1) Family muridae 2) Mammal family
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The Muridae, or murids, are the largest family of rodents and indeed of mammals, containing over 700 species found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia. A few species, including the house mouse, brown rat and black rat, have been introduced worldwide. The group includes true mice and rats, gerbils, and relatives. The name Muridae co...
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largest extant rodent family, indeedthe largest of all mammalian families, encompassing more than 1,383 species of the `true` mice and rats. ... [1 related articles]
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A family of the order rodentia containing 250 genera including the two genera mus and rattus, from which the laboratory inbred strains are developed. The fifteen subfamilies are hesperomyinae (new world mice and rats), cricetinae, spalacinae, myospalacinae, lophiomyinae, platacanthomyinae, nesomyinae, otomyinae, rhizomyinae, microtinae (arvicolinae...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: myū′ri-dē Definitions: 1. The largest family of Rodentia and of mammals, embracing the Old World mice and rats.
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Muridae is the mice and rats family of rodents belonging to the suborder Myomorpha.
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n] - originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide
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family Muridae noun originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide; distinguished from the Cricetidae by typically lacking cheek pouches
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