page_title: List of mammals of Turkey
section_title: Order: Rodentia (rodents)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Turkey / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Rodentia (rodents)
caption_attribution_description: Hystrix leucura in ZOOM, Gelsenkirchen (Germany)
context_page_description: This list shows the IUCN Red List status of the 127 wild mammal species occurring in Turkey. Two are critically endangered, two are endangered, fourteen are vulnerable, and three are near threatened.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' global status as 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 are kept short by gnawing. Most rodents are small though the porcupines can weigh up to 20 kg (44 lb).
  Suborder: Hystricognathi
  Family: Hystricidae (Old World porcupines)
  Genus: Hystrix
  Indian crested porcupine, H. indica LC
  Suborder: Sciurognathi
  Family: Sciuridae (squirrels)
  Subfamily: Sciurinae
  Tribe: Sciurini
  Genus: Sciurus
  Red squirrel, S. vulgaris LC
  Caucasian squirrel, Sciurus anomalus LC
  Subfamily: Xerinae
  Tribe: Marmotini
  Genus: Spermophilus
  European ground squirrel, Spermophilus citellus VU
  Asia Minor ground squirrel, Spermophilus xanthoprymnus NT
  Taurus ground squirrel, Spermophilus taurensis
  Family: Gliridae (dormice)
  Subfamily: Leithiinae
  Genus: Dryomys
  Woolly dormouse, Dryomys laniger DD
  Forest dormouse, Dryomys nitedula LC
  Genus: Eliomys
  Asian garden dormouse, Eliomys melanurus LC
  Genus: Muscardinus
  Hazel dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius LC
  Genus: Myomimus
  Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse, Myomimus roachi VU
  Subfamily: Glirinae
  Genus: Glis
  Edible dormouse, Glis glis LC
  Family: Dipodidae (jerboas)
  Subfamily: Allactaginae
  Genus: Allactaga
  Small five-toed jerboa, Allactaga elater LC
  Euphrates jerboa, Allactaga euphratica NT
  Family: Spalacidae
  Subfamily: Spalacinae
  Genus: Nannospalax
  Palestine mole rat, Nannospalax ehrenbergi LC
  Lesser mole rat, Nannospalax leucodon DD
  Nehring's blind mole-rat, Nannospalax nehringi LC
  Family: Cricetidae
  Subfamily: Cricetinae
  Genus: Cricetulus
  Grey dwarf hamster, Cricetulus migratorius LC
  Genus: Cricetus
  European hamster, Cricetus cricetus LC
  Genus: Mesocricetus
  Turkish hamster, Mesocricetus brandti NT
  Subfamily: Arvicolinae
  Genus: Arvicola
  European water vole, A. amphibius LC
  Genus: Chionomys
  Caucasian snow vole, Chionomys gud LC
  European snow vole, Chionomys nivalis LC
  Robert's snow vole, Chionomys roberti LC
  Genus: Clethrionomys
  Bank vole, Clethrionomys glareolus LC
  Genus: Ellobius
  Transcaucasian mole vole, Ellobius lutescens LC
  Genus: Microtus
  Common vole, Microtus arvalis LC
  Günther's vole, Microtus guentheri LC
  Persian vole, Microtus irani LC
  Southern vole, Microtus rossiaemeridionalis LC
  Social vole, Microtus socialis LC
  European pine vole, Microtus subterraneus LC
  Genus: Prometheomys
  Long-clawed mole vole, Prometheomys schaposchnikowi LC
  Family: Muridae (mice, rats, voles, gerbils, hamsters)
  Subfamily: Deomyinae
  Genus: Acomys
  Asia Minor spiny mouse, Acomys cilicicus DD
  Subfamily: Gerbillinae
  Genus: Meriones
  Persian jird, Meriones persicus LC
  Tristram's jird, Meriones tristrami LC
  Vinogradov's jird, Meriones vinogradovi LC
  Subfamily: Murinae
  Genus: Apodemus
  Striped field mouse, Apodemus agrarius LC
  Yellow-necked mouse, Apodemus flavicollis LC
  Yellow-breasted field mouse, Apodemus fulvipectus LC
  Black Sea field mouse, Apodemus ponticus LC
  Wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus LC
  Ural field mouse, Apodemus uralensis LC
  Genus: Micromys
  Eurasian harvest mouse, Micromys minutus LC
  Genus: Mus
  Macedonian mouse, Mus macedonicus LC
  House mouse, Mus musculus LC
caption: Indian porcupine
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