page_title: List of mammals of Ceuta, Melilla and the Plazas de Soberanía
section_title: Order: Rodentia (rodents)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Ceuta, Melilla and the Plazas de Soberanía / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Rodentia (rodents)
caption_attribution_description: Hystrix cristata English: Crested Porcupine Deutsch: Westafrikanische Stachelschwein. Tierpark Hagenbeck, Hamburg.
context_page_description: Ceuta, Melilla and the Plazas de Soberanía are territories under Spanish sovereignty in or off the coast of Northern Africa. Mammals recorded in these territories and their conservation status are listed below. The taxonomy and naming of the individual species is based on those used in existing Wikipedia articles as of 21 May 2007 and supplemented by the common names and taxonomy from the IUCN, Smithsonian Institution, or University of Michigan where no Wikipedia article was available.
  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: Hystricomorpha
  Infraorder: Hystricognathi
  Family: Hystricidae (Old World porcupines)
  Subfamily: Hystricinae
  Genus: Hystrix
  Crested porcupine, Hystrix cristata LC
  Suborder: Sciurognathi
  Family: Gliridae (dormice)
  Subfamily: Leithiinae
  Genus: Eliomys
  Maghreb garden dormouse, Eliomys munbyanus LC
  Suborder: Myomorpha
  Family: Cricetidae (hamsters, voles, lemmings)
  Family: Muridae (mice and rats)
  Subfamily: Gerbillinae
  Genus: Dipodillus
  North African gerbil, Dipodillus campestris LC
  Subfamily: Murinae
  Genus: Apodemus
  Wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus LC
  Genus: Lemniscomys
  Barbary striped grass mouse, Lemniscomys barbarus LC
  Genus: Mus
  House mouse, Mus musculus LR/lc
  Algerian mouse, Mus spretus LC
  Genus: Rattus
  Black rat, Rattus rattus LR/lc
  Brown rat, Rattus norvegicus LR/lc
caption: Crested porcupine
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