page_title: List of mammals of Lithuania
section_title: Order: Rodentia (rodents)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Lithuania / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Rodentia (rodents)
caption_attribution_description: English: A European Beaver in Norway.
context_page_description: Forty-five mammal species have been recorded in Lithuania, of which two are endangered, four are vulnerable, and three are near threatened. One of the species listed for Lithuania is locally extinct.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed on the IUCN Red List:
  Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of near threatened and least concern categories:
context_section_description: Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40% of mammalian species. They have two incisors in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing. Most rodents are small though the capybara can weigh up to 45 kg (100 lb).
  Suborder: Sciurognathi
  Family: Castoridae (beavers)
  Genus: Castor
  Eurasian beaver, C. fiber LC
  Family: Gliridae (dormice)
  Subfamily: Leithiinae
  Genus: Dryomys
  Forest dormouse, Dryomys nitedula LR/nt
  Genus: Eliomys
  Garden dormouse, Eliomys quercinus VU
  Genus: Muscardinus
  Hazel dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius LR/nt
  Subfamily: Glirinae
  Genus: Glis
  Edible dormouse, Glis glis LR/nt
  Family: Cricetidae
  Subfamily: Arvicolinae
  Genus: Arvicola
  Water vole, Arvicola terrestris LR/lc
  Genus: Clethrionomys
  Bank vole, Clethrionomys glareolus LR/lc
  Genus: Microtus
  Field vole, Microtus agrestis LR/lc
  Common vole, Microtus arvalis LR/lc
  Family: Muridae (mice, rats, voles, gerbils, hamsters, etc.)
  Subfamily: Murinae
  Genus: Apodemus
  Striped field mouse, Apodemus agrarius LR/lc
  Yellow-necked mouse, Apodemus flavicollis LR/lc
  Wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus LC
  Genus: Micromys
  Harvest mouse, Micromys minutus LR/nt
caption: European beaver
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