Muridae
Translingual
Mus musculoides (African pygmy mouse)
Lemniscomys barbarus (Barbary striped grass mouse)
Rhombomys opimus (great gerbil)
Etymology
Mus + -idae
Proper noun
Muridae
- A taxonomic family within the order Rodentia – over 700 species including Old World rats and mice, gerbils, and allies.
Hypernyms
- (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
- (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
- (family in Muroidea): Calomyscidae, Cricetidae, Muridae, Nesomyidae, Platacanthomyidae, Spalacidae
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