Rodents

[MammaMangorin]

Whish one is your favorite?

[cocker_luva]

i LOOOOVE ferrets. :D :D :D :D :D

[The Cat Factory]

I like rats :)

[MammaMangorin]

Right now i have:
90 guinea pigs :P
2 mouses
+ other animals

Had before:
6 Rabbit
3 Hamsters
2 Rats
23 Mouses
+ other animals

Had in a month:
4 Gerbil
4 Crassus
2 Hamsters

[tikeyas_mom]

I had to pick guinea pigs because they are so cute and I have never owned one BUT would love to one day. I love hamsters and Rats, rats maybe a lil more :o. but I couldent choose on a pole between them. so I chose one I have never owned. Ferrets smell like really bad, at least my friends does :puke:.. they are really adorible though :D.

[Desert Arabian]

Hmm...I think I like rats. Wait, let me alter that a bit. I LOVE rats.

I especially love Oreo, Punkin, Skittles (RIP all 3), Peanut, Nugget, Sweet Pea, Oscar, Fred, Suzie, Chloe, Daisy, Violette, and Phoebe! hehe. :D

[WWFanz]

I like rabbits. But you can't bring any around my house. They'll go missing and you'll never find them, unless you watch the dog poop.

[wolfsoul]

RATS!!! :D :D :D

Just to let you know, ferrets and rabbits aren't rodents.

[I Love Brian, Forever <3]

Definitely RATS!!! I love my 3 little ratty boys.

[cali]

wolfsoul guinea pigs arnt rodents either;)

but my fav. are gerbils, I dont like the really popular things much, lol my least favorite breeds of dogs are the most popular, my least favorite rodents, hamsters are most popular:eek: lol not on purpose, I just noticed it lol:p

[binka_nugget]

:D RATTIES RATTIES RATTIES!

[Desert Arabian]

Originally posted by cali
wolfsoul guinea pigs arnt rodents either;)


:confused: Yes, they are rodents. They are called hystricomorph (looked up the spelling, lol) rodents, just like porcupines and chinchillas. I have no clue what hystricomorph means, I would love to know.

The Guinea Pig's cousin, the Capybara, is the worlds largest rodent. They live in South America, and look like giant Guinea Pigs.

[cali]

no they are not, it was foramlly believed that they were rodents but not that more research has been done, guinea pigs have almost nothing in commen with rodents and much more in commen with rabbits.:)

[Dogz]

For the thread anyways, I would say RATS! wolfsoul has gotten me addicted.:p

[wolfsoul]

They don't know if guniea pigs are rodents or not.

http://www.angelfire.com/az/cavykingdom/mystery.html

[Desert Arabian]

Originally posted by WWFanz
I like rabbits. But you can't bring any around my house. They'll go missing and you'll never find them, unless you watch the dog poop.

That is nowhere near funny. That is just plain disgusting. :mad:

[tikeyas_mom]

Originally posted by Dogz
For the thread anyways, I would say RATS! wolfsoul has gotten me addicted.:p wolfsoul got me addicted to lol :p

[Dogz]

Who will get addicted next?:p lol

[wolfsoul]

LOL :D I'm very proud of getting you all addicted!

[binka_nugget]

She got me addicted too lol

[Amber]

Im addicted to Hamsters!!!! I wuv those little critters!!

R.I.P
Nibbles
Gizmo
Jingles
Dewy!! my old hamsters~

[GoldenRetrLuver]

wolfsoul got me addicted....lol. :D Rats!!!

[magcpen]

Okay, I'm being way too lazy to read all the repsonses, lol ;), (I'll go back and read them later), but ratties of course, lol! :)

[wolfsoul]

Hehe, must...addict....more..PTers....

:P

[Tonya]

I have owned all of the above except a Guinea Pig. I am now officially obsessed with the abbsyinian (sp?!) guinea pig. aka afro. I will sweet talk my husband until I get one!

[luckies4me]

Of course RATS, because I own around 30 of them! :o :D


They are sweet, intelligent, loyal and cute!:D Just look at my Count Chocula in my avitar, who could resist a face like that?:p

[Angel]

I like them all..but if I have to choose ..then it's Hamsters..:)

[Aspen and Misty]

Bunnies ::hugs my two babies:: I just wov these lil guys!

I also love my ratties though! I could NEVER choose between them!


Ashley

[curiosityrats]

Why argue over guinea pigs when ferrets and rabbits are most certainly NOT rodents in any way shape or form!

(Pay attention to the "orders" here... Rodentia is an order...)

Rodents' defining feture is a single pair of rootless incisors and no canines. Ferrets are related to the skunk closely. The dog and cat are cousins. No way are they rodents! (They are "carnivora") Rabbits have two pairs of incisors and a different digestive tract with other features that separate them from rodents. (They are "lagomorpha")

Ferret taxonomy:

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Subfamily: Mustelinae

Rabbit taxonomy:

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae




Just for kicks/comparison...

Rat/mouse taxonomy:

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciurognathi
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae

Gerbil taxonomy:

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciurognathi
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Gerbillinae

Hamster taxonomy:

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciurognathi
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Cricetinae

Guinea Pig taxonomy:

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricognathi
Family: Caviidae
Subfamily: Caviinae

Chinchilla taxonomy:

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricognathi
Family: Chinchillidae



Courtesy of Animal Diversity Web: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/

Conclusions: Rabbits and ferrets are NOT rodents at all. The others are classified as rodents, but Chinchillas and Guinea Pigs are in a different suborder from the others. (Meaning they aren't as closely related to rats and mice, but do have the shared characteristics of the rodent dentition and other features...)





P.S. Rats are the best rodents... I daresay rabbits are the best lagomorphs. But cats are the best carnivores. ;)

[curiosityrats]

Originally posted by YellowLabLover
:confused: Yes, they are rodents. They are called hystricomorph (looked up the spelling, lol) rodents, just like porcupines and chinchillas. I have no clue what hystricomorph means, I would love to know.

The Guinea Pig's cousin, the Capybara, is the worlds largest rodent. They live in South America, and look like giant Guinea Pigs.

The suborders of rodents have to do with the way their jaws and jaw muscles connect. ;) That's why their faces look different. LOL!

I had a class in mammalogy last term. We had to learn how to classify/identify EVERY kind of mammal based on skulls, coats, habits, etc.

Guinea pigs! I love my sweet Jasper! he always begs for a head-scratch,a nd he never bites me! Our rabbit Billie bites :(

This is Jasper
http://users.pandora.be/bernardgabriels/images/jasper1.jpg

[Snuggles]

RABBITS ALL THE WAY- I own lots of them and I love them muchly! I wouldn't prefer any other rodent!!!