Muridae

Also known as Murids, murids, murid, mice and rats

The Muridae, or murids, are either the largest or second-largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 870 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia.

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Muridae is a huge family of rodents that includes mice, rats, and gerbils, with around 870 species found naturally across Eurasia, Africa, and Australia. It's one of the largest families of rodents and mammals overall, making it an important group for understanding mammalian diversity and ecology.

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Species

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Muridae

FAMILY

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderRodentia
FamilyMuridae

Habitatbrackish, freshwater

Observations recorded2,105,406

鼠科（学名：Muridae），哺乳綱囓齒目的一科，包括家鼠、旅鼠、田鼠、草原兔尾鼠）等之許多常見動物，原產于亞洲、歐洲、非洲、澳洲等廣大地區，現在則已遍佈地球每個角落。

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Research

3,699,452 papers

Identification of Sarcocystis spp. in synanthropic (Muridae) and wild (Cricetidae) rodents from Argentina.Parasitology research · 2023Bentancourt Rossoli JV, Moré G, Soto-Cabrera A et al.DOI: 10.1007/s00436-023-08036-6
Mus spicilegus.Current biology : CB · 2012Tong W, Hoekstra HDOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.08.054
Protozoan parasites and pathological findings in Hydromys chrysogaster (Muridae: Hydromyinae) from Queensland.Journal of wildlife diseases · 1996Smales LR, Obendorf DLDOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-32.2.344
Comparative Mitogenome Analysis of Gerbils and the Mitogenome Phylogeny of Gerbillinae (Rodentia: Muridae).Biochemical genetics · 2022Ding L, Luo G, Zhou Q et al.DOI: 10.1007/s10528-022-10213-8
The muridae glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase family.Journal of molecular evolution · 1989Riad-el Sabrouty S, Blanchard JM, Marty L et al.DOI: 10.1007/BF02100205
Evolution of Guanylate Binding Protein (GBP) Genes in Muroid Rodents (Muridae and Cricetidae) Reveals an Outstanding Pattern of Gain and Loss.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Côrte-Real JV, Baldauf HM, Melo-Ferreira J et al.DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.752186
[Chromosomes of Muridae].Experientia · 1951MATTHEY RDOI: 10.1007/BF02166396
Description of a new species of Ixodes Latreille, 1795 (Acari: Ixodidae), parasite of shrew tenrecs (Afrotheria: Tenrecidae) and rodents (Rodentia: Muridae) on Madagascar.Systematic parasitology · 2023Englert MC, Goodman SM, Apanaskevich DADOI: 10.1007/s11230-023-10122-3

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Wikidata facts

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taxon name: Muridae
Commons category: Muridae
Commons gallery: Muridae
taxon common name: miši

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Contents

Distribution and habitat
Diet and dentition
Reproduction
Characteristics
Evolution
Classification
Subfamilies
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References
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The name Muridae comes from the Latin ' (genitive '), meaning "mouse", since all true mice belong to the family, with the more typical mice belonging to the genus Mus.