Muridae | Rodent Family, Habitats & Characteristics | Britannica
WEBMuridae, (family Muridae), largest extant rodent family, indeed the largest of all mammalian families, encompassing more than 1,383 species of the “true” mice and rats. Two-thirds of all rodent species and genera belong to family Muridae.
ADW: Muridae: INFORMATION
WEBMuridae. Old World mice and rats, gerbils, whistling rats, and relatives. By Phil Myers. Murids include most of the familiar rats and mice, but the family also encompasses an enormously diverse array of other rodents.
Muridae - Animalia
WEBThe Muridae, or murids, are the largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 1383 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia.
Muridae - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
WEBOct 31, 2005 · The Muridae is the largest family of mammals (numbering over 1300 species), with a great variety of adaptations to life in and around water. Oddly, however, there are no water rats in the Asian tropics.
Evolutionary History of the Most Speciose Mammals: Molecular …
WEBNov 1, 2001 · The rodents of the family Muridae are the most diverse group of mammals, encompassing at least 1,326 species spanning more than 281 genera (Musser and Carleton 1993).
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WEBNov 1, 2018 · With about 155 genera and more than 816 recognized species, Muridae is the most diverse family of mammals (Denys et al., 2017). Collectively murids have colonized highly distinct ecological niches, adapting to a wide array of environments ranging from warm (deserts or tropical forests) to cold habitats (high altitude mountain ranges, …
Muridae - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
WEBWith nearly half of all mammalian species (2024), over 400 genera, and 29 families, rodents are the most successful group of mammals living today. One family alone, the Muridae, includes two-thirds of the living species (hence, one-third of all mammals) and is subdivided into 17 subfamilies.
ADW: Subfamilies of Muridae
WEBSubfamilies of Muridae. With over 1300 species, nearly globally distributed and tremendously diverse ecologically, the murids present a biologist with an almost unmanageably complex group. Systematists working with murids have divided the family into around 15 Recent subfamilies.
new genus and species of omnivorous rodent (Muridae: Murinae) …
WEBMar 22, 2016 · We document a new genus and species of rodent (Muridae) from the west-central region of Sulawesi Island, Indonesia. The new taxon is known only from the type locality at around 1,600 m elevation on Mt. Gandangdewata of the Quarles Range, in the district of Mamasa.
ADW: Muridae: CLASSIFICATION
WEBMuridae. Old World mice and rats, gerbils, whistling rats, and relatives. Kingdom Animalia animals. Animalia: information (1) Animalia: pictures (22861) Animalia: specimens (7109) Animalia: sounds (722) Animalia: maps (42) Eumetazoa metazoans.
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