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• mouse go
  any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
  
• rat go
  any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
  
• murine go
  a rodent that is a member of the family Muridae
  
• water rat go
  any of various amphibious rats
  
• New World mouse go
  a variety of rodent
  
• muskrat, musquash, Ondatra zibethica go
  beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur
  
• round-tailed muskrat, Florida water rat, Neofiber alleni go
  of Florida wetlands
  
• cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus go
  destructive long-haired burrowing rat of southern North America and Central America
  
• wood rat, wood-rat go
  any of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern hemisphere having soft fur grey above and white below with furred tails and large ears
  
• hamster go
  short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches
  
• gerbil, gerbille go
  small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping
  
• lemming go
  any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution
  
• hedgehog, porcupine go
  relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
  
• jumping mouse go
  any of several primitive mouselike rodents with long hind legs and no cheek pouches
  
• jerboa go
  mouselike jumping rodent
  
• dormouse go
  small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather
  
• squirrel go
  a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail
  
• prairie dog, prairie marmot go
  any of several rodents of North American prairies living in large complex burrows having a barking cry
  
• marmot go
  stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere
  
• beaver go
  large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail
  
• mountain beaver, sewellel, Aplodontia rufa go
  bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America
  
• cavy go
  short-tailed rough-haired South American rodent
  
• mara, Dolichotis patagonum go
  hare-like rodent of the pampas of Argentina
  
• capybara, capibara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris go
  pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet
  
• agouti, Dasyprocta aguti go
  agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America and South America and the West Indies
  
• paca, Cuniculus paca go
  large burrowing rodent of South America and Central America
  
• mountain paca go
  rodent of mountains of western South America
  
• coypu, nutria, Myocastor coypus go
  aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver
  
• chinchilla, Chinchilla laniger go
  small rodent with soft pearly grey fur
  
• mountain chinchilla, mountain viscacha go
  a rodent native to the mountains of Chile and Peru and now bred in captivity
  
• viscacha, chinchillon, Lagostomus maximus go
  gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas
  
• abrocome, chinchilla rat, rat chinchilla go
  ratlike rodent with soft fur and large ears of the Andes
  
• mole rat go
  furry short-limbed tailless rodent resembling a true mole in habits and appearance
  
• mole rat go
  African rodent resembling a mole in habits and appearance
  
• sand rat go
  small nearly naked African mole rat of desert areas