page_title: List of mammals of Switzerland
section_title: Order: Rodentia (rodents)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Switzerland / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Rodentia (rodents)
caption_attribution_description: Zwergmaus (Micromys minutus), fotografiert 9/2005 von Hendrik Osadnik
context_page_description: This list shows the IUCN Red List status of the mammal species occurring in Switzerland. Nine of them are near threatened, and most are least concern.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' status as assessed on the respective Red List published 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.
  Suborder: Castorimorpha
  Family: Castoridae
  Subfamily: Castorinae
  Tribe: Castorini
  Genus: Castor
  Eurasian beaver, C. fiber LC
  Suborder: Sciurognathi
  Family: Sciuridae (squirrels)
  Subfamily: Sciurinae
  Tribe: Sciurini
  Genus: Sciurus
  Red squirrel, S. vulgaris LC
  Subfamily: Xerinae
  Tribe: Marmotini
  Genus: Marmota
  Alpine marmot, M. marmota LC
  Family: Gliridae (dormice)
  Subfamily: Leithiinae
  Genus: Dryomys
  Forest dormouse, D. nitedula LC
  Genus: Eliomys
  Garden dormouse, E. quercinus NT
  Genus: Muscardinus
  Hazel dormouse, M. avellanarius LC
  Subfamily: Glirinae
  Genus: Glis
  Edible dormouse, G. glis LC
  Family: Cricetidae
  Subfamily: Arvicolinae
  Genus: Arvicola
  European water vole, A. amphibius LC
  Genus: Chionomys
  European snow vole, C. nivalis LC
  Genus: Clethrionomys
  Bank vole, C. glareolus LC
  Genus: Microtus
  Field vole, M. agrestis LC
  Common vole, M. arvalis LC
  Alpine pine vole, M. multiplex LC
  European pine vole, M. subterraneus LC
  Family: Muridae (mice, rats, voles, gerbils, hamsters)
  Subfamily: Murinae
  Genus: Mus
  House mouse, M. musculus LC
  Genus: Apodemus
  Alpine field mouse, A. alpicola LC
  Yellow-necked mouse, A. flavicollis LC
  Wood mouse, A. sylvaticus LC
  Genus: Micromys
  Eurasian harvest mouse, M. minutus LC
caption: Harvest mouse
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