family muridae

1. Originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide;
   Distinguished from the Cricetidae by typically lacking cheek pouches (synset 102334131)
   is a type of: mammal family - a family of mammals
   member holonym:

   • genus mus, mus - type genus of the Muridae: common house mice; the tips of the upper incisors have a square notch
   • genus micromyx, micromyx - Old World harvest mice
   • apodemus, genus apodemus - Old World field mice
   • genus rattus, rattus - common house rats; upper incisors have a beveled edge
   • genus nesokia, nesokia - bandicoot rats
   • conilurus, genus conilurus - jerboa rats
   • genus notomys, notomys - jerboa rats
   • hydromyinae, subfamily hydromyinae - water rats of Australia and New Guinea
   belongs to: muroidea, superfamily muroidea - a superfamily of rodents essentially equal to the suborder Myomorpha but with the Dipodidae excluded
   same as: muridae

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