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Murinae
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The Old World rats and mice, part of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae, comprise at least 519 species. Members of this subfamily are called murines. In terms of species richness, this subfamily is larger than all mammal families except the Cricetidae and Muridae, and is larger than all mammal orders except the bats and the remainder of the rodents.
Research
3,595,212 papers- Human Exposure to Hantaviruses Associated with Rodents of the Murinae Subfamily, Madagascar.Emerging infectious diseases · 2020
- DNA barcoding of Murinae (Rodentia: Muridae) and Arvicolinae (Rodentia: Cricetidae) distributed in China.Molecular ecology resources · 2015
- Cross-species transmission in the speciation of the currently known murinae-associated hantaviruses.Journal of virology · 2012
- Adiaspiromycoses in Wild Rodents from the Pyrenees, Northeastern Spain.Journal of wildlife diseases · 2024
- Tempo and mode of mandibular shape and size evolution reveal mixed support for incumbency effects in two clades of island-endemic rodents (Muridae: Murinae).Evolution; international journal of organic evolution · 2019
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The Old World rats and mice, part of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae, comprise at least 519 species. Members of this subfamily are called murines. In terms of species richness, this subfamily is larger than all mammal families except the Cricetidae and Muridae, and is larger than all mammal orders except the bats and the remainder of the rodents.
==Description== The Murinae are native to Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia. They are terrestrial placental mammals. They have also been introduced to all continents except Antarctica, and are serious pest animals. This is particularly true in island communities where they have contributed to the endangerment and extinction of many native animals.