The rodent family includes the African spiny rat, the greater gerbil, the short-eared gerbil, the long-clawed gerbil, and the brown house mouse.

1, African spiny rat

is the rodent order, the rodent family, the African spiny rat genus of 18 species of animals collectively. Body length of about 10 centimeters, long tail with scales. Feeds on grains and plants. The African spiny rat inhabits rocky and sandy areas in Africa and southwestern Asia.

2, large gerbils

Also known as yellow rats, large sand rats. The body length is 150-200mm, the tail is thick, slightly shorter than the body, the end of the tail has a bundle of hair, the head and the back of the central hair color is light sandy yellow, slightly glossy. Large gerbils live in groups, often active during the day, do not hibernate, very sharp hearing and vision, feeding on plants, 2-3 litters per year, litter size 1-12.

3. Short-eared gerbils

Also known as short-eared gerbils, they are endemic to China. The short-eared gerbil has a small body shape and is a smaller species in the subfamily of gerbils, with an average body length of 96mm, small ears, a light sandy yellowish-brown back, and a gray hair base.

4, long-clawed gerbils

Also known as long-clawed gerbils, Mongolian gerbils or black-clawed Mongolian gerbils, yellow rats, sand rats and so on. Long-clawed gerbil is a small grassland animal, the size between the rat and the mouse, small and medium-sized rodents, the appearance of the gerbil and the meridian gerbil is very similar.

5, brown house mouse

Also known as the brown mouse, the big mouse, white-tailed hanging, dung mouse, ditch mouse, for a small and medium-sized rodents, males weighing 133 grams or so, body length 133~238mm, females weighing 106 grams or so, body length 127~188mm, the tail length is obviously shorter than the body length, the tail hair is sparse.