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Myomorpha

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My`o`mor´pha
n. pl.1.(Zool.) An extensive group of rodents which includes the rats, mice, jerboas, and many allied forms.
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Noun1.Myomorpha - true rats and mice and related rodents
suborder Myomorpha
animal order - the order of animals
order Rodentia, Rodentia - small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters; guinea pigs; agoutis
Muroidea, superfamily Muroidea - a superfamily of rodents essentially equal to the suborder Myomorpha but with the Dipodidae excluded
Cricetidae, family Cricetidae - mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters
family Zapodidae, Zapodidae - jumping mice
Dipodidae, family Dipodidae - Old World jerboas
family Gliridae, Gliridae - dormice and other Old World forms
family Spalacidae, Spalacidae - mole rats
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Mice, rats, hamsters, squirrels, and gerbils are classified in the other rodent Suborder Sciurognathi, which is divisible into Infraorders Sciuromorpha (squirrel-like rodents) and Myomorpha (mice and rats; Luckett and Hartenberger 1985).
Molecular phylogeny of the Louisiana nutria by Kass, David H.; Doucet, John P. / The Proceedings of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences
 
 
 
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