# Rodentia

**Rodentia** ni jina la Kisayansi la oda ya **panya**, **vipanya**, **mabuku**, **biva**, **panyabuku**, **kindi** na **mafuko**. Kwa Kiswahili huitwa wagugunaji.

| **Rodentia** |
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| **Uainishaji wa kisayansi** |
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| Himaya: | Animalia (Wanyama)  |
| Faila: | Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni)  |
| Ngeli: | Mammalia (Wanyama wenye viwele wanaonyonyesha wadogo wao)  |
| Nusungeli: | Eutheria  |
| Oda: | Rodentia (Wagugunaji)  |
| Nusuoda: | Sciuromorpha (Wanyama kama kindi)
Castorimorpha (Wanyama kama panyabuku)
Myomorpha (Wanyama kama panya)
Anomaluromorpha (Wanyama kama kamendegere)
Hystricomorpha (Wanyama kama nungunungu)  |

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## Oda

**ODA RODENTIA Nusuoda Anomaluromorpha

	+ Familia Anomaluridae: Kindi warukaji (Scaly-tailed flying squirrels)
	+ Familia Pedetidae: Kamendegere (Springhares)
* Nusuoda Castorimorpha

	+ Familia ya juu Castoroidea
		- Familia Castoridae: Biva (Beavers)
	+ Familia ya juu Geomyoidea
		- Familia Geomyidae: Mabuku wadogo (True gophers)
		- Familia Heteromyidae: Panya-kangaruu (Kangaroo rats) na Vipanya-kangaruu (Kangaroo mice)
* Nusuoda Hystricomorpha

	+ Familia Diatomyidae: Panya-milima wa Laos (Laotian rock rat)
	+ Oda ya chini Ctenodactylomorphi

		- Familia Ctenodactylidae: Gundi (Gundis)
	+ Oda ya chini Hystricognathi

		- Familia Bathyergidae: Mafuko (Blesmols)
		- Familia Hystricidae: Nungunungu (Old World porcupines)
		- Familia Petromuridae: Kindi-miamba (Dassie rats)
		- Familia Thryonomyidae: Ndezi (Cane rats)
		- Oda ndogo Caviomorpha
			* Familia †Heptaxodontidae: Hutia wakubwa (Giant hutias)
			* Familia Abrocomidae: Panya-chinchila (Chinchilla rats)
			* Familia Capromyidae: Hutia (Hutias)
			* Familia Caviidae: Nungubandia (Guinea pigs) na Kapibara (Capybaras)
			* Familia Chinchillidae: Chinchila (Chinchillas) na Visikacha (Viscachas)
			* Familia Ctenomyidae: Tuko-tuko (Tuco-tucos)
			* Familia Dasyproctidae: Aguti (Agoutis)
			* Familia Cuniculidae: Agutipaka (Pacas)
			* Familia Dinomyidae: Pakarana (Pacaranas)
			* Familia Echimyidae: Panya-miiba (Spiny rats)
			* Familia Erethizontidae: Nungunungu-miti (New World porcupines)
			* Familia Myocastoridae: Nutria (Nutrias)
			* Familia Octodontidae: Panya Meno-manane (Octodonts)
* Nusuoda Myomorpha

	+ Familia ya juu Dipodoidea
		- Familia Dipodidae: Jerboa (Jerboas) na Vipanya warukaji (Jumping mice)
	+ Familia ya juu Muroidea
		- Familia Calomyscidae: Mabuku-panya (Mouse-like hamsters)
		- Familia Cricetidae: Mabuku wa Eurasia (Hamsters), Vipanya na panya wa Dunia Mpya (New World rats & mice), Panya-malisho (Voles)
		- Familia Muridae: Vipanya na panya (True mice & rats), Mabuku-nyika (Gerbils), Vipanya-miiba (Spiny mice), Panya manyoya-marefu (Crested rats)
		- Familia Nesomyidae: Mabuku (Giant pouched rats), Vipanya wakweaji (Climbing mice), Vipanya-miamba (Rock mice), Panya Mkia-mweupe (White-tailed rat), Vipanya na panya Bukini (Malagasy rats and mice)
		- Familia Platacanthomyidae: Panya-miti wenye miiba (w:Malabar spiny dormouse)
		- Familia Spalacidae: Mafuko (Mole rats), Panya-mianzi (Bamboo rats) and Zokori (Zokors)
* Nusuoda Sciuromorpha

	+ Familia Aplodontiidae: Biva-milima (Mountain beavers)
	+ Familia Gliridae: Panya-miti (Dormice)
	+ Familia Sciuridae: Kindi (Squirrels), Kindi milia (Chipmunks), Panyabuku-nyika (Prairie dogs) & Panyabuku (Marmots)