page_title: List of mammals of Belgium
section_title: Order: Rodentia (rodents)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Belgium / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Rodentia (rodents)
caption_attribution_description: Apodemus flavicollis from Commanster, Belgian High Ardennes (50&#176;15'20N,5&#176;59'58E)
context_page_description: This list of mammals of Belgium shows the IUCN Red List status of mammal species occurring in Belgium. One is endangered, eight are vulnerable, and three are near threatened.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed on the respective IUCN Red List published 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.
  Suborder: Sciurognathi
  Family: Castoridae (beavers)
  Genus: Castor
  Eurasian beaver, C. fiber LC
  Family: Sciuridae (squirrels)
  Subfamily: Sciurinae
  Tribe: Sciurini
  Genus: Sciurus
  Red squirrel, S. vulgaris LC
  Family: Gliridae (dormice)
  Subfamily: Leithiinae
  Genus: Eliomys
  Garden dormouse, E. quercinus NT
  Genus: Muscardinus
  Hazel dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius NT
  Subfamily: Glirinae
  Genus: Glis
  Edible dormouse, Glis glis LC
  Family: Cricetidae
  Subfamily: Cricetinae
  Genus: Cricetus
  European hamster, Cricetus cricetus LC
  Subfamily: Arvicolinae
  Genus: Arvicola
  European water vole, A. amphibius LC
  Genus: Clethrionomys
  Bank vole, Clethrionomys glareolus LC
  Genus: Microtus
  Field vole, Microtus agrestis LC
  Common vole, Microtus arvalis LC
  European pine vole, Microtus subterraneus LC
  Family: Muridae (mice, rats, voles, gerbils, hamsters, etc.)
  Subfamily: Murinae
  Genus: Apodemus
  Yellow-necked mouse, Apodemus flavicollis LC
  Wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus LC
  Genus: Micromys
  Eurasian harvest mouse, Micromys minutus LC
  Genus: Rattus
  Brown rat, Rattus norvegicus
  Family: Myocastoridae
  Genus: Myocastor
  Coypu, Myocastor coypus exotic species
caption: Yellow-necked mouse
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