>>37677546>and what is it?It's nezumi (鼠, ネズミ).
Strictly it means mouse or rat, but it's often applied to other rodents and rodent-like mammals.
>hedgehogs aren't rodents. shrews aren't rodents.That's literally what I said: they aren't rodents but they are referred to as "nezumi" anyway.
>all dogs are canidae but not all canidae are dogs.Correct, but all canidae are noticeably dog-like, and many non-canine canidae have "dog" in their common name. For example, the racoon dog, African wild dog, and bush dog are not canines, but are called "dogs" anyway.
