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Muridae (mouse)
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Taxonomy
Muridae was named by Illiger (1811). It is extant. Its type is Mus.
It was assigned to Rosores by Gray (1821); to Glires by Gray (1825) and Bonaparte (1850); to Simplicidentata by Cope (1889); to Simplicidentata by Flower (1883) and Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Rodentia by Nowak (1991); to Muroidea by Wood (1958), Carroll (1988), Nowak (1999) and Montgelard et al. (2002); and to Eumuroida by Steppan et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Rosores by Gray (1821); to Glires by Gray (1825) and Bonaparte (1850); to Simplicidentata by Cope (1889); to Simplicidentata by Flower (1883) and Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Rodentia by Nowak (1991); to Muroidea by Wood (1958), Carroll (1988), Nowak (1999) and Montgelard et al. (2002); and to Eumuroida by Steppan et al. (2004).
Subtaxa
Aethomys, Afrocricetodontinae, Allorattus, Antemus, Anthracomys, Apodemus, Arvicanthis, Bolomys (syn. Cabreramys), Castillomys, Castorina, Castromys, Centralomys, Chiropodomys, Colomys, Dasymys, Deomyinae, Echymina, Gerbillinae, Gerbua, Grammomys, Hapalomys, Huaxiamys, Huerzelerimys, Hydromina, Hyomys, Karnimata, Lemniscomys, Mastacomys, Mastomys, Micromys, Mikrotia (syn. Microtia), Murina, Murinae, Myocricetodontinae, Myotomys, Nesokia, Occitanomys (syn. Valerymys), Ochrotomys, Orientalomys, Papagomys, Pappocricetodontinae, Paraethomys, Parapelomys, Parapodemus, Parotomys, Pelomys, Praomys, Proceromys, Progonomys, Pseudocricetodontinae, Rhabdomys, Rhagapodemus, Rhagomys, Saccostomus, Saidomys, Steatomys, Stephanomys, Thallomys, Valerimys, Zelotomys, Zhungaromys
Sister taxa
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1811 | Muridae Illiger |
| 1821 | Muridae Gray p. 302 |
| 1825 | Muridae Gray p. 341 |
| 1850 | Muridae Bonaparte p. 1 |
| 1883 | Muridae Flower p. 185 |
| 1889 | Muridae Cope p. 876 |
| 1891 | Muridae Flower and Lydekker p. 91 |
| 1958 | Muridae Wood p. 172 |
| 1988 | Muridae Carroll |
| 1991 | Muridae Nowak |
| 1999 | Muridae Nowak |
| 2002 | Muridae Montgelard et al. p. 229 |
| 2004 | Muridae Steppan et al. p. 547 |
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