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Preferred term

Muridae  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A family of the order Rodentia containing 250 genera including the two genera Mus (MICE) and Rattus (RATS), from which the laboratory inbred strains are developed. The fifteen subfamilies are SIGMODONTINAE (New World mice and rats), CRICETINAE, Spalacinae, Myospalacinae, Lophiomyinae, ARVICOLINAE, Platacanthomyinae, Nesomyinae, Otomyinae, Rhizomyinae, GERBILLINAE, Dendromurinae, Cricetomyinae, MURINAE (Old World mice and rats), and Hydromyinae.

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Entry terms

  • Murids
  • txid10066

In other languages

  • French

  • Muridés
  • txid10066

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-L86RXD3Z-9

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