AZA Rodent Insectivore and Lagomorph TAG


Rodent TAG Species List:
(Sorted by Sub Group, Common Name)

RTAG id #

Common Name

Scientific Name

Acouchi

181

ACOUCHI

Myoprocta acouchy

182

ACOUCHI

Myoprocta acouchy pratti

Agouti

66

AGOUTI

Dasyprocta

67

AGOUTI

Dasyprocta azarae

68

AGOUTI

Dasyprocta cristata

74

AGOUTI

Dasyprocta punctata

75

AGOUTI

Dasyprocta ruatanica

70

BRAZILIAN AGOUTI

Dasyprocta leporina

69

GREY AGOUTI

Dasyprocta fuliginosa

73

MEXICAN AGOUTI

Dasyprocta mexicana

72

ST LUCIA AGOUTI

Dasyprocta leporina albida

71

ST VINCENT AGOUTI

Dasyprocta leporina aguti

Beaver

38

AMERICAN BEAVER

Castor canadensis

39

EUROPEAN BEAVER

Castor fiber

40

EUROPEAN BEAVER

Castor fiber albicus

Blesmol

Capybara

117

CAPYBARA

Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris

Cavy

41

CAVY

Cavia aperea

42

CAVY

Cavia aperea pamparum

97

CAVY

Galea musteloides

169

CAVY

Microcavia australis

43

GUINEA PIG

Cavia porcellus

85

PATAGONIAN CAVY

Dolichotis patagonum

86

PATAGONIAN CAVY

Dolichotis salinicola

131

ROCK CAVY

Kerodon rupestris

Chinchilla

45

CHINCHILLA

Chinchilla

46

CHINCHILLA

Chinchilla brevicaudata

47

CHINCHILLA

Chinchilla lanigera

Chipmunk

272

EASTERN CHIPMUNK

Tamias striatus

271

SIBERIAN CHIPMUNK

Tamias sibiricus

273

UINTA CHIPMUNK

Tamias umbrinus

Cloudrat

51

PANAY CLOUDRUNNER

Crateromys heaneyi

218

SLENDER-TAILED CLOUD RAT

Phloeomys pallidus

Cururo

258

CURURO

Spalacopus cyanus

Degu

195

DEGU

Octodon degus

Elephant Shrew

146

ELEPHANT SHREW

Macroscelides

147

SHORT-EARED ELEPHANT SHREW

Macroscelides proboscideus

Gerbil

104

BALUCHISTAN GERBIL

Gerbillus nanus

277

BUSHVELD GERBIL

Tatera leucogaster

275

CAPE GREATER GERBIL

Tatera afra

76

CAPE SHORT-TAILED GERBIL

Desmodillus auricularis

103

EGYPTIAN GERBIL

Gerbillus gerbillus

203

FAT-TAILED GERBIL

Pachyuromys duprasi

99

HAIRY-FOOTED GERBIL

Gerbillurus paeba

276

INDIAN GERBIL

Tatera indica

101

LARGE NORTH AFRICAN GERBIL

Gerbillus campestris

157

MIDDAY GERBIL

Meriones meridianus nogaiorum

158

MIDDAY GERBIL

Meriones meridianus penicilliger

159

MIDDAY GERBIL

Meriones meridianus urianchaicus

163

MONGOLIAN GERBIL

Meriones unguiculatus

100

NORTHERN PYGMY GERBIL

Gerbillus

105

PYGMY AFRICAN GERBIL

Gerbillus perpallidus

162

TAMARISK GERBIL

Meriones tamariscinus

102

WAGNER'S GERBIL

Gerbillus dasyurus

Gundi

60

GUNDI

Ctenodactylus gundi

Hamster

56

COMMON HAMSTER

Cricetus cricetus

220

DESERT HAMSTER

Phodopus roborovskii

167

GOLDEN HAMSTER

Mesocricetus auratus

168

GOLDEN HAMSTER

Mesocricetus brandti

280

GREATER LONG-TAILED HAMSTER

Tscherskia triton

219

HAIRY-FOOTED HAMSTER

Phodopus campbelli

55

MIGRATORY HAMSTER

Cricetulus migratorius

35

MOUSE-LIKE HAMSTER

Calomyscus mystax

221

STRIPED HAIRY-FOOTED HAMSTER

Phodopus sungorus

54

STRIPED HAMSTER

Cricetulus barabensis

Hare

143

CAPE HARE

Lepus capensis

144

EUROPEAN HARE

Lepus europaeus

136

HARES/RABBITS

Leporidae

139

JAPANESE HARE

Lepus brachyurus angustidens

140

JAPANESE HARE

Lepus brachyurus brachyurus

141

JAPANESE HARE

Lepus brachyurus lyoni

145

NORTHERN HARE

Lepus timidus

138

SNOWSHOE HARE

Lepus americanus

Hedgehog

21

ALGERIAN HEDGEHOG

Atelerix algirus

93

AMUR HEDGEHOG

Erinaceus amurensis

112

ETHIOPIAN HEDGEHOG

Hemiechinus aethiopicus

254

GREATER MADAGASCAR HEDGEHOG TENREC

Setifer setosus

20

HEDGEHOG

Atelerix albiventris

88

LESSER MADAGASCAR HEDGEHOG TENREC

Echinops telfairi

113

LONG-EARED HEDGEHOG

Hemiechinus auritus

22

SOUTH AFRICAN HEDGEHOG

Atelerix frontalis

94

WESTERN EUROPEAN HEDGEHOG

Erinaceus europaeus

Hutia

37

DESMAREST'S HUTIA

Capromys pilorides

Jerboa

128

BLANFORD'S JERBOA

Jaculus blanfordi

10

FOUR-TOED JERBOA

Allactaga tetradactyla

8

GREAT JERBOA

Allactaga major

130

GREATER EGYPTIAN JERBOA

Jaculus orientalis

129

LESSER EGYPTIAN JERBOA

Jaculus jaculus

9

MONGOLIAN FIVE-TOED JERBOA

Allactaga sibirica

Jird

253

BUSHY-TAILED JIRD

Sekeetamys calurus

156

LIBYAN JIRD

Meriones libycus

160

PERSIAN JIRD

Meriones persicus

161

SHAW'S JIRD

Meriones shawi

164

VINOGRADOV'S JIRD

Meriones vinogradovi

Kangaroo Rat

84

BANNER-TAILED KANGAROO RAT

Dipodomys spectabilis

78

DESERT KANGAROO RAT

Dipodomys deserti

79

DESERT KANGAROO RAT

Dipodomys deserti arizonae

82

FRESNO KANGAROO RAT

Dipodomys nitratoides

80

HEERMANN'S KANGAROO RAT

Dipodomys heermanni arenae

116

KANGAROO RATS/POCKET MICE

Heteromyidae

81

MERRIAM'S KANGAROO RAT

Dipodomys merriami

83

ORD'S KANGAROO RAT

Dipodomys ordii

Lemming

134

STEPPE LEMMING

Lagurus lagurus

Marmot

153

ALPINE MARMOT

Marmota marmota

150

BOBAK MARMOT

Marmota bobak

151

HOARY MARMOT

Marmota caligata

155

VANCOUVER MARMOT

Marmota vancouverensis

152

YELLOW-BELLIED MARMOT

Marmota flaviventris

154

WOODCHUCK

Marmota monax

Mole

175

JAPANESE MOLE

Mogera wogura

49

STAR-NOSED MOLE

Condylura cristata

Mole-rat

98

BLESMOL

Georychus capensis

59

COMMON MOLE-RAT

Cryptomys hottentotus

58

DAMARA MOLE-RAT

Cryptomys damarensis

57

MOLE-RAT

Cryptomys

114

NAKED MOLE-RAT

Heterocephalus

115

NAKED MOLE-RAT

Heterocephalus glaber

185

PALESTINE MOLE-RAT

Nannospalax ehrenbergi

Mouse

109

AFRICAN DORMOUSE

Graphiurus lorraineus

4

AFRICAN SPINY MOUSE

Acomys cilicicus

207

ARIZONA POCKET MOUSE

Perognathus amplus

223

AUSTRALIAN MOUSE

Pseudomys

178

BROWN SPINY MOUSE

Mus platythrix

208

CACTUS MOUSE

Peromyscus eremicus

1

CAIRO SPINY MOUSE

Acomys cahirinus

2

CAIRO SPINY MOUSE

Acomys cahirinus cahirinus

3

CAIRO SPINY MOUSE

Acomys cahirinus hunteri

222

DARWIN'S LEAF-EARED MOUSE

Phyllotis darwini

211

DEER MOUSE

Peromyscus maniculatus

183

DORMICE

Myoxidae

224

EASTERN MOUSE

Pseudomys australis

170

EURASIAN HARVEST MOUSE

Micromys minutus

184

FAT DORMOUSE

Myoxus glis

239

FOUR-STRIPED GRASS MOUSE

Rhabdomys pumilio

89

GARDEN DORMOUSE

Eliomys melanurus

194

GOLDEN MOUSE

Ochrotomys nuttalli

5

GOLDEN SPINY MOUSE

Acomys russatus

209

GUATEMALAN DEER MOUSE

Peromyscus guatemalensis altilaneus

179

HAZEL DORMOUSE

Muscardinus avellanarius

177

HOUSE MOUSE

Mus musculus

227

KAKADU PEBBLE-MOUND MOUSE

Pseudomys laborifex calabyi

15

KOREAN FIELD MOUSE

Apodemus peninsulae

16

LARGE JAPANESE FIELD MOUSE

Apodemus speciosus

148

LARGE-EARED MOUSE

Malacothrix typica

149

LARGE-EARED MOUSE

Malacothrix typica

44

LONG-TAILED POCKET MOUSE

Chaetodipus formosus

191

MITCHELL'S HOPPING MOUSE

Notomys mitchellii

228

NEW HOLLAND MOUSE

Pseudomys novaehollandiae

197

NORTHERN GRASSHOPPER MOUSE

Onychomys leucogaster

190

NORTHERN HOPPING MOUSE

Notomys aquilo

212

OLDFIELD MOUSE

Peromyscus polionotus

288

PALM MOUSE

Vandeleuria oleracea

225

PEBBLE-MOUND MOUSE

Pseudomys chapmani

213