1. RODENTS
• Mammals
• Two constantly growing incisors
• 2280 species

2. BEAVERS
* Their homes are called lodges
* Two species:
Eurasian Beaver
North American Beaver
* What do beaver eat?
* How big is a beaver?

3. How beavers build their homes?

4. DORMOUSE
* What do they eat?
Fruits, berries, flowers,
nuts and insects.
* Main characteristic:
Hibernation

5. SQUIRRELS
Can fly squirrels?
* They use their skin flats to
glide some distance.

6. PORCUPINE
Characteristics:
- Herbivorous
- Sharp spines over its body
- 60 to 90 cm
2 groups:
- New world porcupines
- Old world porcupines

7. PRAIRIE DOG
Characteristics:
- Herbivorous
- 30 to 40 cm
- Diet:
Insects, roots, seeds, fruits and
buds

8. GUINEA PIG
Characteristics:
• Cavies, cobayo, cobaya,
acure, curí, cuilo cuis
• 22 cm
• South America
• Diet:
• Grass,(alfalfa) and some
leaves

9. Which is the smallest rodent?
Pygmy mouse
10 Cm
7 g

10. WHICH IS THE BIGGEST RODENT?
1.25 m
66 kg
capybara

11. QUESTIONS
1- Rodents are found on all continents except?
A) Africa
B) Asia
C) Antarctica
D) Oceania
2- the dormouse has an excellent sense of_____ what is ?
A) Vision
B) Hearing
C) Taste
D) Touch

12. 3. What rodent is identified with hibernation?
A) Beaver
B) Pygmy mouse
C) Dormice
D) Prairie dog
4. Guinea pig are from _____?
A) Guinea
B) North America
C) Andes
D) Africa
5. New World porcupines live in______?
A) Africa and some parts of Asia
B) Africa and South America
C) North America and Africa
D) North and South America