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  2. Rodent - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 January 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 ...

  3. Evolution of mammals - Wikipedia

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    Figure 1:In mammals, the quadrate and articular bones are small and part of the middle ear; the lower jaw consists only of dentary bone.. While living mammal species can be identified by the presence of milk-producing mammary glands in the females, other features are required when classifying fossils, because mammary glands and other soft-tissue features are not visible in fossils.

  4. Rat - Wikipedia

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    Pet rats are typically variants of the species brown rat, but black rats and giant pouched rats are also sometimes kept. Pet rats behave differently from their wild counterparts depending on how many generations they have been kept as pets. [20] Pet rats do not pose any more of a risk of zoonotic diseases than pets such as cats or dogs. [21]

  5. 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.

  6. Euarchontoglires - Wikipedia

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    Euarchontoglires (from: Euarchonta ("true rulers") + Glires ("dormice")), synonymous with Supraprimates, is a clade and a superorder of placental mammals, the living members of which belong to one of the five following groups: rodents, lagomorphs, treeshrews, primates, and colugos.

  7. Brown rat - Wikipedia

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    Brown rats are sometimes mistakenly thought to be a major reservoir of bubonic plague, a possible cause of the Black Death. However, the bacterium responsible, Yersinia pestis, is commonly endemic in only a few rodent species and is usually transmitted zoonotically by rat fleas—common carrier rodents today include ground squirrels and wood rats.

  8. How did Groundhog Day get its start? The rodents were ... - AOL

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    A study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found that the rodent was ... “Today is groundhog day and up to the time of going to press the beast has not seen its shadow ...

  9. Watch live: Will Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow on ... - AOL

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    When is Groundhog Day? Groundhog Day is on Sunday, Feb. 2. USA TODAY's live stream of the event will begin at 6:15 a.m. ET. Did Phil see his shadow last year?