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Muridae

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Noun1.Muridae - originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide; distinguished from the Cricetidae by typically lacking cheek pouches
family Muridae
mammal family - a family of mammals
Muroidea, superfamily Muroidea - a superfamily of rodents essentially equal to the suborder Myomorpha but with the Dipodidae excluded
genus Mus, Mus - type genus of the Muridae: common house mice; the tips of the upper incisors have a square notch
genus Micromyx, Micromyx - Old World harvest mice
Apodemus, genus Apodemus - Old World field mice
genus Rattus, Rattus - common house rats; upper incisors have a beveled edge
genus Nesokia, Nesokia - bandicoot rats
Conilurus, genus Conilurus - jerboa rats
genus Notomys, Notomys - jerboa rats
Hydromyinae, subfamily Hydromyinae - water rats of Australia and New Guinea
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Perthyn i deulu'r Muridae mae hi, hynny ydi'r 'voles'.
Ger yr afon, ar yr afon, ac yn yr afon; BYD NATUR by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Family Muridae (rats, voles, and mice) Subfamily Sigmodontinae Neotoma magister (Baird), SC Allegheny woodrat Peromyscus leucopus I (Rafinesque), white-footed mouse P.
Revised checklist of the vertebrates of Indiana by Minton, Sherman A. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
With a single exception, all known hantaviruses are associated with three subfamilies of rodent hosts of the family Muridae.
Evidence of Hantavirus Infection in Microtus Ochrogaster in St. Louis ... by Mills, James N. / Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science
 
 
 
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