MURIDAE
\mjˈʊɹɪdˌiː], \mjˈʊɹɪdˌiː], \m_j_ˈʊ_ɹ_ɪ_d_ˌiː]\
Definitions of MURIDAE
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originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide; distinguished from the Cricetidae by typically lacking cheek pouches
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originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide; distinguished from the Cricetidae by typically lacking cheek pouches
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A family of the order Rodentia containing 250 genera including the two genera Mus and Rattus, from which the laboratory inbred strains are developed. The fifteen subfamilies are HESPEROMYINAE (New World mice and rats), Cricetinae, Spalacinae, Myospalacinae, Lophiomyinae, Platacanthomyinae, Nesomyinae, Otomyinae, Rhizomyinae, MICROTINAE (Arvicolinae), GERBILLINAE, Dendromurinae, Cricetomyinae, Murinae (Old World mice and rats), and Hydromyinae.
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