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
musefamilien
Muridae
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderRodentia
- FamilyMuridae
Habitatbrackish, freshwater
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
Article
10 sectionsContents
- Distribution and habitat
- Diet and dentition
- Reproduction
- Characteristics
- Evolution
- Classification
- Subfamilies
- In literature
- References
- External links
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.
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.