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  4. Naked mole-rat - Wikipedia

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    The DNA repair transcriptomes of the liver of humans, naked mole-rats, and mice were compared. [52] The maximum lifespans of humans, naked mole-rats, and mice are respectively c. 120, 30 and 3 years. The longer-lived species, humans and naked mole-rats, expressed DNA repair genes, including core genes in several DNA repair pathways, at a higher ...

  5. Kangaroo rat - Wikipedia

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    Kangaroo rats, small mostly nocturnal rodents of genus Dipodomys, are native to arid areas of western North America.The common name derives from their bipedal form. They hop in a manner similar to the much larger kangaroo, but developed this mode of locomotion independently, like several other clades of rodents (e.g., dipodids and hopping mice).

  6. Rodent - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 February 2025. Order of mammals Rodent Temporal range: Late Paleocene – recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Capybara Springhare Golden-mantled ground squirrel North American beaver House mouse Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Mirorder ...

  7. From tiny mice to giant capybara, rodents play a role in ...

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    Ohio has 19 native species of rodents, plus three introduced species from Europe — the house mouse, brown (or Norway) rat and the black rat. From tiny mice to giant capybara, rodents play a role ...

  8. Fancy rat - Wikipedia

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    The fancy rat (Rattus norvegicus domestica) is the domesticated form of Rattus norvegicus, the brown rat, [1] and the most common species of rat kept as a pet.The name fancy rat derives from the use of the adjective fancy for a hobby, also seen in "animal fancy", a hobby involving the appreciation, promotion, or breeding of pet or domestic animals.

  9. Muskrat - Wikipedia

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    Muskrats feed mostly on cattail and other aquatic vegetation but also eat small animals. Ondatra zibethicus is the only extant species in the genus Ondatra; its closest relative is the round-tailed muskrat (Neofiber alleni). It is the largest species in the subfamily Arvicolinae, which includes 142 other species of rodents, mostly voles and ...