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No, a rabbit is not a rodent (i.e. Rodentiaorder). Rabbits are lagomorphs (i.e. Lagomorpha order, along with hares and pikas). More specifically, they're leporids (i.e. Leporidae family).

Rabbits are similar to rodents in that their teeth continue to grow throughout their lives; thus, rabbits, like pet rodents, need things to gnaw on to wear their teeth down. In the case of rabbits, they should have lots and lots of hay (for dental health, digestive health, and mental health!); other things that can help wear down their teeth include certain safe woods (like apple wood and willow wood -- untreated, no varnishes, paints, pesticides, etc).

Rabbits are unlike rodents in these ways:

- They have four incisor teeth in the upper jaw instead of two

- They're herbivores instead of omnivores

- The male genitalia has slight differences as well

Rabbits and hares were formerly classified in the order Rodentia (rodent) until 1912, when they were moved into a new order Lagomorpha. This order also includes pikas.

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