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taxonomy is
based on
recent well-supported
molecular phylogenies. The
muroids are
classified in six families, 19 subfamilies,
around 280 genera, and...
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between three and
seven w****s,
depending on the species. As with many
other muroids, the
young are born blind, hairless, and helpless. They may stay with the...
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family as
currently defined have been
placed in the
family Muridae. Some
muroids have
historically been
placed in Cricetidae, such as mouse-like hamsters...
- They are
members of the
family Nesomyidae,
which contains other African muroids such as
climbing mice,
Malagasy mice, and the white-tailed rat. All nesomyids...
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sometimes placed within the
family Muridae along with all
other subfamilies of
muroids. The white-tailed rat is
restricted to
shrubby areas and gr****lands of...
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Spalacidae and the
Eumuroida (all non-spalacid and non-platacanthomyid
muroids), by the
distinct shape of
their infraorbital canal and by the presence...
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muroids. The same may be
holding true at
present in
Africa as the
dendromurines have
declined there since the
invasion of
murines and
other muroids....
- In contrast, all
muroids lack the P4, but some
species of
Pappocricetodon from the
Eocene of Asia, one of the
earliest known muroids, do have a P4. Some...
- size.
Usually the
common name of a
large muroid rodent will
include the word "rat",
while a
smaller muroid's name will
include "mouse". The
common terms...
- had two rows of
cusps (cricetid)
instead of
three (murid).
Early fossil muroids, such as cricetodontines,
represent a
possible ancestor to the Eumuroida...
