🌍 World Animal Map

Mice, rats & other rodents: where they live

Maps and quick facts for 666 mice, rats & other rodents (capybara, nutria, muskrat, naked mole-rat, brown rat). Each animal page shows a representative wild record and the countries where open-licence GBIF records place it. Show mice, rats & other rodents on the world map

CapybaraCapybaraHydrochoerus hydrochaerisLeast concernNutriaNutriaMyocastor coypusLeast concernMuskratMuskratOndatra zibethicusLeast concernNaked mole-ratNaked mole-ratHeterocephalus glaberLeast concernBrown ratBrown ratRattus norvegicusLeast concernNorth American beaverNorth American beaverCastor canadensisLeast concernBlack ratBlack ratRattus rattusLeast concernEurasian beaverEurasian beaverCastor fiberLeast concernPatagonian maraPatagonian maraDolichotis patagonumNear threatenedEuropean edible dormouseEuropean edible dormouseGlis glisLeast concernNorth American porcupineNorth American porcupineErethizon dorsatumLeast concernChinese hamsterChinese hamsterCricetulus griseusPolynesian ratPolynesian ratRattus exulansLeast concernWinter white dwarf hamsterWinter white dwarf hamsterPhodopus sungorusLeast concernEuropean hamsterEuropean hamsterCricetus cricetusCritically endangeredEuropean water voleEuropean water voleArvicola amphibiusLeast concernCommon deguCommon deguOctodon degusLeast concernLaotian rock ratLaotian rock ratLaonastes aenigmamusLeast concernRakaliRakaliHydromys chrysogasterLeast concernWood mouseWood mouseApodemus sylvaticusLeast concernGambian pouched ratGambian pouched ratCricetomys gambianusLeast concernMountain beaverMountain beaverAplodontia rufaCrested porcupineCrested porcupineHystrix cristataLeast concernLesser capybaraLesser capybaraHydrochoerus isthmiusData deficient

All 666 mice, rats & other rodents

Cricetidae 233

Muridae 185

Heteromyidae 52

Geomyidae 21

Echimyidae 18

Ctenomyidae 17

Caviidae 16

Spalacidae 14

Dipodidae 13

Nesomyidae 12

Dasyproctidae 10

Erethizontidae 10

Hystricidae 9

Gliridae 8

Bathyergidae 7

Chinchillidae 6

Sminthidae 5

Anomaluridae 4

Ctenodactylidae 4

Octodontidae 4

Zapodidae 4

Calomyscidae 2

Castoridae 2

Cuniculidae 2

Pedetidae 2

Aplodontiidae 1

Diatomyidae 1

Dinomyidae 1

Petromuridae 1

Platacanthomyidae 1

Thryonomyidae 1