Muridae
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Mus musculoides (African pygmy mouse) 
Lemniscomys barbarus (Barbary striped grass mouse) 
Rhombomys opimus (great gerbil)
Translingual
Etymology
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 
Category:Muridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
