page_title: List of mammals of the Balearic Islands
section_title: Order: Rodentia (rodents)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of the Balearic Islands / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Rodentia (rodents)
caption_attribution_description: Apodemus sylvaticus (Linnaeus, 1758) English: Wood mouse on the way to Su Gorropu, Sardinia, Italy. Français&#160;: Un Mulot sylvestre. Photo prise sur la route de Su Gorropu, en Sardaigne (Italy).
context_page_description: All three land mammal species once endemic to the Balearic Islands, Spain are currently extinct, while those presently found on the archipelago have been introduced voluntarily or accidentally by humans in colonization waves beginning in the Neolithic.
  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: Sciuromorpha
  Family: Gliridae (dormice)
  Subfamily: Leithiinae
  Genus: Eliomys
  Garden dormouse, Eliomys quercinus LC
  Suborder: Myomorpha
  Family: Muridae (mice and rats)
  Subfamily: Murinae
  Genus: Apodemus
  Wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus LC
  Genus: Mus
  House mouse, Mus musculus LC
  Algerian mouse, Mus spretus LC
  Genus: Rattus
  Black rat, Rattus rattus LC introduced
  Brown rat, Rattus norvegicus NA introduced
caption: Wood mouse
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