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Old World Mice and Rats
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Old World Mice and Rats

Muridae

The Muridae, or murids, are the largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing over 700 species found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia.

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5 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 850 known species

Murines

subfamilyMurinae

Gerbils

subfamilyGerbillinae

Brush-furred Mice and Rats

subfamilyDeomyinae

Crested Rats

subfamilyLophiomyinae

Togo Mice

subfamilyLeimacomyinae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 44185.