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Table 9-8

Common and Scientific Names of Pet Rodents. 31

Common

Name

Other Common Names

Scientific Name

Chinchilla Long-tailed chinchilla Chinchilla lanigera

Chipmunk Siberian chipmunk; Korean chipmunk Eutamias sibericus

Degu Common degu Octodon degus

Gerbil Mongolian gerbil; Mongolian jird, clawed jird Meriones

unguiculatus

Guinea pig Cavy, cuy Cavia porcellus

Hamster,

Chinese

Hamster,

dwarf

Hamster,

golden

Striped hamster

Russian dwarf hamster, Siberian dwarf hamster,

Djungarian hamster

Campbell dwarf hamster

Roborowski dwarf hamster

Syrian hamster

Cricetulus griseus

Phodopus

sungorus

Phodopus

campbelli

Phodopus

roborovskii

Mesocricetus

auratus

Mouse Common mouse Mus musculus

Prairie dog Black-tailed prairie dog Cynomys

ludovicianus

Rat Brown rat, Norway rat Rattus norvegicus

Table 9-9

Hematologic and Serum Biochemical Values of Rodents. 74

Measurement Mouse Rat Gerbil Hamster Guinea

Pig

Chinchilla Prairie

Dog

PCV (%) 35-40 35-45 35-45 45-50 35-45 27-54 36-54

RBC (10 6 /µL) 7-11 7-10 7-8 7-8 4-7 5.6-8.4 5.9-9.4

Hgb (g/dL) 10-20 12-18 14-16 16.6-

18.6

11-17 11.8-14.6 12.7-19.6

WBC (10 3 /µL) 4-12 5-23 7.5- 7-10 7-14 5.4-15.6 1.9-10.1

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