page_title: List of mammals of the Palestinian territories
section_title: Order: Rodentia (rodents)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of the Palestinian territories / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Rodentia (rodents)
caption_attribution_description: English: Hystrix indica (Indian Crested Porcupine) at Indira Gandhi Zoological park, Visakhapatnamతెలుగు: ముళ్ళపంది
context_page_description: This is a list of mammal species recorded in the Palestinian territories of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
  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: Hystricognathi
  Family: Hystricidae (Old World porcupines)
  Genus: Hystrix
  Indian porcupine, Hystrix indica LC
  Family: Myocastoridae (coypu)
  Genus: Myocastor
  Coypu, Myocastor coypu LC (introduced)
  Suborder: Sciurognathi
  Family: Sciuridae (squirrels)
  Subfamily: Sciurinae
  Genus: Sciurus
  Caucasian squirrel, Sciurus anomalus LC
  Family: Gliridae (dormice)
  Subfamily: Leithiinae
  Genus: Dryomys
  Forest dormouse, Dryomys nidetula LC
  Genus: Eliomys
  Asian garden dormouse, Eliomys melanurus LC
  Family: Dipodidae (jerboas)
  Subfamily: Allactaginae
  Genus: Allactaga
  Euphrates jerboa, Allactaga euphratica NT
  Subfamily: Dipodinae
  Genus: Jaculus
  Lesser Egyptian jerboa, Jaculus jaculus LC
  Greater Egyptian jerboa, Jaculus orientalis LC
  Family: Spalacidae (bamboo and mole rats)
  Subfamily: Spalacinae
  Genus: Spalax
  Palestine mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi LC
  Family: Cricetidae (hamsters, voles, lemmings)
  Subfamily: Cricetinae
  Subfamily: Arvicolinae
  Genus: Microtus
  Günther's vole, Microtus guentheri LC
  Family: Muridae (mice, rats, gerbils)
  Subfamily: Deomyinae
  Subfamily: Gerbillinae
  Genus: Gerbillus
  Anderson's gerbil, Gerbillus andersoni VU
  Wagner's gerbil, Gerbillus dasyurus LC
  Flower's gerbil, Gerbillus floweri LC
  Lesser Egyptian gerbil, Gerbillus gerbillus LC
  Pygmy gerbil, Gerbillus henleyi LC
  Balochistan gerbil, Gerbillus nanus LC
  Genus: Meriones
  Sundevall's jird, Meriones crassus LC
  Libyan jird, Meriones libycus LC
  Buxton's jird, Meriones sacramenti VU
  Tristram's jird, Meriones tristrami LC
  Genus: Psammomys
  Sand rat, Psammomys obesus LC
  Genus: Sekeetamys
  Bushy-tailed jird, Sekeetamys calurus LC
  Subfamily: Murinae
  Genus: Apodemus
  Yellow-necked mouse, Apodemus flavicollis LC
  Broad-toothed mouse, Apodemus mystacinus LC
  Steppe field mouse, Apodemus witherbyi LC
  Genus: Nesokia
  Short-tailed bandicoot rat, Nesokia indica LC
  Genus: Rattus
  Brown rat, Rattus norvegicus LC
  Black rat, Rattus rattus LC
  Genus: Mus
  Macedonian mouse, Mus macedonicus LR/lc
  House mouse, Mus musculus LC
  Subfamily: Deomyinae
  Genus: Acomys
  Eastern spiny mouse, Acomys dimidiatus LC
  Golden spiny mouse, Acomys russatus LC
caption: Indian porcupine
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