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Muroidea

Definitions

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  • proper noun A taxonomic superfamily within the infraorder Myodonta — the hamsters, gerbils, mice, rats, etc., collectively known as murids.

Etymologies

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Latin mus, mouse

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Examples

  • Systematics and ecology of ichthyomyine rodents (Muroidea): patterns of morphological evolution in a small adaptive radiation.

    Archive 2006-03-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • New taxa of nesomyine rodents (Muroidea: Muridae) from Madagascar's northern highlands, with taxonomic comments on previously described forms.

    Madagascar subhumid forests 2007

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