'''Rodents''' (known scientifically as the order ''Rodentia'') are mammals characterized by two pairs of large, continually-growing incisor teeth, kept short by gnawing on the hard shells of seed-nuts or wood. They are found on every continent except Antarctica, and range in size from small mice to the 100-pound capybara of South America.
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|kingdom=Animalia
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|phylum=Chordata
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|class=Mammalia
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|infraclass=Eutheria
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|superorder=Euarchontoglires
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|order=Rodentia
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'''Rodents''' (known scientifically as the order '''Rodentia''') are [[mammal]]s characterized by two pairs of large, continually-growing incisor teeth, kept short by gnawing on the hard shells of seed-nuts or wood. They are found on every [[continent]] except [[Antarctica]], and range in size from small mice to the 100-pound capybara of [[South America]].