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Rats and mice and their relatives in the order Rodentia make up almost half of the species of mammals. Because of this, we polled our readers and the overwhelming positive response was to produce two volumes treating Rodents. Volume 6 will include all of the families of rodents other than Cricetidae and Muridae, plus the order Lagomorpha, which includes rabbits and pikas. This radiation includes some 35 families, which have spread around the globe, occupying every continent except Antarctica, and countless islands in all major oceans. As usual, the text includes up-to-date information on every species, and each species is illustrated. Each family account includes color photographs documenting a variety of behaviors of these diverse and interesting mammals.
This volume also includes a Special Chapter: An overview of rodents, including chapters on morphology, taxonomy, and evolutionary history; why rodents are studied; and tools for studying them.
Lagomorphs and Rodents will be divided into two volumes, in order to include maximum information and illustrations, as in previous HMW volumes: Volume 6: Lagomorphs and Rodents I and Volume 7: Rodents II
Families covered in Volume 6:
ORDER LAGOMORPHA
2 families, 11 genera, 92 species
ORDER RODENTIA
Suborder Castorimorpha: 3 families, 13 genera, 109 species
Suborder Anomaluromorpha: 2 families, 4 genera, 9 species
Suborder Hystricomorpha: 17 families, 71 genera, 274 species
Suborder Sciuromorpha: 3 families, 69 genera, 314 species
Contents and Authors:
| Family Ochotonidae (Pikas) | Andrey Lissovsky | |
| Family Leporidae (Hares and Rabbits) | Stéphanie Schai-Braun & Klaus Hackländer | |
| Family Castoridae (Beavers ) | Peter Busher | |
| Family Heteromyidae (Pocket Mice, Kangaroo Mice and Kangaroo Rats) | David Hafner | |
| Family Geomyidae (Pocket Gophers) | Mark Hafner | |
| Family Anomaluridae (Anomalures) | Stephen Jackson | |
| Family Pedetidae (Spring Hares) | Raquel López-Antoñanzas | |
| Family Ctenodactylidae (Gundis) | Raquel López-Antoñanzas | |
| Family Diatomyidae (Kha-nyou) | Paula Jenkins | |
| Family Hystricidae (Old World Porcupines) | Erika Barthelmess | |
| Family Thryonomyidae (Cane Rats) | Raquel López-Antoñanzas | |
| Family Petromuridae (Noki) | Raquel López-Antoñanzas | |
| Family Heterocephalidae (Naked Mole-rat) | Bruce Patterson | |
| Family Bathyergidae (African Mole-rats) | Rodney Honeycutt | |
| Family Erethizontidae (New World Porcupines) | Erika Barthelmess | |
| Family Cuniculidae (Pacas) | Rafael Samudio Jr | |
| Family Caviidae (Cavies, Capybaras and Maras) | Thomas Lacher Jr | |
| Family Dasyproctidae (Agoutis and Acouchys) | Thomas Lacher Jr & Jessica Gilbert | |
| Family Chinchillidae (Viscachas and Chinchillas) | Angel Spotorno & Pablo Valladares | |
| Family Dinomyidae (Pacarana) | Michael Mares & Janet Braun | |
| Family Abrocomidae (Inca Rats and Chinchilla Rats) | Louise Emmons | |
| Family Ctenomyidae (Tuco-tucos) | Thales Freitas | |
| Family Octodontidae (Viscacha Rats, Degus, Rock Rats and Coruro) | Agustina Ojeda | |
| Family Echimyidae (Hutias, Coypu South and American Spiny-rats) | Pierre-Henri Fabre, Jim Patton & Yuri Leite | |
| Family Aplodontiidae (Mountain Beaver) | Samantha Hopkins | |
| Family Sciuridae (Tree, Flying and Ground Squirrels, Chipmunks, Prairie Dogs and Marmots) | John Koprowski, Emily Goldstein, Kendell Bennett & Calebe Pereira | |
| Family Dormice (Gliridae) | Mary Ellen Holden-Musser, Rimvydas Juškaitis & Grace Musser |
