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superfamily Muroidea

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Noun1.superfamily Muroidea - a superfamily of rodents essentially equal to the suborder Myomorpha but with the Dipodidae excluded
mammal family - a family of mammals
Myomorpha, suborder Myomorpha - true rats and mice and related rodents
family Muridae, Muridae - originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide; distinguished from the Cricetidae by typically lacking cheek pouches


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Recent molecular phylogenies have been constructed for the superfamily Muroidea using DNA sequences from various genes: lecithin cholesterol acyl transferase (LCAT) gene and von Willebrand factor (vWF) gene (Michauex et al.
 
 
 
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