page_title: List of mammals of Finland
section_title: Order: Rodentia (rodents)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Finland / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Rodentia (rodents)
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Finland. There are sixty-one mammal species in Finland, of which, one is endangered, three are vulnerable, and five 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 (99 lb).
  Suborder: Sciurognathi
  Family: Castoridae (beavers)
  Genus: Castor
  European beaver, Castor fiber NT
  Family: Sciuridae (squirrels)
  Subfamily: Sciurinae
  Tribe: Sciurini
  Genus: Sciurus
  Red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris NT
  Tribe: Pteromyini
  Genus: Pteromys
  Siberian flying squirrel, Pteromys volans LR/nt
  Family: Gliridae (dormice)
  Subfamily: Leithiinae
  Genus: Eliomys
  Garden dormouse, Eliomys quercinus VU
  Family: Dipodidae (jerboas)
  Subfamily: Sicistinae
  Genus: Sicista
  Northern birch mouse, Sicista betulina LR/nt
  Family: Cricetidae
  Subfamily: Arvicolinae
  Genus: Arvicola
  Water vole, Arvicola terrestris LR/lc
  Genus: Clethrionomys
  Bank vole, Clethrionomys glareolus LR/lc
  Grey red-backed vole, Clethrionomys rufocanus LR/lc
  Northern red-backed vole, Clethrionomys rutilus LR/lc
  Genus: Lemmus
  Norway lemming, Lemmus lemmus LR/lc
  Genus: Microtus
  Field vole, Microtus agrestis LR/lc
  Common vole, Microtus arvalis LR/lc
  Tundra vole, Microtus oeconomus LC
  Southern vole, Microtus rossiaemeridionalis LR/lc
  Genus: Myopus
  Wood lemming, Myopus schisticolor NT
  Family: Muridae (mice, rats, voles, gerbils, hamsters, etc.)
  Subfamily: Murinae
  Genus: Apodemus
  Striped field mouse, Apodemus agrarius LR/lc
  Yellow-necked mouse, Apodemus flavicollis LR/lc
  Genus: Micromys
  Harvest mouse, Micromys minutus LR/nt
caption: Garden dormouse
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