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family Muridae

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Noun1.family Muridae - originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide; distinguished from the Cricetidae by typically lacking cheek pouches
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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These viruses are mainly transmitted through contact with the excreta of their natural hosts, rodents of the family Muridae.
Mastomys natalensis and Lassa fever, West Africa by ter Meulen, Jan / Emerging Infectious Diseases
In contrast to other members of the Bunyaviridae, hantaviruses are not transmitted by arthropods but are spread by aerosolized excreta of rodents of the family Muridae, their natural hosts (1-4).
Hantavirus in African wood mouse, Guinea by Kruger, Detlev H. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Rodents of the family Muridae (rats and mice) are common hosts for trombiculid mites and may support O.
Scrub typhus, Republic of Palau by Swerdlow, David L. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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