Rabbits are rodents.

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False. Rabbits aren’t rodents; they belong to the order Lagomorpha (with hares and pikas), while mice, rats, squirrels, and beavers are in Rodentia. The key difference is dental: rodents have one pair of continuously growing upper incisors, but rabbits have two pairs—the obvious front chisels plus a small “peg-tooth” pair behind them. Their skull shape and digestive system (large cecum and re-eating nutrient-rich cecotropes) also set them apart.

Context tip: lagomorphs split from the rodent lineage tens of millions of years ago and evolved as specialized herbivores. Memory hook: lagomorphs have “lag o’ more teeth.” If it hops with long ears and practices cecotrophy, think lagomorph, not rodent.