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Murines
Murinae
The Old World rats and mice, part of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae, comprise at least 519 species. Members of this subfamily are called murines. This subfamily is larger than all mammal families except the Cricetidae and Muridae, and is larger than all mammal orders except the bats and the remainder of the rodents.
16 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 692 known species
Typical Old World Rats
tribeRattini
Old World Field Mice and Ryukyu Spiny Rats
tribeApodemini
Typical Old World Mice
tribeMurini
Australasian Mice and Rats
tribeHydromyini
African and Indian Bush Rats
tribeArvicanthini
Vlei and Whistling Rats
tribeOtomyini
African Mice
tribePraomyini
Long-tailed Tree Mice
tribeVandeleurini
Cloud Rats
tribePhloeomyini
South Asian Rats
tribeMillardini
Big-eared Swamp Rats
tribeMalacomyini
Marmoset Rats
tribeHapalomyini
Vernaya
genusVernaya
Hadromys Bush Rats
genusHadromys
Malpaisomys
genusMalpaisomys
Canariomys
genusCanariomys
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 735171.