page_title: List of mammals of Zambia
section_title: Order: Rodentia (rodents)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Zambia / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Rodentia (rodents)
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Zambia. Of the 237 mammal species in Zambia, one is critically endangered, three are endangered, eight are vulnerable, and fourteen are near threatened.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
  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 (99 lb).
  Suborder: Hystricognathi
  Family: Bathyergidae
  Genus: Cryptomys
  Ansell's mole-rat, Cryptomys anselli NT
  Bocage's mole-rat, Cryptomys bocagei DD
  Damaraland mole-rat, Cryptomys damarensis LC
  Common mole-rat, Cryptomys hottentotus LC
  Kafue mole-rat, Cryptomys kafuensis VU
  Mechow's mole-rat, Cryptomys mechowi LC
  Family: Hystricidae (Old World porcupines)
  Genus: Hystrix
  Cape porcupine, Hystrix africaeaustralis LC
  Family: Thryonomyidae (cane rats)
  Genus: Thryonomys
  Lesser cane rat, Thryonomys gregorianus LC
  Greater cane rat, Thryonomys swinderianus LC
  Suborder: Sciurognathi
  Family: Anomaluridae
  Subfamily: Anomalurinae
  Genus: Anomalurus
  Lord Derby's scaly-tailed squirrel, Anomalurus derbianus LC
  Genus: Anomalurops
  Beecroft's scaly-tailed squirrel, Anomalurops beecrofti LC
  Family: Pedetidae (spring hare)
  Genus: Pedetes
  Springhare, Pedetes capensis LC
  Family: Sciuridae (squirrels)
  Subfamily: Xerinae
  Tribe: Protoxerini
  Genus: Heliosciurus
  Gambian sun squirrel, Heliosciurus gambianus LC
  Mutable sun squirrel, Heliosciurus mutabilis LC
  Genus: Paraxerus
  Boehm's bush squirrel, Paraxerus boehmi LC
  Smith's bush squirrel, Paraxerus cepapi LC
  Black and red bush squirrel, Paraxerus lucifer DD
  Family: Gliridae (dormice)
  Subfamily: Graphiurinae
  Genus: Graphiurus
  Johnston's African dormouse, Graphiurus johnstoni DD
  Small-eared dormouse, Graphiurus microtis LC
  Monard's dormouse, Graphiurus monardi DD
  Rock dormouse, Graphiurus platyops LC
  Family: Nesomyidae
  Subfamily: Dendromurinae
  Genus: Dendromus
  Gray climbing mouse, Dendromus melanotis LC
  Brants's climbing mouse, Dendromus mesomelas LC
  Chestnut climbing mouse, Dendromus mystacalis LC
  Nyika climbing mouse, Dendromus nyikae LC
  Genus: Steatomys
  Kreb's fat mouse, Steatomys krebsii LC
  Tiny fat mouse, Steatomys parvus LC
  Fat mouse, Steatomys pratensis LC
  Subfamily: Cricetomyinae
  Genus: Beamys
  Greater hamster-rat, Beamys major NT
  Genus: Cricetomys
  Gambian pouched rat, Cricetomys gambianus LC
  Genus: Saccostomus
  South African pouched mouse, Saccostomus campestris LC
  Family: Muridae (mice, rats, voles, gerbils, hamsters, etc.)
  Subfamily: Deomyinae
  Genus: Acomys
  Spiny mouse, Acomys spinosissimus LC
  Genus: Lophuromys
  Yellow-spotted brush-furred rat, Lophuromys flavopunctatus LC
  Subfamily: Otomyinae
  Genus: Otomys
  Angoni vlei rat, Otomys angoniensis LC
  Dent's vlei rat, Otomys denti NT
  Large vlei rat, Otomys maximus LC
  Uzungwe vlei rat, Otomys uzungwensis EN
  Subfamily: Gerbillinae
  Genus: Tatera
  Boehm's gerbil, Tatera boehmi LC
  Highveld gerbil, Tatera brantsii LC
  Bushveld gerbil, Tatera leucogaster LC
  Savanna gerbil, Tatera valida LC
  Subfamily: Murinae
  Genus: Aethomys
  Red rock rat, Aethomys chrysophilus LC
  Kaiser's rock rat, Aethomys kaiseri LC
  Namaqua rock rat, Aethomys namaquensis LC
  Nyika rock rat, Aethomys nyikae LC
  Genus: Arvicanthis
  African grass rat, Arvicanthis niloticus LC
  Genus: Colomys
  African wading rat, Colomys goslingi LC
  Genus: Dasymys
  African marsh rat, Dasymys incomtus LC
  Angolan marsh rat, Dasymys nudipes NT
  Genus: Grammomys
  Woodland thicket rat, Grammomys dolichurus LC
  Ruwenzori thicket rat, Grammomys ibeanus LC
  Genus: Hybomys
  Peters's striped mouse, Hybomys univittatus LC
  Genus: Hylomyscus
  Montane wood mouse, Hylomyscus denniae LC
  Genus: Lemniscomys
  Griselda's striped grass mouse, Lemniscomys griselda LC
  Single-striped grass mouse, Lemniscomys rosalia LC
  Rosevear's striped grass mouse, Lemniscomys roseveari DD
  Typical striped grass mouse, Lemniscomys striatus LC
  Genus: Malacomys
  Big-eared swamp rat, Malacomys longipes LC
  Genus: Mastomys
  Natal multimammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis LC
  Genus: Mus
  Desert pygmy mouse, Mus indutus LC
  African pygmy mouse, Mus minutoides LC
  Neave's mouse, Mus neavei DD
  Setzer's pygmy mouse, Mus setzeri LC
  Gray-bellied pygmy mouse, Mus triton LC
  Genus: Pelomys
  Creek groove-toothed swamp rat, Pelomys fall
caption: Acacia rat
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