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	Taxon: Family Muridae (Illiger, 1811) Gray, 1821 - rats, mice, hamsters, voles, lemmings, and gerbils
Taxa Advanced Search Browse Classification Browse Cladification View Show Synonyms Show Alternatives Show References Show Counts Show Position Sort by Name	Hierarchy Nomenclature Properties Relationships Bibliography Links  Classification by:  A.F. DeBlase (1982) Mammalia (Classification) G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill (1991) A World List of Mammalian Species, Third edition (Classification) G.G. Musser & M.D. Carleton (1993) Family Muridae. (Classification) I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al. (1974) Deel XI: Zoogdieren 2. (Classification) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell (1997) Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. (Classification) Systema Naturae 2000 (Classification) Natura - nature    Mundus Plinius - physical world      Naturalia        Biota          Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes            Kingdom Animalia C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals              Subkingdom Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians                Branch Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - deuterostomes                  Infrakingdom Chordonia (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998                    Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates                      Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates                        Infraphylum Gnathostomata auct. - jawed vertebrates                          Superclass Tetrapoda Goodrich, 1930 - tetrapods                            Series Amniota                              Mammaliaformes Rowe, 1988                                Class Mammalia C. Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals                                  Subclass Theriiformes (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997                                    Infraclass Holotheria (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997                                      Superlegion Trechnotheria McKenna, 1975                                        Legion Cladotheria McKenna, 1975                                          Sublegion Zatheria McKenna, 1975                                            Infralegion Tribosphenida (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997                                              Supercohort Theria (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997 - therians                                                Cohort Placentalia (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997 - placentals                                                  Magnorder Epitheria (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997                                                    Superorder Preptotheria (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993                                                      Grandorder Anagalida (Szalay & McKenna, 1971) McKenna, 1975                                                        Mirorder Simplicidentata (Weber, 1904) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997                                                          Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents                                                            Suborder Myomorpha Brandt, 1855                                                              Infraorder Myodonta (Schaub, in Grassé & Dekeyser, 1955) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997                                                                Superfamily Muroidea Illiger, 1811                                                                  Family Muridae™  (Illiger, 1811) Gray, 1821 - rats, mice, hamsters, voles, lemmings, and gerbils                                                                    Genus †Pappocricetodon Tong, 1992                                                                    Genus †Selenomys Matthew & Granger, 1923                                                                    Genus †Potwarmus Lindsay, 1988                                                                    Genus †Leakeymys Lavocat, 1964                                                                    Genus †Blancomys Weerd, Adrover, Mein & Soria, 1977                                                                    Genus †Epimeriones Daxner-Hock, 1972                                                                    Subfamily †Cricetopinae Matthew & Granger, 1923                                                                    Subfamily †Eumyinae (Simpson, 1945) Stehlin & Schaub, 1951                                                                    Subfamily †Paracricetodontinae Mein & Freudenthal, 1971                                                                    Subfamily †Melissiodontinae (Schaub, 1925) Stehlin & Schaub, 1951                                                                    Subfamily †Tachyoryctoidinae Schaub, 1958                                                                    Subfamily †Microtoscoptinae Kretzoi, 1955                                                                    Subfamily †Baranomyinae Kretzoi, 1955                                                                    Subfamily †Trilophomyinae (Kretzoi, 1969) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997                                                                    Subfamily †Gobicricetodontinae Qiu, 1996                                                                    Subfamily †Cricetodontinae (Schaub, 1925) Stehlin & Schaub, 1951                                                                    Subfamily Sigmodontinae (Wagner, 1843) Thomas, 1897                                                                    Subfamily Calomyscinae (Vorontsov et al., 1978) G.G. Musser & M.D. Carleton, in Wilson & Reeder, eds., 1993                                                                    Subfamily Cricetinae (Fischer de Waldheim, 1817) Murray, 1866 - hamsters                                                                    Subfamily Arvicolinae (Gray, 1821) Pavlinov & Rossolimo, 1987 - voles                                                                    Subfamily †Afrocricetodontinae Lavocat, 1973                                                                    Subfamily Lophiomyinae Milne-Edwards, 1867                                                                    Subfamily Nesomyinae Forsyth Major, 1897 - Madagascan rats                                                                    Subfamily Cricetomyinae Roberts, 1951 - African pouched rats                                                                    Subfamily Delanymyinae Denys et al., 1995                                                                    Subfamily Mystromyinae (Vorontsov, 1966) Lavocat, 1973                                                                    Subfamily Petromyscinae Roberts, 1951                                                                    Subfamily Gerbillinae (Gray, 1825) Alston, 1876 - gerbils                                                                    Subfamily Dendromurinae G.M. Allen, 1939 - African climbing mice                                                                    Subfamily Murinae™  (Illiger, 1811) Murray, 1866 - Old World mice and rats                                                                    Subfamily Platacanthomyinae Alston, 1876 - spiny dormice                                                                    Subfamily Myospalacinae (Lilljeborg, 1866) Miller & Gidley, 1918 - zokors                                                                    Subfamily Spalacinae (Gray, 1821) Thomas, 1896 - blind mole-rats                                                                    Subfamily †Anomalomyinae (Schaub, 1925) Stehlin & Schaub, 1951                                                                    Subfamily Rhizomyinae (Winge, 1887) Thomas, 1897 - East African mole-rats
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