Muridae
| Muridae Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
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| House mouse, Mus musculus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Superfamily: | Muroidea |
| Family: | Muridae Illiger, 1811 |
| Type genus | |
| Mus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Subfamilies | |
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| Muridae distribution | |
The Muridae, or murids, are the largest family of mammals. It contains over 700 species. These species can be found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia. They have been introduced worldwide. The group includes true mice and rats, gerbils, and relatives.
The family name Muridae is sometimes used in a broader sense to include all members of the superfamily Muroidea.
The Murids are classified in four subfamilies, and about 140 genera.
Subfamilies
Source:[2]
- Deomyinae (spiny mice, brush furred mice, link rat)
- Gerbillinae (gerbils, jirds and sand rats)
- Leimacomyinae (Togo mouse)
- Lophiomyinae (maned rat or crested rat)
- Murinae (Old World rats and mice, including vlei rats)
References
- ↑ Aghova, Tatiana; Kimura, Yuri; Bryja, Josef; Dobigny, Gauthier; Granjon, Laurent; Kergoat, Gael J. (November 2018). "Fossils know it best: using a new set of fossil calibrations to improve the temporal phylogenetic framework of murid rodents (Rodentia: Myomorpha: Muroidea: Muridae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 128: 98–111. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.07.017. PMID 30030180. S2CID 38794026. Retrieved 1 November 2025. See the article full text.
- ↑ Steppan, Scott J.; Schenk, John J. (2017-08-16). Huchon, Dorothee (ed.). "Muroid rodent phylogenetics: 900-species tree reveals increasing diversification rates". PLOS ONE. 12 (8) e0183070. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1283070S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0183070. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 5559066. PMID 28813483.
Other websites
Ernest Ingersoll (1920). . Encyclopedia Americana.- Muridae at Mammal Species of the World
- "Walker's Mammals of the World." Google Books. 08 Nov. 2015.
- ADW: Muridae: INFORMATION