some laboratory mouse strains, such as C57BL/6, are domesticated from M. m. domesticus.
The Dinagat bushy-tailed cloud rat, Dinagat crateromys or Dinagat cloud rat (Crateromys australis ) is a species of cloud rat in the family Muridae. It is one of the eight cloud rats found only in the Philippines, and is specifically endemic to...
The Cairo spiny mouse (Acomys cahirinus ), also known as the common spiny mouse, Egyptian spiny mouse, or Arabian spiny mouse, is a nocturnal species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Africa north of the Sahara, where its natural...
The central rock rat (Zyzomys pedunculatus ), also known as the central thick-tailed rock-rat, Macdonnell Range rock-rat, Australian native mouse, rat à grosse queue (French), or rata coligorda (Spanish), is a species of rodent in the family Muridae...
Xeromys myoides, also known as the water mouse, marine mouse, mangrove mouse, false water rat, manngay and yirrkoo, is a species of rodent native to waterways of Australia and Papua New Guinea.
The Ryukyu spiny rat (Tokudaia osimensis ) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. Endemic to Amami Ōshima island in the Amami Islands of the Ryukyu archipelago of Japan, its natural habitat is subtropical moist broadleaf forest. The karyotype...
The Tanezumi rat (Rattus tanezumi ), also known as the Asian rat or Asian house rat, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is closely related to the black rat (Rattus rattus ). It is widespread in eastern, southern and south-eastern Asia,...
The giant white-tailed rat (Uromys caudimaculatus ) is an Australian rodent native to tropical rainforest of north Queensland, with subspecies occurring in New Guinea and the Aru Islands. It is one of the largest rodents in Australia, reaching up to...
The palm rat (Rattus palmarum ) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in the Nicobar Islands, on Car Nicobar and Great Nicobar islands.The palm rat's natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or...
The dune hairy-footed gerbil, or the Namib dune gerbil (Gerbillurus tytonis ) is a species of rodent found only in Namibia. Its natural habitat is temperate desert where it lives in loose sand among sand dunes, feeding opportunistically on...
The little native mouse (Pseudomys delicatulus ), also known as the delicate mouse, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. Kunwinjku of western Arnhem Land call this little creature Kijbuk (Reverend Peterson Nganjmirra, personal comment in...
The Persian jird (Meriones persicus ) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey, and Turkmenistan.The Persian jird is about 6 inches (15 cm) long and has a brush-tipped tail...
The Mount Oku rat (Lamottemys okuensis ) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. The genus Lamottemys is monotypic, and this is the only species. It is found only in Cameroon where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane...
The St Kilda house mouse (Mus musculus muralis ) is an extinct subspecies of the house mouse found only on the islands of the St Kilda archipelago of northwest Scotland. They were first described, alongside the St Kilda field mouse, by natural...
