page_title: List of mammals of Botswana
section_title: Order: Rodentia (rodents)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Botswana / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Rodentia (rodents)
caption_attribution_description: Sinai Stachelmaus (Acomys cahirinus dimidiatus = Acomys dimidiatus)
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Botswana. There are 170 mammal species in Botswana, of which one is critically endangered, one is endangered, six are vulnerable, and six are near threatened.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
  Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of near threatened and least concern categories:
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 (100 lb).
  Suborder: Hystricomorpha
  Family: Bathyergidae
  Genus: Cryptomys
  Damaraland mole-rat, Fukomys damarensis LC
  Family: Hystricidae (Old World porcupines)
  Genus: Hystrix
  Cape porcupine, Hystrix africaeaustralis LC
  Family: Thryonomyidae (cane rats)
  Genus: Thryonomys
  Greater cane rat, Thryonomys swinderianus LC
  Suborder: Sciurognathi
  Family: Sciuridae (squirrels)
  Subfamily: Xerinae
  Tribe: Xerini
  Genus: Xerus
  South African ground squirrel, Xerus inauris LC
  Tribe: Protoxerini
  Genus: Paraxerus
  Smith's bush squirrel, Paraxerus cepapi LC
  Family: Gliridae (dormice)
  Subfamily: Graphiurinae
  Genus: Graphiurus
  Small-eared dormouse, Graphiurus microtis LC
  Rock dormouse, Graphiurus platyops LC
  Family: Nesomyidae
  Subfamily: Dendromurinae
  Genus: Dendromus
  Gray climbing mouse, Dendromus melanotis LC
  Brants's climbing mouse, Dendromus mesomelas LC
  Genus: Malacothrix
  Gerbil mouse, Malacothrix typica LC
  Genus: Steatomys
  Kreb's fat mouse, Steatomys krebsii LC
  Tiny fat mouse, Steatomys parvus LC
  Fat mouse, Steatomys pratensis LC
  Subfamily: Cricetomyinae
  Genus: Cricetomys
  Gambian pouched rat, Cricetomys gambianus LC
  Genus: Saccostomus
  South African pouched mouse, Saccostomus campestris LC
  Family: Muridae (mice, rats, voles, gerbils, hamsters, etc.)
  Subfamily: Deomyinae
  Genus: Acomys
  Spiny mouse, Acomys spinosissimus LC
  Subfamily: Otomyinae
  Genus: Otomys
  Angoni vlei rat, Otomys angoniensis LC
  Large vlei rat, Otomys maximus LC
  Genus: Parotomys
  Brants's whistling rat, Parotomys brantsii LC
  Subfamily: Gerbillinae
  Genus: Desmodillus
  Cape short-eared gerbil, Desmodillus auricularis LC
  Genus: Gerbillurus
  Hairy-footed gerbil, Gerbillurus paeba LC
  Genus: Tatera
  Highveld gerbil, Tatera brantsii LC
  Bushveld gerbil, Tatera leucogaster LC
  Subfamily: Murinae
  Genus: Aethomys
  Red rock rat, Aethomys chrysophilus LC
  Namaqua rock rat, Aethomys namaquensis LC
  Genus: Dasymys
  Angolan marsh rat, Dasymys nudipes NT
  Genus: Lemniscomys
  Single-striped grass mouse, Lemniscomys rosalia LC
  Genus: Mastomys
  Southern multimammate mouse, Mastomys coucha LC
  Natal multimammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis LC
  Shortridge's multimammate mouse, Mastomys shortridgei LC
  Genus: Mus
  Desert pygmy mouse, Mus indutus LC
  Setzer's pygmy mouse, Mus setzeri LC
  Genus: Rhabdomys
  Four-striped grass mouse, Rhabdomys pumilio LC
  Genus: Thallomys
  Black-tailed tree rat, Thallomys nigricauda LC
  Acacia rat, Thallomys paedulcus LC
  Genus: Zelotomys
  Woosnam's broad-headed mouse, Zelotomys woosnami LC
caption: Spiny mouse
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