page_title: List of mammals of the Czech Republic
section_title: Order: Rodentia (rodents)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of the Czech Republic / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Rodentia (rodents)
caption_attribution_description: Muscardinus avellanarius Deutsch: Haselmaus in Wallhecke; aufgenommen in Ostholstein (Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland) English: Hazel dormouse Suomi: Pähkinähiiri Français&#160;: Loir muscardin Italiano: moscardino Nederlands: Hazelmuis Polski: Orzesznica leszczynowa Українська: Ліскулька
context_page_description: There are 71 mammal species in the Czech Republic, of which one is endangered, six are vulnerable, and four are near threatened.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation 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 must be kept short by gnawing.
  Suborder: Sciurognathi
  Family: Castoridae (beavers)
  Genus: Castor
  Eurasian beaver, C. fiber LC
  Family: Sciuridae (squirrels)
  Subfamily: Sciurinae
  Genus: Sciurus
  Red squirrel, S. vulgaris LC
  Subfamily: Xerinae
  Genus: Spermophilus
  European ground squirrel, Spermophilus citellus VU
  Family: Gliridae (dormice)
  Subfamily: Leithiinae
  Genus: Dryomys
  Forest dormouse, Dryomys nitedula LC
  Genus: Eliomys
  Garden dormouse, E. quercinus NT
  Genus: Muscardinus
  Hazel dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius LC
  Subfamily: Glirinae
  Genus: Glis
  Edible dormouse, Glis glis LC
  Family: Dipodidae (jerboas)
  Subfamily: Sicistinae
  Genus: Sicista
  Northern birch mouse, Sicista betulina 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
  Tundra vole, Microtus oeconomus LC
  Family: Muridae (mice, rats, voles, gerbils, hamsters)
  Subfamily: Murinae
  Genus: Apodemus
  Wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus LC
  Yellow-necked mouse, Apodemus flavicollis LC
  Ural field mouse, Apodemus uralensis LC
  Genus: Micromys
  Eurasian harvest mouse, Micromys minutus LC
  Genus: Mus
  House mouse, Mus musculus LC
  Steppe mouse, Mus spicilegus LC
caption: Hazel dormouse
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