Muroidea

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Noun1.Muroidea - a superfamily of rodents essentially equal to the suborder Myomorpha but with the Dipodidae excluded
superfamily Muroidea
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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An introduction to the Neotropical muroid rodent genus Zygodontomys.
Variacion ontogenica y sexual de Oecomys bicolor (Rodentia, Cricetidae) de Peru y Ecuador
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Mammal remains from owl pellets from two localities in Swisher County, Texas
Seasonal regulation of reproduction in Muroid rodents. American Zoologist 27:929-940.
Actividad reproductiva de una poblacion de Nephelomys meridensis (Rodentia: Cricetidae) en Colombia
desmarestii as a real giant in comparison with most other muroid rodents (Muroidea).
Notes on the external morphology, ecology, and origin of Megalomys desmarestii (Sigmodontinae, Cricetidae, Rodentia), the extinct giant rat of Martinique Island, Lesser Antilles/Markmed Martinique'i saare (Vaikesed Antillid) valjasurnud hiidroti Megalomys desmarestii (Sigmodontinae, Cricetidae, Rodentia) valismorfoloogia, okoloogia ja polvnemise kohta
In the study area, small mammals also constituted most of the diet of the species, represented mainly by muroid rodents (85.2% of the prey).
Barn owl (Tyto alba) predation on small mammals and its role in the control of hantavirus natural reservoirs in a periurban area in southeastern Brazil/ Predacao de pequenos mamiferos por suindara (Tyto alba) e seu papel no controle de reservatorios naturais de hantavirus em uma area periurbana no Sudeste do Brasil
Muroid rodents. In Orders and Families of Recent Mammals of the World, ed.
Recent activity of the retrotransposable B2 element in hamsters and its use as a phylogenetic marker

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