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

PINON MOUSE

Peromyscus truei

206

POCKET MOUSE

Perognathus

241

POUCHED MOUSE

Saccostomus campestris

176

PYGMY MOUSE

Mus minutoides

229

SHARK BAY MOUSE (SEE P. FIELDI)

Pseudomys praeconis

13

SMALL JAPANESE FIELD MOUSE

Apodemus argenteus

226

SMOKY MOUSE

Pseudomys fumeus

189

SPINIFEX HOPPING MOUSE

Notomys alexis

210

WHITE-FOOTED MOUSE

Peromyscus leucopus

17

WOOD MOUSE

Apodemus sylvaticus

110

WOODLAND DORMOUSE

Graphiurus murinus

111

WOODLAND DORMOUSE

Graphiurus murinus microtis

14

YELLOW-NECKED FIELD MOUSE

Apodemus flavicollis

135

ZEBRA MOUSE

Lemniscomys barbarus

Muskrat

196

MUSKRAT

Ondatra zibethicus

Nutria

180

NUTRIA

Myocastor coypus

Paca

7

MOUNTAIN PACA

Agouti taczanowskii

6

PACA

Agouti paca

Pacarana

77

PACARANA

Dinomys branickii

Pika

192

DAURIAN PIKA

Ochotona dauurica

193

NORTHERN PIKA

Ochotona hyperborea

Porcupine

23

AFRICAN BRUSH-TAILED PORCUPINE

Atherurus africanus

120

AFRICAN CRESTED PORCUPINE

Hystrix africaeaustralis

24

ASIATIC BRUSH-TAILED PORCUPINE

Atherurus macrourus

122

CHINESE PORCUPINE

Hystrix brachyura hodgsoni

124

CRESTED PORCUPINE

Hystrix cristata

125

CRESTED PORCUPINE

Hystrix cristata cristata

126

CRESTED PORCUPINE

Hystrix cristata galeata

127

INDIAN CRESTED PORCUPINE

Hystrix indica

279

LONG-TAILED PORCUPINE

Trichys fasciculata

121

MALAYAN PORCUPINE

Hystrix brachyura

265

MEXICAN PORCUPINE

Sphiggurus mexicanus

91

NORTH AMERICAN PORCUPINE

Erethizon dorsatum

92

NORTH AMERICAN PORCUPINE

Erethizon dorsatum couesi

48

PREHENSILE-TAILED PORCUPINE

Coendou prehensilis

123

THICK-SPINED PORCUPINE

Hystrix crassispinis

87

UPPER AMAZONIAN PORCUPINE

Echinoprocta rufescens

Prairie Dog

63

BLACK-TAILED PRAIRIE DOG

Cynomys ludovicianus

61

GUNNISON'S PRAIRIE DOG

Cynomys gunnisoni

64

UTAH PRAIRIE DOG

Cynomys parvidens

62

WHITE-TAILED PRAIRIE DOG

Cynomys leucurus

Rabbit

200

AMERICAN WHITE RABBIT

Oryctolagus cuniculus american_white

142

BLACK-TAILED JACK RABBIT

Lepus californicus

268

DESERT COTTONTAIL RABBIT

Sylvilagus audubonii

269

EASTERN COTTONTAIL RABBIT

Sylvilagus floridanus

198

EUROPEAN RABBIT

Oryctolagus

199

EUROPEAN RABBIT

Oryctolagus cuniculus

201

FLEMISH GIANT RABBIT

Oryctolagus cuniculus flemish_giant

270

NEW ENGLAND COTTONTAIL RABBIT

Sylvilagus transitionalis

27

PYGMY RABBIT

Brachylagus idahoensis

202

REX RABBIT

Oryctolagus cuniculus rex

Rat

293

AUSTRALIAN ROCK RAT

Zyzomys palatilis

233

AUSTRALIAN SWAMP RAT

Rattus lutreolus

118

BEAVER RAT

Hydromys chrysogaster

165

BLACK-FOOTED TREE RAT

Mesembriomys gouldii gouldii

50

BRUSH-TAILED RABBIT-RAT

Conilurus penicillatus

292

COMMON AUSTRALIAN ROCK RAT

Zyzomys argurus

217

DASSIE RAT

Petromus typicus

216

DASSIE RATS

Petromuridae

188

DESERT WOODRAT

Neotoma lepida

187

EASTERN WOODRAT

Neotoma floridana

289

FALSE SWAMP RAT

Xeromys myoides

52

GIANT POUCHED RAT

Cricetomys emini

53

GIANT POUCHED RAT

Cricetomys gambianus

166

GOLDEN-BACKED TREE RAT

Mesembriomys macrurus

26

GREATER BANDICOOT RAT

Bandicota indica

137

GREATER STICK-NEST RAT

Leporillus conditor

255

HISPID COTTON RAT

Sigmodon hispidus

240

LARGE BAMBOO RAT

Rhizomys sumatrensis

36

LESSER BAMBOO RAT

Cannomys badius

294

MACDONNELL RANGE ROCK RAT

Zyzomys pedunculatus

119

MADAGASCAN RAT

Hypogeomys antimena

18

NILE RAT

Arvicanthis niloticus

234

NORWAY RAT

Rattus norvegicus

232

RAT

Rattus colletti

235

ROOF RAT

Rattus rattus

230

SHORTRIDGE'S HEATH RAT

Pseudomys shortridgei

186

WHITE-THROATED WOODRAT

Neotoma albigula

Solenodon

256

CUBAN SOLENODON

Solenodon cubanus

257

HATIAN SOLENODON

Solenodon paradoxus

Springhaas

205

SPRINGHAAS

Pedetes capensis

Squirrel

274

AMERICAN RED SQUIRREL

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

25

BARBARY GROUND SQUIRREL

Atlantoxerus getulus

28

BELLY-BANDED SQUIRREL

Callosciurus erythraeus

236

BLACK GIANT SQUIRREL

Ratufa bicolor

291

CAPE GROUND SQUIRREL

Xerus inauris

247

EASTERN FOX SQUIRREL

Sciurus niger

248

EASTERN FOX SQUIRREL

Sciurus niger niger

244

EASTERN GREY SQUIRREL

Sciurus carolinensis

251

EURASIAN RED SQUIRREL

Sciurus vulgaris

252

EURASIAN RED SQUIRREL

Sciurus vulgaris exalbidus

259

EUROPEAN SOUSLIK

Spermophilus citellus

29

FINLAYSON'S SQUIRREL

Callosciurus finlaysonii finlaysonii

260

FRANKLIN'S GROUND SQUIRREL

Spermophilus franklinii

290

GEOFFROY'S GROUND SQUIRREL

Xerus erythropus

238

GRIZZLED INDIAN SQUIRREL

Ratufa macroura

11

HARRIS' ANTELOPE SQUIRREL

Ammospermophilus harrisii

237

INDIAN GIANT SQUIRREL

Ratufa indica

95

INDIAN PALM SQUIRREL

Funambulus palmarum

214

JAPANESE GIANT FLYING SQUIRREL

Petaurista leucogenys

267

LOW'S SQUIRREL

Sundasciurus lowii

243

MEXICAN GREY SQUIRREL

Sciurus aureogaster

261

MEXICAN GROUND SQUIRREL

Spermophilus mexicanus

106

NORTHERN FLYING SQUIRREL

Glaucomys sabrinus

96

NORTHERN PALM SQUIRREL

Funambulus pennantii

242

PERE DAVID'S ROCK SQUIRREL

Sciurotamias davidianus

30

PLANTAIN SQUIRREL

Callosciurus notatus

31

PREVOST'S SQUIRREL

Callosciurus prevostii

32

PREVOST'S SQUIRREL

Callosciurus prevostii borneoensis

33

PREVOST'S SQUIRREL

Callosciurus prevostii prevostii

34

PREVOST'S SQUIRREL

Callosciurus prevostii rafflesii

215

RED GIANT FLYING SQUIRREL

Petaurista petaurista

245

RED SQUIRREL

Sciurus flammifer

262

ROUND-TAILED GROUND SQUIRREL

Spermophilus tereticaudus

231

SIBERIAN FLYING SQUIRREL

Pteromys volans

204

SMITH'S BUSH SQUIRREL

Paraxerus cepapi

107

SOUTHERN FLYING SQUIRREL

Glaucomys volans

108

SOUTHERN FLYING SQUIRREL

Glaucomys volans volans

263

THIRTEEN-LINED GROUND SQUIRREL

Spermophilus tridecemlineatus

264

VARIEGATED ROCK SQUIRREL

Spermophilus variegatus

250

VARIEGATED SQUIRREL

Sciurus variegatoides dorsalis

246

WESTERN GREY SQUIRREL

Sciurus griseus

249

WHITE-NAPED SQUIRREL

Sciurus stramineus nebouxii

12

WHITE-TAILED ANTELOPE SQUIRREL

Ammospermophilus leucurus

Tenrec

278

TAILLESS TENREC

Tenrec ecaudatus

65

TENREC

Dasogale fontoynonti

Tree Shrew

282

BURMESE TREE SHREW

Tupaia belangeri belangeri

283

COMMON TREE SHREW

Tupaia glis

284

COMMON TREE SHREW

Tupaia glis glis

266

HOUSE SHREW

Suncus murinus

286

LARGE TREE SHREW

Tupaia tana

281

NORTHERN TREE SHREW

Tupaia belangeri

285

PYGMY TREE SHREW

Tupaia minor

287

TREE SHREWS

Tupaiidae

Viscacha

132

MOUNTAIN VISCACHA

Lagidium peruanum

133

PLAINS VISCACHA

Lagostomus maximus

Vole

19

EUROPEAN WATER VOLE

Arvicola terrestris

172

JAPANESE GRASS VOLE

Microtus montebelli

174

MEADOW VOLE

Microtus pennsylvanicus

90

MOLE-VOLE

Ellobius tancrei

171

ORKNEY VOLE

Microtus arvalis orcadensis

173

PRAIRIE VOLE

Microtus ochrogaster

ZZ

Unlisted Species

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