The Muridae, or murids, are either the largest or second-largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 870 species, including many...
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(Uromys rex), or rat king, is a large species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Like...
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List of rodents of Australia (section Muridae)
Australia has a large number of indigenous rodents, all from the family Muridae. The "Old endemics" group are member of tribe Hydromyini, which reached...
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authorities have placed all members of this group into a single family, Muridae, due to difficulties in determining how the subfamilies are related to...
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Murinae (category Muridae)
The Old World rats and mice, part of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae, comprise at least 519 species. Members of this subfamily are called murines...
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Apodemus is a genus of Muridae (true mice and rats). The name is unrelated to that of the Mus genus, instead being derived from the Greek ἀπό-δημος (literally...
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(Pseudohydromys berniceae) is a species of mouse belonging to the family Muridae that is endemic to Papua New Guinea. Engelbrektsson, P. (2016). "Pseudohydromys...
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Musser, G.G. (1964). "The glans penis in Neotropical cricetines (Family Muridae) with comments on classification of muroid rodents". Miscellaneous Publications...
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List of mammals of Europe (section Muroids: Muridae)
This is a list of mammals of Europe. It includes all mammals currently found in Europe (from northeast Atlantic to Ural Mountains and northern slope of...
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Calomyscidae), gerbils (subfamily Gerbillinae, family Muridae), the crested rat (subfamily Lophiomyinae, family Muridae), zokors (subfamily Myospalacinae, family...
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Rickart, E.A. (2014). "Two new species of Philippine forest mice (Apomys, Muridae, Rodentia) from Lubang and Luzon Islands, with a redescription of Apomys...
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Gerbillinae is one of the subfamilies of the rodent family Muridae and includes the gerbils, jirds, and sand rats. Once known as desert rats, the subfamily...
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List of rodents (section Family Muridae)
Rodents are animals that gnaw with two continuously growing incisors. Forty percent of mammal species are rodents, and they inhabit every continent except...
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Karoko hill rat (Bunomys karokophilus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Musser, G.; Rowe, K.; Kennerley...
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only mammal families with more species are the muroid rodent families (Muridae and Cricetidae) and the bat family Vespertilionidae. All shrews are tiny...
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endemic to the cloud forests of the Philippines. They belong to the family Muridae and include five genera: Batomys (hairy-tailed rats), Carpomys (dwarf cloud...
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Toraja hill rat (Bunomys torajae) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Musser, G.; Rowe, K. (2019)....
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years ago, fossils recognizably belonging to the current families such as Muridae had emerged. By the Miocene, when Africa had collided with Asia, African...
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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Tribe: Rattini Genus: Rattus Fischer de Waldheim, 1803 Type species Rattus...
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been used for several different types of rodents: Members of the family Muridae: Zyzomys, an Australian genus in the subfamily Murinae Aethomys, an African...
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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Mus Subgenus: Mus Species: M. musculus Binomial name Mus musculus...
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Reithrodontomys Voles Often referred to as "Field or Meadow mice" family Muridae typical mice, the genus Mus Field mice, genus Apodemus Wood mouse, Apodemus...
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World rats and mice; others group all these into a large family called Muridae. Their evolutionary history is recorded by 15 extinct fossil genera and...
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1016/0376-6357(94)90034-5. PMID 24897414. S2CID 23501112. Tate, G.H.H. (1936). "Some muridae of the Indo-Australian region". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural...
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Duane A.; Misonne, X. (31 August 1973). "African and Indo-Australian Muridae: Evolutionary Trend". Journal of Mammalogy. 54 (3): 795–796. doi:10.2307/1378990...
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November 2005). "Description of a New Genus and Species of Rodent (Murinae, Muridae, Rodentia) from the Khammouan Limestone National Biodiversity Conservation...
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Baletemys (category Muridae)
Kampalili baletemys (Baletemys kampalili) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Baletemys. It is found only on Mount...
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A variety of placental mammals have been introduced to Australia since the arrival of Captain Cook in 1770. They have ranged in size from rodents to deer...
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List of mammals of Denmark (section Muridae)
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Denmark, listing only species found outside captivity and fenced enclosures, or with certain records younger...
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List of mammals of British Columbia (section Muridae)
This is a list of mammals of British Columbia. Fringed myotis (Myotis thysanodes) LC Long-eared myotis (Myotis evotis) LC Northern long-eared myotis (Myotis...
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