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

References

Muridae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Muridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Muridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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