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rodent comparison table |
Subject | be | have Order name | is a kind of | have scientific name | swim | weigh | eat | slap | have length | build | has part | use | have colour | have picture | eat by | have Family name |
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mammal | kbTop | |||||||||||||||
rodent | Order Rodentia | mammal | ||||||||||||||
beaver | the largest rodent in North America | Order Rodentia | rodent | Castor canadensis | up to 7 km an hour | 16 to 32kg | tree bark, grasses, herbs, leaves of woody plants, fruits, and aquatic plants | water with its tail if it senses danger | up to 1.3 m including its 30 cm long tail | dam | webbed hind feet | its tail as a rudder when swimming | brown | wolf, coyote, bear, lynx, river otter, and wolverine | Family Castoridae | |
coypu | Order Rodentia | rodent | Myocastor coypus | |||||||||||||
jumping mouse or jerboa | Order Rodentia | rodent | ||||||||||||||
mountain beaver | Order Rodentia | rodent | Aplodontia rufa | Family Aplodontidae | ||||||||||||
pocket gopher | Order Rodentia | rodent | ||||||||||||||
pocket mouse or kangaroo rat | Order Rodentia | rodent | ||||||||||||||
porcupine | Order Rodentia | rodent | Erethison dorsatum | Family Erethizonditae | ||||||||||||
rat, mouse or vole | Order Rodentia | rodent | Family Muridae | |||||||||||||
squirrel | Order Rodentia | rodent | Family Sciuridae |
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