page_title: List of mammals of Morocco
section_title: Order: Rodentia (rodents)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Morocco / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Rodentia (rodents)
caption_attribution_description: Eliomys melanurus
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Morocco.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
context_section_description: Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40% of mammalian species. They have two incisors in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing. Most rodents are small though the capybara can weigh up to 45 kg (99 lb).
  Suborder: Hystricognathi
  Family: Hystricidae (Old World porcupines)
  Subfamily: Hystricinae
  Genus: Hystrix
  Crested porcupine, H. cristata LC
  Suborder: Sciurognathi
  Family: Sciuridae (squirrels)
  Subfamily: Xerinae
  Tribe: Xerini
  Genus: Atlantoxerus
  Barbary ground squirrel, Atlantoxerus getulus LC
  Genus: Xerus
  Striped ground squirrel, Xerus erythropus LC
  Family: Dipodidae (jerboas)
  Subfamily: Dipodinae
  Genus: Jaculus
  Lesser Egyptian jerboa, Jaculus jaculus LC
  Greater Egyptian jerboa, Jaculus orientalis LC
  Family: Gliridae (dormice)
  Subfamily: Leithiinae
  Genus: Eliomys
  Maghreb garden dormouse, Eliomys munbyanus LC
  Family: Muridae (mice, rats, gerbils)
  Subfamily: Deomyinae
  Genus: Acomys
  Cairo spiny mouse, Acomys cahirinus LC
  Chudeau's spiny mouse, Acomys chudeaui LC
  Subfamily: Gerbillinae
  Genus: Dipodillus
  North African gerbil, Dipodillus campestris LC
  Genus: Gerbillus
  Lesser Egyptian gerbil, Gerbillus gerbillus LC
  Pygmy gerbil, Gerbillus henleyi LC
  Western gerbil, Gerbillus hesperinus EN
  Hoogstraal's gerbil, Gerbillus hoogstraali VU
  Greater short-tailed gerbil, Gerbillus maghrebi LC
  Balochistan gerbil, Gerbillus nanus LC
  Occidental gerbil, Gerbillus occiduus DD
  Lesser short-tailed gerbil, Gerbillus simoni LC
  Tarabul's gerbil, Gerbillus tarabuli LC
  Genus: Meriones
  Sundevall's jird, Meriones crassus LC
  Moroccan jird, Meriones grandis LC
  Libyan jird, Meriones libycus LC
  Shaw's jird, Meriones shawi LC
  Genus: Pachyuromys
  Fat-tailed gerbil, Pachyuromys duprasi LC
  Genus: Psammomys
  Fat sand rat, Psammomys obesus LC
  Subfamily: Murinae
  Genus: Apodemus
  Wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus LC
  Genus: Lemniscomys
  Barbary striped grass mouse, Lemniscomys barbarus LC
  Genus: Mastomys
  Guinea multimammate mouse, Mastomys erythroleucus LC
  Genus: Mus
  House mouse, Mus musculus LC
  Algerian mouse, Mus spretus LC
  Genus: Rattus
  Black rat, R. rattus LC introduced
  Brown rat, Rattus norvegicus LC introduced
  Family: Ctenodactylidae
  Genus: Ctenodactylus
  Common gundi, Ctenodactylus gundi LC
  Val's gundi, Ctenodactylus vali DD
caption: Asian garden dormouse
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