Muridae
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Muridae
- A taxonomic family within the order Rodentia – over 700 species including Old World rats and mice, gerbils, and allies.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Rodentia – order; Myomorpha or Sciurognathi - suborder; Muroidea - superfamily
Hyponyms
[edit]- (family): Deomyinae (spiny mice, brush furred mice, link rats); Gerbillinae (gerbils, jirds and sand rats); Leimacomyinae (Togo mice); Lophiomyinae (crested rats); Murinae (Old World rats and mice including the vlei rats) - subfamilies
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (family in Muroidea): Calomyscidae, Cricetidae, Muridae, Nesomyidae, Platacanthomyidae, Spalacidae
References
[edit]- Muridae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Muridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Muridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons