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Murinae

(Subfamily)

Overview

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The Old World rats and mice, part of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae, comprise at least 519 species. 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.

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The Murinae are native to Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia. They are the only terrestrial placental mammals native to Australia. They have also been introduced to all continents except Antarctica, and are serious pest animals. This is particularly true in island communities where they have contributed to the endangerment and extinction of many native animals.

Two prominent murine human commensals have become vital laboratory animals. The brown rat and house mouse are both used as medical subjects.

The murines have a distinctive molar pattern that involves three rows of cusps instead of two, the primitive pattern seen m ost frequently in muroid rodents.

Fossils

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The first known appearance of the Murinae in the fossil record is about 14 million years ago with the fossil genus Antemus. Antemus is thought to derive directly from Potwarmus, which has a more primitive tooth pattern. Likewise, two genera, Progonomys and Karnimata are thought to derive directly from Antemus. Progonomys is thought to be the ancestor of Mus and relatives, while Karnimata is thought to lead to Rattus and relatives. All of these fossils are found in the well-preserved and easily dated Siwalik fossil beds of Pakistan. The transition from Potwarmus to Antemus to Progonomys and Karnimata is considered an excellent example of anagenic evolution.

Taxonomy

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Most of the Murinae have been poorly studied. Some genera have been grouped, such as the hydromyine water rats, conilurine or pseudomyine Australian mice, or the phloeomyine Southeast Asian forms. No tribal level taxonomy has been attempted for the complete subfamily. It appears as if genera from southeast Asian islands and Australia may be early offshoots compared to mainland forms. The vlei rats in the genera Otomys and Parotomys are often placed in a separate subfamily, Otomyinae, but have been shown to be closely related to African murines in spite of their uniqueness.

Three genera, Uranomys, Lophuromys, and Acomys were once considered to be murines, but were found to be more closely related to gerbils through molecular phylogenetics. They have been assigned a new subfamily status, Deomyinae.

List of Species

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As of 2005, the Murinae contain 129 genera in 584 species. Musser and Carleton (2005) divided the Murinae into 29 genus divisions. They treated the Otomyinae as a separate subfamily, but all molecular analyses conducted to date have supported their inclusion in the Murinae as relatives of African genera (Michaux et al., 2001; Jansa and Weksler, 2004; Steppan et al., 2004; 2005; Jansa et al., 2006). In a recent expedition in the Philippines, 7 more Apomys mice were added and the genus was proposed to split into two subgenera - Apomys and Megapomys, based on morphological and cytochrome b DNA sequence (Heaney et al., 2011).

SUBFAMILY MURINAE - old world rats and mice

he Old World rats and mice, part of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae, comprise at least 519 species. 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.

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The Murinae are native to Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia. They are the only terrestrial placental mammals native to Australia. They have also been introduced to all continents except Antarctica, and are serious pest animals. This is particularly true in island communities where they have contributed to the endangerment and extinction of many native animals.

Two prominent murine human commensals have become vital laboratory animals. The brown rat and house mouse are both used as medical subjects.

The murines have a distinctive molar pattern that involves three rows of cusps instead of two, the primitive pattern seen most frequently in muroid rodents.

Fossils

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The first known appearance of the Murinae in the fossil record is about 14 million years ago with the fossil genus Antemus. Antemus is thought to derive directly from Potwarmus, which has a more primitive tooth pattern. Likewise, two genera, Progonomys and Karnimata are thought to derive directly from Antemus. Progonomys is thought to be the ancestor of Mus and relatives, while Karnimata is thought to lead to Rattus and relatives. All of these fossils are found in the well-preserved and easily dated Siwalik fossil beds of Pakistan. The transition from Potwarmus to Antemus to Progonomys and Karnimata is considered an excellent example of anagenic evolution.

Taxonomy

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Most of the Murinae have been poorly studied. Some genera have been grouped, such as the hydromyine water rats, conilurine or pseudomyine Australian mice, or the phloeomyine Southeast Asian forms. No tribal level taxonomy has been attempted for the complete subfamily. It appears as if genera from southeast Asian islands and Australia may be early offshoots compared to mainland forms. The vlei rats in the genera Otomys and Parotomys are often placed in a separate subfamily, Otomyinae, but have been shown to be closely related to African murines in spite of their uniqueness.

Three genera, Uranomys, Lophuromys, and Acomys were once considered to be murines, but were found to be more closely related to gerbils through molecular phylogenetics. They have been assigned a new subfamily status, Deomyinae.

List of Species

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As of 2005, the Murinae contain 129 genera in 584 species. Musser and Carleton (2005) divided the Murinae into 29 genus divisions. They treated the Otomyinae as a separate subfamily, but all molecular analyses conducted to date have supported their inclusion in the Murinae as relatives of African genera (Michaux et al., 2001; Jansa and Weksler, 2004; Steppan et al., 2004; 2005; Jansa et al., 2006). In a recent expedition in the Philippines, 7 more Apomys mice were added and the genus was proposed to split into two subgenera - Apomys and Megapomys, based on morphological and cytochrome b DNA sequence (Heaney et al., 2011).

SUBFAMILY MURINAE - old world rats and mice

  • Aethomys Division
    • Genus Aethomys - bush rats
      • Bocage's Rock Rat, Aethomys bocagei
      • Red Rock Rat, Aethomys chrysophilus
      • Grant's Rock Rat, Aethomys (Micaelamys) granti
      • Hinde's Rock Rat, Aethomys hindei
      • Tete Veld Aethomys, Aethomys ineptus
      • Kaiser's Rock Rat, Aethomys kaiseri
      • Namaqua Rock Rat, Aethomys (Micaelamys) namaquensis
      • Nyika Rock Rat, Aethomys nyika e
      • Silinda Rock Rat, Aethomys silindensis
      • Tinfields Rock Rat, Aethomys stannarius
      • Thomas's Rock Rat, Aethomys thomasi
  • Apodemus Division
    • Genus Apodemus - old world field mice
      • Striped Field Mouse, Apodemus agrarius
      • Alpine Field Mouse, Apodemus alpicola
      • Small Japanese Field Mouse, Apodemus argenteus
      • Chevrier's Field Mouse, Apodemus chevrieri
      • South China Field Mouse, Apodemus draco
      • Yellow-necked Mouse, Apodemus flavicollis ? includes A. arianus
      • Himalayan Field Mouse, Apodemus gurkha
      • Caucasus Field Mouse, Apodemus hyrcanicus
      • Sichuan Field Mouse, Apodemus latronum
      • Pygmy Field Mouse, Apodemus microps
      • Broad-toothed Field Mouse, Apodemus mystacinus
      • Western Broad-toothed Field Mouse, Apodemus (mystacinus) epimelas
      • Ward's Fie ld Mouse, Apodemus pallipes
      • Korean Field Mouse, Apodemus peninsulae
      • Black Sea Field Mouse, Apodemus ponticus
      • Kashmir Field Mouse, Apodemus rusiges
      • Taiwan Field Mouse, Apodemus semotus
      • Large Japanese Field Mouse, Apodemus speciosus
      • Wood Mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus
      • Ural Field Mouse, Apodemus uralensis
      • Steppe Field Mouse, Apodemus witherbyi
    • Genus Rhagamys ?
      • Hensel's Field Mouse, Rhagamys orthodon ?
    • Genus Tokudaia - Ryukyu spiny rats
      • Muennink's Spiny Rat, Tokudaia muenninki
      • Ryukyu Spiny Rat, Tokudaia osimensis
      • Tokunoshima Spiny Rat, Tokudaia tokunoshimensis
  • Arvicanthis Division
    • Genus Arvicanthis - unstriped grass mice
      • Abyssinian Grass Rat, Arvicanthis abyssinicus
      • Sudanian Grass Rat, Arvicanthis ansorge i
      • Blick's Grass Rat, Arvicanthis blicki
      • Nairobi Grass Rat, Arvicanthis nairobae
      • Neumann's Grass Rat, Arvicanthis neumanni
      • African Grass Rat, Arvicanthis niloticus
      • Guinean Grass Rat, Arvicanthis rufinus
    • Genus Desmomys
      • Harrington's Rat, Desmomys harringtoni
      • Yalden's Rat, Desmomys yaldeni
    • Genus Lemniscomys - striped grass mice
      • Barbary Striped Grass Mouse, Lemniscomys barbarus
      • Bellier's Striped Grass Mouse, Lemniscomys bellieri
      • Griselda's Striped Grass Mouse, Lemniscomys griselda
      • Hoogstal's Striped Grass Mouse, Lemniscomys hoogstraali
      • Senegal One-striped Grass Mouse, Lemniscomys linulus
      • Buffoon Striped Grass Mouse, Lemniscomys macculus
      • Mittendorf's Striped Grass Mouse, Lemniscomys mittendorfi
      • Single-striped Grass Mouse, Lemniscomys rosalia
      • Rosevear's Striped Grass Mouse, Lemniscomys roseveari
      • Typical Striped Grass Mouse, Lemniscomys striatus
      • Heuglin's Striped Grass Mouse, Lemniscomys zebra
    • Genus Mylomys - African Groove-toothed Rat
      • African Groove-toothed Rat, Mylomys dybowskii
      • Ethiopian Mylomys, Mylomys rex
    • Genus Pelomys - groove-toothed creek rats
      • Bell Groove-toothed Swamp Rat, Pelomys campanae
      • Creek Groove-toothed Swamp Rat, Pelomys fallax
      • Hopkins's Groove-toothed Swamp Rat, Pelomys hopkinsi
      • Issel's Groove-toothed Swamp Rat, Pelomys isseli
      • Least Groove-toothed Swamp Rat, Pelomys minor
    • Genus Rhabdomys - Four-striped Grass Mouse
      • Rhabdomys dilectus
      • Four-Striped Grass Mouse, Rhabdomys pumilio
  • Chrotomys Division
    • Genus Apomys
      • Subgenus Apomys
        • Camiguin Forest Mouse, Apomys camiguinensis
        • Mount Apo Forest Mouse, Apomys hylocoetes
        • Mindanao Montane Forest Mouse, Apomys insignis
        • Mindanao Lowland Forest Mouse, Apomys littoralis
        • Small Luzon Forest Mouse, Apomys microdon
        • Least Forest Mouse, Apomys musculus
      • Subgenus Megapomys
        • Luzon Cordillera Forest Mouse, Apomys abrae
        • Luzon Aurora Forest Mouse, Apomys aurorae
        • Mount Banahaw Forest Mouse, Apomys banahao
        • Forest Mouse of the Browns, Apomys brownorum
        • Luzon Montane Forest Mouse, Apomys datae
        • Large Mindoro Forest Mouse, Apomys gracilirostris
        • Luzon Giant Forest Mouse, Apomys magnus
        • Mount Mingan Forest Mouse, Apomys minganensis
        • Long-nosed Luzon Forest Mouse, Apomys sacobianus
        • Sierra Madre Forest Mouse, Apomys sierrae
        • Luzon Zambales Forest Mouse,Apomys zambalensis
    • Genus Archboldomys - Mount Isarog shrew rats
      • Mt Isarog Shrew-mouse, Archboldomys luzonensis
      • Sierra Madre Shrew-mouse, Archboldomys musseri
      • Cordillera Shrew-mouse, Archboldomys kalinga
    • Genus Chrotomys - Luzon striped rats
      • Luzon Striped Rat, Chrotomys whiteheadi
      • Mindoro Striped Rat, Chrotomys mindorensis
      • Isarog Striped Shrew-Rat, Chrotomys gonzalesi
      • Blazed Luzon Shrew Rat, Chrotomys silaceus
      • Sibuyan Striped Shrew Rat, Chrotomys sibuyanensis
    • Genus Rhynchomys - shrewlike rats
      • Banahao Shrew Rat, Rhynchomys banahao
      • Isarog Shrewlike Rat, Rhynchomys isarogensis
      • Mount Data Shrew Rat, Rhynchomys soricoides
      • Tapulao Shrew Rat, Rhynchomys tapulao
  • Colomys Division
    • Genus Colomys - African Water Rat
      • African Wading Rat, Colomys goslingi
    • Genus Nilopegamys
      • Ethiopian Amphibious Rat, Nilopegamys plumbeus
    • Genus Zelotomys - stink mice
      • Hildegarde's Broad-Headed Mouse, Zelotomys hildegardeae
      • Woosnam's Broad-Headed Mouse, Zelotomys woosnami
  • Crunomys Division
    • Genus Crunomys - Philippine and Sulawesian shrew rats
      • Celebes Shrew Rat, Crunomys celebensis
      • Northern Luzon Shrew Rat, Crunomys fallax
      • Mindanao Shrew Rat, Crunomys melanius
      • Katanglad Shrew Mouse, Crunomys suncoides
    • Genus Sommeromys
      • Sommer?s Sulawesi Rat, Sommeromys macrorhinos
  • Dacnomys Division
    • Genus Anonymomys - Mindoro Rat
      • Mindoro Climbing Rat, Anonymomys mindorensis
    • Genus Chiromyscus - Fea's Tree Rat
      • Fea's Tree Rat, Chiromyscus chiropus
    • Genus Dacnomys - Large-toothed Giant Rat
      • Millard's Rat, Dacnomys millardi
    • Genus Leopoldamys - long-tailed giant rats
      • Sundaic Mountain Long-tailed Giant Rat, Leopoldamys ciliatus
      • Edwards's Long-tailed Giant Rat, Leopoldamys edwardsi
      • Millet's Long-tailed Giant Rat, Leopoldamys milleti
      • Neill's Long-tailed Giant Rat, Leopoldamys neilli
      • Long-tailed Giant Rat, Leopoldamys sabanus
      • Mentawai Long-tailed Giant Rat, Leopoldamys siporanus
    • Genus Niviventer - white-bellied rats
      • Anderson's White-bellied Rat, Niviventer andersoni
      • Brahma White-bellied Rat, Niviventer brahma
      • Cameron Highlands White-bellied Rat, Niviventer cameroni
      • Chinese White-bellied Rat, Niviventer confucianus
      • Coxing's White-bellied Rat, Nivivente r coninga
      • Dark-tailed Tree Rat, Niviventer cremoriventer
      • Oldfield White-bellied Rat, Niviventer culturatus
      • Smoke-bellied Rat, Niviventer eha
      • Large White-bellied Rat, Niviventer excelsior
      • Montane Sumatran White-bellied Rat, Niviventer fraternus
      • Chestnut White-bellied Rat, Niviventer fulvescens
      • Limestone Rat, Niviventer hinpoon
      • Lang Bian White-bellied Rat, Niviventer langbianis
      • Narrow-tailed White-bellied Rat, Niviventer lepturus
      • Hainan White-bellied Rat, Niviventer lotipes (formerly in N. tenaster)
      • White-bellied Rat, Niviventer niviventer
      • Long-tailed Mountain Rat, Niviventer rapit
      • Tenasserim White-bellied Rat, Niviventer tenaster
    • Genus Saxatilomys
      • Paulina?s Limestone Rat, Saxatilomys paulinae
    • Genus Srilankamys - Ceylonese rats
      • Ohiya Rat, Srilankamys ohiensis
    • Genus Tonkinomys
      • Daovantien?s Limestone Rat, Tonkinomys daovantieni
  • Dasymys Division
    • Genus Dasymys - Shaggy Swamp Rat
      • Glover Allen's Shaggy Rat, Dasymys alleni
      • Crawford-Cabral's Shaggy Rat, Dasymys cabrali
      • Cape Shaggy Rat, Dasymys capensis
      • Fox's Shaggy Rat, Dasymys foxi
      • Dasymys griseifrons
      • African Marsh Rat, Dasymys incomtus
      • Dasymys longipilosus
      • Montane Shaggy Rat, Dasymys montanus
      • Angolan Marsh Rat, Dasymys nudipes
      • Robert's Shaggy Rat, Dasymys robertsii
      • West African Shaggy Rat, Dasymys rufulus
      • Rwandan Shaggy Rat, Dasymys rwandae
      • Dasymys shortridgei
      • Tanzanian Shaggy Rat, Dasymys sua
  • Echiothrix Division
    • Genus Echiothrix - Sul awesian Spiny Rat
      • Central Sulawesi Spiny Rat, Echiothrix centrosa
      • Sulawesi Spiny Rat, Echiothrix leucura
  • Golunda Division
    • Genus Golunda - Indian Bush Rat
      • Indian Bush Rat, Golunda ellioti
  • Hadromys Division
    • Genus Hadromys - Manipur Bush Rat
      • Manipur Bush Rat, Hadromys humei
      • Hadromys loujacobsi
      • Yunnan Bush Rat, Hadromys yunnanensis
  • Hybomys Division
    • Genus Dephomys - defua rats
      • Defua Rat, Dephomys defua
      • Ivory Coast Rat, Dephomys eburneae
    • Genus Hybomys - hump-nosed mice
      • Eisentraut's Striped Mouse, Hybomys badius
      • Father Basilio's Striped Mouse, Hybomys basilii
      • Moon Striped Mouse, Hybomys lunaris
      • Miller's Striped Mous, Hybomys planifrons
      • Temmi nck's Striped Mouse, Hybomys trivirgatus
      • Peters' Striped Mouse, Hybomys univittatus
    • Genus Stochomys - Target Rat
      • Target Rat, Stochomys longicaudatus
  • Hydromys Division
    • Genus Baiyankamys (formerly in Hydromys)
      • Mountain Water Rat, Baiyankamys habbema
      • Shaw Mayer's Water Rat, Baiyankamys shawmayeri
    • Genus Crossomys - Earless Water Rat
      • Earless Water Rat, Crossomys moncktoni
    • Genus Hydromys - water rats
      • Rakali, Hydromys chrysogaster
      • Western Water Rat, Hydromys hussoni
      • New Britain Water Rat, Hydromys neobrittanicus
      • Ziegler's Water Rat, Hydromys ziegleri
    • Genus Microhydromys
      • Southern groove-toothed moss-mouse, Microhydromys argenteus
      • Northern Groove-toothed Shrew Mouse, Microhydromys richardsoni
    • Genus Parahydromys - Mountain Water Rat
      • New Guinea Waterside Rat, Parahydromys asper
    • Genus Paraleptomys
      • Northern Water Rat, Paraleptomys rufilatus
      • Short-haired Water Rat, Paraleptomys wilhelmina
  • Lorentzimys Division
    • Genus Lorentzimys - New Guinea jumping mouse
      • New Guinean Jumping Mouse, Lorentzimys nouhuysi
  • Malacomys Division
    • Genus Malacomys - big-eared swamp rats
      • Cansdale's Swamp Rat, Malacomys cansdalei
      • Edward's Swamp Rat, Malacomys edwardsi
      • Big-eared Swamp Rat, Malacomys longipes
  • Maxomys Division
    • Genus Maxomys - rajah rats
      • Mountain Spiny Rat, Maxomys alticola
      • Small Spiny Rat, Maxomys baeodon
      • Bartels's Spiny Rat, Maxomys bartelsii
      • Dollm an's Spiny Rat, Maxomys dollmani
      • Hellwald's Spiny Rat, Maxomys hellwaldii
      • Sumatran Spiny Rat, Maxomys hylomyoides
      • Malayan Mountain Spiny Rat, Maxomys inas
      • Fat-Nosed Spiny Rat, Maxomys inflatus
      • Mo's Spiny Rat, Maxomys moi
      • Musschenbroek's Spiny Rat, Maxomys musschenbroekii
      • Chestnut-Bellied Spiny Rat, Maxomys ochraceiventer
      • Pagai Spiny Rat, Maxomys pagensis
      • Palawan Spiny Rat, Maxomys panglima
      • Rajah Spiny Rat, Maxomys rajah
      • Red Spiny Rat, Maxomys surifer
      • Watts's Spiny Rat, Maxomys wattsi
      • Whitehead's Spiny Rat, Maxomys whiteheadi
  • Melasmothrix Division
    • Genus Melasmothrix - Lesser Sulawesian Shrew Rat
      • Sulawesian Shrew Rat, Melasmothrix naso
    • Genus Tateomys - greater Sulawesian shrew rats
      • Long-tailed Shrew Rat, Tat eomys macrocercus
      • Tate's Shrew Rat, Tateomys rhinogradoides
  • Micromys Division
    • Genus Chiropodomys - pencil-tailed tree mice
      • Palawan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse, Chiropodomys calamianensis
      • Indomalayan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse, Chiropodomys gliroides
      • Koopman's Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse, Chiropodomys karlkoopmani
      • Large Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse, Chiropodomys major
      • Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse, Chiropodomys muroides
      • Small Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse, Chiropodomys pusillus
    • Genus Haeromys - pygmy tree mice
      • Ranee Mouse, Haeromys margarettae
      • Minahassa Ranee Mouse, Haeromys minahassae
      • Lesser Ranee Mouse, Haeromys pusillus
    • Genus Hapalomys - marmoset rats
      • Delacour's Marmoset Rat, Hapalomys delacouri
      • Marmoset Rat, Hapalomys longicaudatus
    • Genus Micromys - Old World Harvest Mouse
      • Harvest Mouse, Micromys minutus
    • Genus Vandeleuria - long-tailed climbing mice
      • Nilgiri Long-tailed Tree Mouse, Vandeleuria nilagirica
      • Nolthenius's Long-tailed Climbing Mouse, Vandeleuria nolthenii
      • Asiatic Long-tailed Climbing Mouse, Vandeleuria oleracea
    • Genus Vernaya - Vernay's Climbing Mouse
      • Red Climbing Mouse, Vernaya fulva
  • Millardia Division
    • Genus Cremnomys
      • Cutch Rat, Cremnomys cutchicus
      • Elvira Rat, Cremnomys elvira
    • Genus Diomys - Manipur Mouse
      • Crump's Mouse, Diomys crumpi
    • Genus Madromys
      • Blanford's Rat, Madromys blanfordi
    • Genus Millardia - Asian soft-furred rats
      • Sand-colored Soft-furred Rat, Millardia gleadowi
      • Mis s Ryley's Soft-furred Rat, Millardia kathleenae
      • Kondana Soft-furred Rat, Millardia kondana
      • Soft-furred Rat, Millardia meltada
  • Mus Division
    • Genus Muriculus - Stripe-backed Mouse
      • Ethiopian Striped Mouse, Muriculus imberbis
    • Genus Mus - typical mice
      • Subgenus Coelomys
        • Sumatran Shrewlike Mouse, Mus crociduroides
        • Mayor's Mouse, Mus mayori
        • Gairdner's Shrewmouse, Mus pahari
        • Volcano Mouse, Mus vulcani
      • Mus lepidoides group
        • Mus lepidoides
      • Subgenus Mus
        • Little Indian Field Mouse, Mus booduga
        • Ryukyu Mouse, Mus caroli
        • Fawn-colored Mouse, Mus cervicolor
        • Cook's Mouse, Mus cookii
        • Cypriot Mouse, Mus cypriacus
        • Servant Mouse, Mus famulus
        • Sheath-tailed mouse, Mus fragilicauda
        • Macedonian Mouse, Mus macedonicus
        • House mouse, Mus musculus
        • Mus nitidulus
        • Steppe Mouse, Mus spicilegus
        • Algerian Mouse, Mus spretus
        • Earth-colored Mouse, Mus terricolor
      • Subgenus Nannomys
        • Baoule's Mouse, Mus baoulei
        • Toad Mouse, Mus bufo
        • Callewaert's Mouse, Mus callewaerti
        • Gounda Mouse, Mus goundae
        • Hausa Mouse, Mus haussa
        • Desert Pygmy Mouse, Mus indutus
        • Mahomet Mouse, Mus mahomet
        • Matthey's Mouse, Mus mattheyi
        • African Pygmy Mouse, Mus minutoides
        • Temminck's Mouse, Mus musculoides
        • Neave's Mouse, Mus neavei
        • Free State Pygmy Mouse, Mus orangiae
        • Oubangui Mouse, Mus oubanguii
        • Peters's Mouse, Mus setulosus
        • Setzer's Pygmy Mouse, Mus setzeri
        • Thomas's Pygmy Mouse, Mus sorella
        • Delicate Mouse, Mus tenellus
        • Gray-Bellied Pygmy Mouse, Mus triton
      • Subgenus Pyromys
        • Ceylon Spiny Mouse, Mus fernandoni
        • Phillips's Mouse, Mus phillipsi
        • Flat-Haired Mouse, Mus platythrix
        • Rock-loving Mouse, Mus saxicola
        • Shortridge's Mouse, Mus shortridgei
  • Oenomys Division
    • Genus ?Canariomys - Canary Islands giant rats
      • Tenerife Giant Rat, Canariomys bravoi ?
      • Gran Canaria Giant Rat, Canariomys tamarani ?
    • Genus Grammomys
      • Arid Thicket Rat, Grammomys aridulus
      • Grammomys brevirostris
      • Bunting's Thicket Rat, Grammomys buntingi
      • Gray-Headed Thicket Rat, Grammomys caniceps
      • Mozambique Thicket Rat, Grammomys cometes
      • Woodland Thicket Rat, Grammomys dolichurus
      • Forest Thicket Rat, Grammomys dryas< /li>
      • Giant Thicket Rat, Grammomys gigas
      • Ruwenzori Thicket Rat, Grammomys ibeanus
      • Eastern Rainforest Thicket Rat, Grammomys kuru
      • Macmillan's Thicket Rat, Grammomys macmillani
      • Ethiopian Thicket Rat, Grammomys minnae
      • Shining Thicket Rat, Grammomys poensis
    • Genus Lamottemys
      • Mount Oku Rat, Lamottemys okuensis
    • Genus ?Malpaisomys
      • Lava Mouse, Malpaisomys insularis ?
    • Genus Oenomys - rufous-nosed rats
      • Common Rufous-nosed Rat, Oenomys hypoxanthus
      • Ghana Rufous-nosed Rat, Oenomys ornatus
    • Genus Thallomys - acacia rats
      • Loring's Rat, Thallomys loringi
      • Black-Tailed Tree Rat, Thallomys nigricauda
      • Acacia Rat, Thallomys paedulcus
      • Shortridge's Rat, Thallomys shortridgei
    • Genus Thamnomys - thicket rats
      • Kem p's Thicket Rat, Thamnomys kempi
      • Hatt's Thicket Rat, Thamnomys major
      • Charming Thicket Rat, Thamnomys venustus
  • Phloeomys Division
    • Genus Batomys - Luzon and Mindanao forest rats
      • Large-toothed Hairy-tailed Rat, Batomys dentatus
      • Luzon Hairy-tailed Rat, Batomys granti
      • Hamiguitan Hairy-tailed Rat, Batomys hamiguitan
      • Dinagat Hairy-tailed Rat, Batomys russatus
      • Mindanao Hairy-tailed Rat, Batomys salomonseni
    • Genus Carpomys - Luzon rats
      • Short-footed Luzon Tree Rat, Carpomys melanurus
      • White-bellied Luzon Tree Rat, Carpomys phaeurus
    • Genus Crateromys - cloudrunners
      • Dinagat Bushy-Tailed Cloud Rat, Crateromys australis
      • Giant Bushy-Tailed Cloud Rat, Crateromys schadenbergi
      • Panay Cloudrunner, Crateromys heaneyi
      • Ilin Island Cloudrunn er, Crateromys paulus
    • Genus Phloeomys - slender-tailed cloud rats
      • Southern Giant Slender-Tailed Cloud Rat, Phloeomys cumingi
      • Northern Luzon Giant Cloud Rat, Phloeomys pallidus
  • Pithecheir Division
    • Genus Eropeplus - Sulawesian Soft-furred Rat
      • Sulawesi Soft-furred Rat, Eropeplus canus
    • Genus Lenomys - Trefoil-toothed Rat
      • Trefoil-toothed Giant Rat, Lenomys meyeri
    • Genus Lenothrix - Grey Tree Rat
      • Gray Tree Rat, Lenothrix canus
    • Genus Margaretamys - Margareta's rats
      • Beccari's Margareta Rat, Margaretamys beccarii
      • Elegant Margareta Rat, Margaretamys elegans
      • Little Margareta Rat, Margaretamys parvus
    • Genus Pithecheir - monkey-footed rats
      • Red Tree Rat, Pithecheir melanurus
      • Malayan Tree Rat, Pitheche ir parvus
    • Genus Pithecheirops
      • Little-eared Tree Rat, Pithecheirops otion
  • Pogonomys Division
    • Genus Abeomelomys
      • Highland Brush Mouse, Abeomelomys sevia
    • Genus Anisomys - Powerful-toothed Rat
      • Squirrel-toothed Rat, Anisomys imitator
    • Genus Chiruromys
      • Greater Tree Mouse, Chiruromys forbesi
      • Lamia, Chiruromys lamia
      • Lesser Tree Mouse, Chiruromys vates
    • Genus Coccymys
      • White-Toothed Brush Mouse, Coccymys albidens
      • Coccymys kirrhos
      • R?mmler's Brush Mouse, Coccymys ruemmleri
      • Coccymys shawmayeri
    • Genus ?Coryphomys
      • Buhler's coryphomys, Coryphomys buhleri ?
    • Genus Hyomys - white-eared rats
      • Western White-eared Giant Rat, Hyomys dammermani
      • Eastern White-eared Giant Rat, Hyomys goliath
    • Genus Macruromys - New Guinean rats
      • Lesser Small-toothed Rat, Macruromys elegans
      • Eastern Small-toothed Rat, Macruromys major
    • Genus Mallomys - giant tree rats
      • De Vis's Woolly Rat, Mallomys aroaensis
      • Alpine Woolly Rat, Mallomys gunung
      • Subalpine Woolly Rat, Mallomys istapantap
      • Rothschild's Woolly Rat, Mallomys rothschildi
      • Bosavi Woolly Rat, Mallomys sp. nov.
      • Arfak Woolly Rat, Mallomys sp. nov.
      • Foja Woolly Rat, Mallomys sp. nov.
    • Genus Mammelomys
      • Large-scaled Mosaic-tailed Rat, Mammelomys lanosus
      • Large Mosaic-tailed Rat, Mammelomys rattoides
    • Genus Pogonomelomys - Rummler's mosaic tailed rats
      • Lowland Brush Mouse, Pogonomelomys bruijni
      • Shaw Mayer's Brush Mouse, Pogonomelomys mayeri
    • Genus Pogonomys - prehensile-tailed rats
      • Champion's Tree Mouse, Pogonomys championi
      • D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago Tree Mouse, Pogonomys fergussoniensis
      • Large Tree Mouse, Pogonomys loriae
      • Chestnut Tree Mouse, Pogonomys macrourus
      • Prehensile-tailed Rat, Pogonomys mollipilosus
      • Gray-Bellied Tree Mouse, Pogonomys sylvestris
    • Genus ?Spelaeomys
      • Flores Cave Rat, Spelaeomys florensis ?
    • Genus Xenuromys - White-tailed New Guinea Rat
      • Mimic Tree-Rat, Xenuromys barbatus
  • Pseudomys Division
    • Genus Conilurus - rabbit rats
      • White-footed Rabbit Rat, Conilurus albipes ?
      • Brush-tailed Rabbit Rat, Conilurus penicillatus
    • Genus Leggadina
      • Forrest's Mouse, Leggadina forresti
      • Lakeland Downs Mouse, Leggadina lakedownensis
    • Genus Leporillus - Australian stick-nest rats
      • Lesser Stick-nest Rat, Leporillus apicalis
      • Greater Stick-nest Rat, Leporillus conditor
    • Genus Mastacomys
      • Broad-toothed Mouse, Mastacomys fuscus
    • Genus Mesembriomys - tree rats
      • Black-footed Tree-rat, Mesembriomys gouldii
      • Golden-backed Tree Rat, Mesembriomys macrurus
    • Genus Notomys - Australian hopping mice
      • Spinifex Hopping Mouse, Notomys alexis
      • Short-tailed Hopping Mouse, Notomys amplus ?
      • Northern Hopping Mouse, Notomys aquilo
      • Fawn Hopping Mouse, Notomys cervinus
      • Dusky Hopping Mouse, Notomys fuscus
      • Long-tailed Hopping Mouse, Notomys longicaudatus ?
      • Big-eared Hopping Mouse, Notomys macrotis ?
      • Mitchell's Hopping Mouse, Notomys mitchellii
      • Darling Downs Hopping Mouse, Notom ys mordax ?
      • Great Hopping Mouse, Notomys robustus ?
    • Genus Pseudomys - Australian native mice
      • Ash-grey Mouse, Pseudomys albocinereus
      • Silky Mouse, Pseudomys apodemoides
      • Plains Rat, Pseudomys australis
      • Bolam's Mouse, Pseudomys bolami
      • Kakadu Pebble-mound Mouse, Pseudomys calabyi
      • Western Pebble-mound Mouse, Pseudomys chapmani
      • Little Native Mouse, Pseudomys delicatulus
      • Desert Mouse, Pseudomys desertor
      • Shark Bay Mouse, Pseudomys fieldi
      • Smoky Mouse, Pseudomys fumeus
      • Blue-Gray Mouse, Pseudomys glaucus ?
      • Gould's Mouse, Pseudomys gouldii ?
      • Eastern Chestnut Mouse, Pseudomys gracilicaudatus
      • Sandy Inland Mouse, Pseudomys hermannsburgensis
      • Long-tailed Mouse, Pseudomys higginsi
      • Central Pebble-mound Mouse, Pseudomys johnsoni
        • Kimberley Mouse, Pseudomys (laborifex) johnsoni
      • Western Chestnut Mouse, Pseudomys nanus
      • New Holland Mouse, Pseudomys novaehollandiae
      • Western Mouse, Pseudomys occidentalis
      • Hastings River Mouse, Pseudomys oralis
      • Country Mouse, Pseudomys patrius
      • Pilliga Mouse, Pseudomys pilligaensis
      • Heath Mouse, Pseudomys shortridgei
    • Genus Zyzomys - thick-tailed rats
      • Silver-Tailed Rock Rat, Zyzomys argurus
      • Arnhem Land Rock Rat, Zyzomys maini
      • Carpentarian Rock Rat, Zyzomys palatilis
      • Central Rock Rat, Zyzomys pedunculatus
      • Kimberley Rock Rat, Zyzomys woodwardi
  • Rattus Division
    • Genus Abditomys
      • Luzon Broad-toothed Rat, Abditomys latidens
    • Genus Bandicota - bandicoot rats
      • Lesser Bandicoot Rat, Bandicota bengalensis
      • Grea ter Bandicoot Rat, Bandicota indica
      • Savile's Bandicoot Rat, Bandicota savilei
    • Genus Berylmys - white-toothed rats
      • Small White-toothed Rat, Berylmys berdmorei
      • Bower's White-Toothed Rat, Berylmys bowersi
      • Kenneth's White-toothed Rat, Berylmys mackenziei
      • Manipur White-toothed Rat, Berylmys manipulus
    • Genus Bullimus
      • Bagobo Rat, Bullimus bagobus
      • Camiguin Forest Rat, Bullimus gamay
      • Lagre Luzon Forest Rat, Bullimus luzonicus
    • Genus Bunomys
      • Andrew's Hill Rat, Bunomys andrewsi
      • Yellow-Haired Hill Rat, Bunomys chrysocomus
      • Heavenly Hill Rat, Bunomys coelestis
      • Fraternal Hill Rat, Bunomys fratrorum
      • Heinrich's Hill Rat, Bunomys heinrichi
      • Inland Hill Rat, Bunomys penitus
      • Long-Headed Hill Rat, Bunomys prolatus
    • Ge nus Diplothrix
      • Ryukyu Long-tailed Giant Rat, Diplothrix legatus
    • Genus Kadarsanomys
      • Sody's Tree Rat, Kadarsanomys sodyi
    • Genus Komodomys
      • Komodo Rat, Komodomys rintjanus
    • Genus Limnomys
      • Gray-bellied Mountain Rat, Limnomys bryophilus
      • Mindanao Mountain Rat, Limnomys sibuanus
    • Genus Nesokia - Short-tailed Bandicoot Rat
      • Bunn's Short-tailed Bandicoot Rat, Nesokia bunnii
      • Short-tailed Bandicoot Rat, Nesokia indica
    • Genus Nesoromys
      • Ceram Rat, Nesoromys ceramicus
    • Genus Palawanomys - Palawan Rat
      • Palawan Soft-furred Mountain Rat, Palawanomys furvus
    • Genus Papagomys - Flores giant rats
      • Flores Giant Rat, Papagomys armandvillei
      • Verhoeven's Giant Tree Rat, Papagomys theodorverhoeveni ?
    • Genus Paruromys - Sulawesian giant rat
      • Sulawesi Giant Rat, Paruromys dominator
    • Genus Paulamys
      • Flores Long-nosed Rat, Paulamys naso
    • Genus Rattus - typical rats
      • incertae sedis
        • Annandale's Rat, Rattus annandalei
        • Enggano Rat, Rattus enganus
        • Philippine Forest Rat, Rattus everetti
        • Polynesian Rat, Rattus exulans
        • Hainald's Rat, Rattus hainaldi
        • Hoogerwerf's Rat, Rattus hoogerwerfi
        • Korinch's Rat, Rattus korinchi
        • ? Maclear's Rat, Rattus macleari
        • Nillu Rat, Rattus montanus
        • Molaccan Prehensile-tailed Rat, Rattus morotaiensis
        • ? Bulldog Rat, Rattus nativitatis
        • Kerala Rat, Rattus ranjiniae
        • New Ireland Rat, Rattus sanila
        • Andaman Rat, Rattus stoicus
        • Timor rat, Rattus timorensis
      • R. no rvegicus group
        • Himalayan Field Rat, Rattus nitidus
        • Brown Rat (Norway Rat), Rattus norvegicus
        • Turkestan Rat, Rattus pyctoris
      • R. rattus group
        • Sunburned Rat, Rattus adustus
        • Sikkim Rat, Rattus andamanensis
        • Rice-field Rat, Rattus argentiventer
        • Summit Rat, Rattus baluensis
        • Aceh Rat, Rattus blangorum
        • Nonsense Rat, Rattus burrus
        • Hoffmann's Rat, Rattus hoffmanni
        • Koopman's Rat, Rattus koopmani
        • Lesser Rice-field Rat, Rattus losea
        • Mentawai Rat, Rattus lugens
        • Mindoro Black Rat, Rattus mindorensis
        • Little Soft-furred Rat, Rattus mollicomulus
        • Osgood's Rat, Rattus osgoodi
        • Palm Rat, Rattus palmarum
        • Black Rat, Rattus rattus
        • Sahyadris Forest Rat, Rattus satarae
        • Simalur Rat, Rattus simalurensis
        • Tanezu mi Rat, Rattus tanezumi
        • Tawi-Tawi Forest Rat, Rattus tawitawiensis
        • Malayan Field Rat, Rattus tiomanicus
      • R. xanthurus group
        • Bonthain Rat, Rattus bontanus; obs. Rattus foramineus
        • Opossum Rat, Rattus marmosurus
        • Peleng Rat, Rattus pelurus
        • Rattus salocco
        • Yellow-tailed Rat, Rattus xanthurus
      • R. leucopus group (New Guinean group)
        • Arfak Rat (Vogelkop Mountain Rat), Rattus arfakiensis
        • Western New Guinea Mountain Rat, Rattus arrogans
        • Sula Rat, Rattus elaphinus
        • Spiny Ceram Rat, Rattus feliceus
        • Giluwe Rat, Rattus giluwensis
        • Japen Rat, Rattus jobiensis
        • Cape York Rat, Rattus leucopus
        • Eastern Rat, Rattus mordax
        • Moss-forest Rat, Rattus niobe
        • New Guinean Rat, Rattus novaeguineae
        • Arianus's Rat, Rattus omic hlodes
        • Pocock?s Highland Rat, Rattus pococki
        • Spiny Rat, Rattus praetor
        • Glacier Rat, Rattus richardsoni
        • Stein's Rat, Rattus steini
        • Van Deusen's Rat, Rattus vandeuseni
        • Slender Rat, Rattus verecundus
      • R. fuscipes group (Australian group)
        • Dusky Rat, Rattus colletti
        • Bush Rat, Rattus fuscipes
        • Australian Swamp Rat, Rattus lutreolus
        • Dusky Field Rat, Rattus sordidus
        • Pale Field Rat, Rattus tunneyi
        • Long-haired Rat, Rattus villosissimus
    • Genus Sundamys - giant Sunda rats
      • Mountain Giant Sunda Rat, Sundamys infraluteus
      • Bartels's Rat, Sundamys maxi
      • M?ller's Giant Sunda Rat, Sundamys muelleri
    • Genus Taeromys
      • Salokko Rat, Taeromys arcuatus
      • Lovely-haired Rat, Taeromys callitrichus
      • Celebe s Rat, Taeromys celebensis
      • Sulawesi Montane Rat, Taeromys hamatus
      • Small-eared Rat, Taeromys microbullatus
      • Sulawesi Forest Rat, Taeromys punicans
      • Tondano Rat, Taeromys taerae
    • Genus Tarsomys
      • Long-footed Rat, Tarsomys apoensis
      • Spiny Long-footed Rat, Tarsomys echinatus
    • Genus Tryphomys - Mearn's Luzon Rat
      • Luzon Short-nosed Rat, Tryphomys adustus
  • Stenocephalomys Division
    • Genus Heimyscus
      • African Smoky Mouse, Heimyscus fumosus
    • Genus Hylomyscus - African wood mice
      • H. aeta group
        • Beaded Wood Mouse, Hylomyscus aeta
        • Hylomyscus grandis
      • H. alleni group
        • Allen's Wood Mouse, Hylomyscus alleni
        • Angolan Wood Mouse, Hylomyscus carillus
        • Stella Wood Mouse, Hylomyscus stella< /i>
        • Walter Verheyeni's Mouse, Hylomyscus walterverheyeni
      • H. anselli group
        • Ansell's Wood Mouse, Hylomyscus anselli
        • Arc Mountain Wood Mouse, Hylomyscus arcimontensis
      • H. baeri group
        • Baer's Wood Mouse, Hylomyscus baeri
      • H. denniae group
        • Montane Wood Mouse, Hylomyscus denniae
        • Small-footed Forest Mouse, Hylomyscus endorobae
        • Hylomyscus vulcanorum
      • H. parvus group
        • Little Wood Mouse, Hylomyscus parvus
    • Genus Mastomys - multimammate rats
      • Awash Multimammate Mouse, Mastomys awashensis
      • Southern Multimammate Mouse, Mastomys coucha
      • Guinea Multimammate Mouse, Mastomys erythroleucus
      • Hubert's Multimammate Mouse, Mastomys huberti
      • Verheyen's Multimammate Mouse, Mastomys kollmannspergeri
      • Natal Multimammate Mouse, Mastomys natalensis
      • Dwarf Multimammate Mouse, Mastomys pernanus
      • Shortridge's Multimammate Mouse, Mastomys shortridgei
    • Genus Myomyscus - multimammate rats
      • Angolan Multimammate Mouse, Myomyscus angolensis
      • Brockman's Rock Mouse (Brockman's White-footed Rat), Myomyscus brockmani
      • Verreaux's Mouse, Myomyscus verreauxii
      • Yemeni Mouse, Myomyscus yemeni
    • Genus Praomys - African soft-furred rats
      • Praomys coetzeei
      • Dalton's Mouse, Praomys daltoni
      • De Graaff's Soft-furred Mouse, Praomys degraaffi
      • Delectable Soft-furred Mouse, Praomys delectorum
      • Deroo's Mouse, Praomys derooi
      • Hartwig's Soft-furred Mouse, Praomys hartwigi
      • Jackson's Soft-furred Mouse, Praomys jacksoni
      • Lukolela Swamp Rat, Praomys lukolelae
      • Least Soft-furred Mouse, Praomys minor
      • Misonne's Soft-furred Mouse, Praomys misonnei
      • Cameroon Soft-furred Mouse, Praomys morio
      • Muton's Soft-furred Mouse, Praomys mutoni
      • Gotel Mountain Soft-furred Mouse, Praomys obscurus
      • Peter's Soft-furred Mouse, Praomys petteri
      • Forest Soft-furred Mouse, Praomys rostratus
      • Tullberg's Soft-furred Mouse, Praomys tullbergi
      • Verschuren's Swamp Rat, Praomys verschureni
    • Genus Stenocephalemys - Ethiopian narrow-headed rats
      • Ethiopian White-footed Mouse, Stenocephalemys albipes
      • Ethiopian Narrow-headed Rat, Stenocephalemys albocaudata
      • Gray-tailed Narrow-headed Rat, Stenocephalemys griseicauda
      • Rupp's Mouse, Stenocephalemys ruppi
  • Uromys Division
    • Genus Melomys - banana rats
      • Dusky Mosaic-tailed Rat, Melomys aerosus
      • Rossel Island Mosaic-tailed Rat, Melo mys arcium
      • Bannister's Rat, Melomys bannisteri
      • Bougainville Mosaic-tailed Rat, Melomys bougainville
      • Grassland Mosaic-tailed Rat, Melomys burtoni
      • Cape York Mosaic-tailed Rat, Melomys capensis
      • Short-tailed Mosaic-tailed Rat, Melomys caurinus
      • Fawn-footed Mosaic-tailed Rat, Melomys cervinipes
      • Yamdena Island Mosaic-tailed Rat, Melomys cooperae
      • Dollman's Mosaic-tailed Rat, Melomys dollmani
      • Manusela Mosaic-tailed Rat, Melomys fraterculus
      • Snow Mountains Grassland Mosaic-tailed Rat, Melomys frigicola
      • Seram Long-tailed Mosaic-tailed Rat, Melomys fulgens
      • Riama Island Mosaic-tailed Rat, Melomys howi
      • White-bellied Mosaic-tailed Rat, Melomys leucogaster
      • Papua Grassland Mosaic-tailed Rat, Melomys lutillus
      • Manus Island Mosaic-tailed Rat, Melomys matambuai
      • Obi Mosaic-tailed Rat, Melomys obi ensis
      • Pavel's Seram Mosaic-tailed Rat, Melomys paveli
      • Bramble Cay Mosaic-tailed Rat, Melomys rubicola
      • Black-tailed Mosaic-tailed Rat, Melomys rufescens
      • Buka Island Mosaic-tailed Rat, Melomys spechti
      • Long-tailed Talaud Mosaic-tailed Rat, Melomys talaudium
    • Genus Paramelomys
      • Gressit's Mosaic-tailed Rat, Paramelomys gressitti
      • Long-nosed Mosaic-tailed Rat, Paramelomys levipes
      • Lorentz's Mosaic-tailed Rat, Paramelomys lorentzii
      • Thomas's Mosaic-tailed Rat, Paramelomys mollis
      • Moncton's Mosaic-tailed Rat, Paramelomys moncktoni
      • Paramelomys naso (formerly in P. levipes)
      • Lowland Mosaic-tailed Rat, Paramelomys platyops
      • Mountain Mosaic-tailed Rat, Paramelomys rubex
      • Paramelomys steini
    • Genus Protochromys
      • Red-bellied Mosaic-tailed Rat, Protochromys fel lowsi
    • Genus Solomys - naked-tailed rats
      • Poncelet's Giant Rat, Solomys ponceleti
      • Florida Naked-tailed Rat, Solomys salamonis
      • Bougainville Naked-tailed Rat, Solomys salebrosus
      • Isabel Naked-tailed Rat, Solomys sapientis
      • Buka Island Naked-tailed Rat, Solomys spriggsarum
    • Genus Uromys - giant naked-tailed rats
      • Giant Naked-tailed Rat, Uromys anak
      • Biak Giant Rat, Uromys boeadii
      • Giant White-tailed Rat, Uromys caudimaculatus
      • Emma's Giant Rat, Uromys emmae
      • Masked White-tailed Rat, Uromys hadrourus
      • Emperor Rat, Uromys imperator ?
      • Bismarck Giant Rat, Uromys neobritanicus
      • Guadalcanal Rat, Uromys porculus ?
      • King Rat, Uromys rex
      • Great Key Island Giant Rat, Uromys siebersi
  • Xeromys Division
    • Genus Lepto mys
      • Leptomys arfakensis
      • Long-footed Water Rat, Leptomys elegans
      • Ernst Mayr's Water Rat, Leptomys ernstmayri
      • Leptomys paulus
      • Fly River Water Rat, Leptomys signatus
    • Genus Pseudohydromys - New Guinea false water rats
      • Bishop moss-mouse, Pseudohydromys berniceae
      • Huon Smalltoothed Moss-mouse, Pseudohydromys carlae
      • Laurie?s Moss-mouse, Pseudohydromys eleanorae
      • One-toothed Shrew-mouse, Pseudohydromys ellermani
      • Mottled-tailed Shrew Mouse, Pseudohydromys fuscus
      • German's One-toothed Moss Mouse, Pseudohydromys germani
      • Eastern Shrew Mouse, Pseudohydromys murinus
      • Musser's Shrew Mouse, Pseudohydromys musseri
      • Western Shrew Mouse, Pseudohydromys occidentalis
      • Woolley?s Moss-mouse, Pseudohydromys patriciae
      • Southern Small-toothed Moss-mouse, Pseudohydromys pumehanae< /li>
      • White-bellied Moss-mouse, Pseudohydromys sandrae
    • Genus Xeromys - False Water Rat
      • False Water Rat, Xeromys myoides
  • Otomyines Division
    • Genus Myotomys - African karoo rats
      • Sloggett's Vlei Rat, Myotomys sloggetti
      • Bush Vlei Rat, Myotomys unisulcatus
    • Genus Otomys - groove-toothed or vlei rats
      • Angolan Vlei Rat, Otomys anchietae
      • Angoni Vlei Rat, Otomys angoniensis
      • Barbour's Vlei Rat, Otomys barbouri
      • Burton's Vlei Rat, Otomys burtoni
      • Cuanza Vlei Rat, Otomys cuanzensis
      • Ruwenzori Vlei Rat, Otomys dartmouthi
      • Dent's Vlei Rat, Otomys denti
      • Dollman's Vlei Rat, Otomys dollmani
      • Southern African Vlei Rat, Otomys irroratus
      • Mount Elgon Vlei Rat, Otomys jacksoni
      • Tanzanian Vlei Rat, Otomys lacustris
      • Laminate Vlei Rat, Otomys laminatus
      • Large Vlei Rat, Otomys maximus
      • Western Vlei Rat, Otomys occidentalis
      • Afroalpine Vlei Rat, Otomys orestes
      • Saunder's Vlei Rat, Otomys saundersiae
      • Tropical Vlei Rat, Otomys tropicalis
      • Typical Vlei Rat, Otomys typus
      • Uzungwe Vlei Rat, Otomys uzungwensis
    • Genus Parotomys - whistling rats
      • Brants's Whistling Rat, Parotomys brantsii
      • Littledale's Whistling Rat, Parotomys littledalei
  • incertae sedis
    • Genus Mirzamys
      • Mirza?s Western Moss Rat, Mirzamys louiseae
      • Mirza?s Eastern Moss Rat, Mirzamys norahae
    • Genus Musseromys
      • Banahaw Tree Mouse, Musseromys gulantang

References

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Taxonomy

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The Subfamily Murinae is a member of the Family Muridae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Murinae:

  • Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
    • Kingdom: Animalia C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
      • Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
        • Branch: Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
          • Infrakingdom: Chordonia (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
            • Phylum: Chordata Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
              • Subphylum: Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
                • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
                  • Superclass: Tetrapoda Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
                    • Class: Mammalia C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Mammals
                      • Subclass: Theriiformes (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
                        • Infraclass: Holotheria (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
                          • Superlegion: Trechnotheria McKenna, 1975
                            • Legion: Cladotheria McKenna, 1975
                              • Sublegion: Zatheria McKenna, 1975
                                • Infralegion: Tribosphenida (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
                                  • Supercohort: Theria (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997 - a genus of Click Beetles (Elateridae)
                                    • Cohort: Placentalia (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997 - Placentals
                                      • Magnorder: Epitheria (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
                                        • Superorder: Preptotheria (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
                                          • Grandorder: Anagalida (Szalay & McKenna, 1971) McKenna, 1975
                                            • Mirorder: Simplicidentata (Weber, 1904) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
                                              • Order: Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - Rodents
                                                • Suborder: Myomorpha Brandt, 1855 - Mice, Rats
                                                  • Infraorder: Myodonta (Schaub, in Grassé & Dekeyser, 1955) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
                                                    • Superfamily: Muroidea Illiger, 1811
                                                      • Family: Muridae (Illiger, 1811) Gray, 1821 - campagnols, mice, rats, souris, voles
                                                        • Subfamily: Murinae - Old World Mice, Old World Rats

The Subfamily Murinae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genera

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Abditomys

The Luzon Broad-toothed Rat (Abditomys latidens) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. [more]

Acomys

The term spiny mouse refers to any species of rodent within the genus Acomys. Similar in appearance to mice of the genus Mus, spiny mice are small mammals with bare, scaled tails. However, their coats are endowed with unusually stiff guard hairs that function similarly to the spines of a hedgehog; this trait is the source of the common name, spiny mouse. [more]

Aethomys

Aethomys is a genus of rodent from Africa. They are commonly referred to as rock rats, bush rats or rock mice. [more]

Anisomys

The Squirrel-toothed Rat, New Guinea Giant Rat, Powerful-toothed Rat, Uneven-toothed Rat, or Narrow-toothed Giant Rat (Anisomys imitator), is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Anisomys. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. [more]

Anonymomys

The Mindoro Climbing Rat or Mindoro Rat (Anonymomys mindorensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in the Philippines. It is the only species in the genus Anonymomys. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. [more]

Antemus

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Apodemus

Apodemus is the genus of Muridae (true mice and rats) which contains the Eurasian field mice. Related to the Ryukyu spiny rats (Tokudaia) and the prehistoric ? and far more distantly to Mus and Malacomys ?, it includes the following species: [more]

Apomys

Apomys is a genus of rodent endemic to the Philippines. Mice belonging to this genus are generally called Philippine forest mice and can be found on most islands of the Philippines except in Palawan, the Sulu Archipelago, and the Batanes and Babuyan group of islands. [more]

Archboldomys

Archboldomys, the shrew-mice, are a genus of rodents in the family Muridae. They are carnivores that feed on invertebrates much like shrews do. A apparently smaller relatives of the true shrew-rats Chrotomys and Rhynchomys, Archboldomys are somewhat convergent to the more distantly related Crunomys. [more]

Arvicanthis

Arvicanthis is a genus of rodent from Africa. They are commonly referred to as unstriped grass mice, unstriped grass rats, and kusu rats [more]

Baiyankamys

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Bandicota

Bandicota is a genus of rodent from Asia. They are known as the bandicoot rats. [more]

Batomys

Batomys is a genus of rodent from the Philippines. [more]

Berylmys

The White-toothed rats, genus Berylmys, are a group of Old World rats from Asia. [more]

Bullimus

Bullimus is a genus of rodent from the Philippines, as first catalogued by Mearns, in 1905. [more]

Bunomys

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Canariomys

Canariomys is an extinct genus of rodents (Old World rats and mice) that once existed on the islands of Tenerife and Gran Canaria, part of the Canary Islands, Spain. These giant rats could reach a weight of about 1 kg. [more]

Carpomys

Carpomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Castillomys

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Celaenomys

The genus Chrotomys contain a unique group of rodents found only in the Philippines, specifically the islands of Luzon, Mindoro, and Sibuyan. Instead of being predominantly herbivorous or omnivorous like other murines, these rats feed predominantly on invertebrates although they do eat some vegetable matter. This vermivory is probably the result of a rat-like animal moving into an ecological niche usually filled by shrews. Shrews and other insectivores are absent on these Philippine islands. [more]

Chardinomys

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Chiromyscus

Fea's Tree Rat (Chiromyscus chiropus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. [more]

Chiropodomys

Chiropodomys (or pencil-tailed tree mice) is a genus of Old World rats and mice native to Southeast Asia and Indonesia. They are tree-dwelling, very small mice, mostly found in tropical rainforest. In total six extant species have been identified, but only one of these, Chiropodomys gliroides, is common and widely distributed, and has been extensively studied. [more]

Chiruromys

Chiruromys is a genus of Old World mouse that is restricted to New Guinea and the nearby islands of Goodenough, Fergusson, and Normanby. [more]

Chrotomys

The genus Chrotomys contain a unique group of rodents found only in the Philippines, specifically the islands of Luzon, Mindoro, and Sibuyan. Instead of being predominantly herbivorous or omnivorous like other murines, these rats feed predominantly on invertebrates although they do eat some vegetable matter. This vermivory is probably the result of a rat-like animal moving into an ecological niche usually filled by shrews. Shrews and other insectivores are absent on these Philippine islands. [more]

Coccymys

Coccymys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Coelomys

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Colomys

The African Wading Rat or African Water Rat (Colomys goslingi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Colomys. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Liberia, Rwanda, Sudan, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, and intermittent rivers. [more]

Conilurus

The rabbit rats, genus Conilurus represent an unusual genus of Old World rats from Australia, New Guinea, and Melville Island. [more]

Coryphomys

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Crateromys

Crateromys is a genus of rodent, native to the Philippines, in the family Muridae. It contains four species: [more]

Cremnomys

Cremnomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Crossomys

The Earless Water Rat (Crossomys moncktoni) is a rodent, part of the Hydromys group of the subfamily of Old World rats and mice (Murinae). It is the only species of the genus Crossomys. This species is probably most closely related to Baiyankamys. It is still unclear to which species this group is related. It is one of the most aquatically adapted rodents of the world. [more]

Crunomys

Crunomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Dacnomys

The Millard's Rat (Dacnomys millardi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Dacnomys. It is found in China, India, Laos, and Nepal. [more]

Dasymys

Dasymys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Dephomys

Dephomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Desmomys

Desmomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Diomys

Crump's Mouse (Diomys crumpi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Diomys. It is found in India and Nepal. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. [more]

Diplothrix

The Ryukyu long-tailed giant rat or Ryukyu rat (Diplothrix legata) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Diplothrix. It is found only in Japan. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. [more]

Echiothrix

Echiothrix is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Eropeplus

The Sulawesi Soft-furred Rat (Eropeplus canus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Eropeplus. It is found only in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. [more]

Euryotomys

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Golunda

The Indian Bush Rat (Golunda ellioti) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only extant member of the genus Golunda. [more]

Grammomys

Grammomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Hadromys

Hadromys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Haeromys

Haeromys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Hapalomys

Hapalomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Heimyscus

The African Smoky Mouse or Smokey Heimyscus (Heimyscus fumosus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Heimyscus. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss. [more]

Hybomys

Hybomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Hydromys

Hydromys is a genus of rodents in the subfamily Murinae. [more]

Hylomyscus

Hylomyscus is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Hyomys

The White-eared giant rats, genus Hyomys, are a group of from New Guinea. [more]

Kadarsanomys

Sody's Tree Rat (Kadarsanomys sodyi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. [more]

Komodomys

The Komodo Rat (Komodomys rintjanus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. [more]

Lamottemys

The Mt. Oku Rat (Lamottemys okuensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. [more]

Leggada

A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[1] [more]

Leggadina

Leggadina is a genus of from Australia. [more]

Lemniscomys

The eleven species in genus Lemniscomys are the striped grass mice. They are small rodents with striped fur, native to Africa. [more]

Lenomys

The Trefoil-toothed Giant Rat (Lenomys meyeri) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Indonesia. [more]

Lenothrix

The Gray Tree Rat (Lenothrix canus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia. [more]

Leopoldamys

Leopoldamys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Leporillus

Leporillus is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Leptomys

Leptomys is a genus of rodent from New Guinea. It is considered part of the New Guinea Old Endemics, meaning it was part of the first wave of murine rodents to colonize the island. [more]

Limnomys

Limnomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Lophuromys

The brush-furred mice, genus Lophuromys are a peculiar group of rodents found in sub-Saharan Africa. They are members of the subfamily Deomyinae, a group only identifiable through molecular analysis. Lophuromys is also known as the brush-furred rats, harsh-furred rats or coarse-haired mice. [more]

Lorentzimys

The New Guinean Jumping Mouse (Lorentzimys nouhuysi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. [more]

Macruromys

Macruromys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Malacomys

Malacomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Mallomys

Mallomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. The name of the genus derives from the Greek ?a????, mall?s, wool, and ???, m?s, mouse/rat. These very large rats weigh between 0.95 and 2 kilograms (2.1 and 4.4 lb) and are native to highlands in New Guinea. Little is known about their behavior, but they are believed to feed on leaves, grasses and other plant material. [more]

Malpaisomys

The Lava Mouse, Malpaisomys insularis, is an extinct endemic rodent from the Canary Islands, Spain. It is the only species in the genus Malpaisomys. [more]

Margaretamys

Margaretamys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Mastacomys

A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[2] [more]

Mastomys

Mastomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Maxomys

Maxomys is a genus of mice, widespread in Southeast Asia. They are mid-sized rodents, similar to rats, that live on the ground of tropical rainforests. There they build nests, padded with fallen leaves from trees. They feed on roots, fallen fruit, and other plants, as well as insects. All species are shy and avoid food from humans. [more]

Mayermys

Pseudohydromys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Melasmothrix

The Sulawesian Shrew Rat (Melasmothrix naso) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Melasmothrix. It is found only in Indonesia. [more]

Melomys

Melomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Mesembriomys

Mesembriomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Microhydromys

Microhydromys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Micromys

Micromys is a genus of small rodents in the subfamily Murinae without close relations to any other murine genus. It contains two living species: the widespread Eurasian harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) of much of Europe and Asia and the more restricted of Vietnam, southern China, and perhaps nearby regions. Fossils of Micromys date back to the Late Miocene and include at least ten extinct species, which form several lineages. [more]

Millardia

Millardia is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Muriculus

The Ethiopian Striped Mouse or Striped-back Mouse (Muriculus imberbis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Ethiopia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland and urban areas. It is threatened by habitat loss. [more]

Mus

Mus can refer to: [more]

Mylomys

Mylomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Myomys

Myomyscus is a genus of rodent. Species in this genus are often placed in the genus Myomys Thomas, 1915, but the type specimen for Myomys is actually a Mastomys. Other species that had been previously assigned to Myomys are now considered to belong to the genera Praomys and Stenocephalemys. [more]

Myomyscus

Myomyscus is a genus of rodent. Species in this genus are often placed in the genus Myomys Thomas, 1915, but the type specimen for Myomys is actually a Mastomys. Other species that had been previously assigned to Myomys are now considered to belong to the genera Praomys and Stenocephalemys. [more]

Neohydromys

Pseudohydromys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Nesokia

Nesokia is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Nesoromys

A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[3] [more]

Nilopegamys

The Ethiopian Amphibious Rat or Ethiopian Water Mouse (Nilopegamys plumbeus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Nilopegamys. It is found only in Ethiopia. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss. [more]

Niviventer

Niviventer is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Notomys

A hopping mouse is any of about ten different Australian native mice in the genus Notomys. They are rodents, not marsupials, and their ancestors are thought to have arrived from Asia about 5 million years ago. [more]

Oenomys

Oenomys is a genus of from Africa. They are commonly known as rufous-nosed rats or rusty-nosed rats. [more]

Orientalomys

Otomys

African vlei rats (Otomys), also known as groove-toothed rats, live in many areas of sub-Saharan Africa. They live in marshlands and grasslands, and eat the green grass and herbs that grow there, occasionally supplementing this with roots and seeds. They are named after "vlei", the local term for intermittent lakes. [more]

Palawanomys

The Palawan Soft-furred Mountain Rat (Palawanomys furvus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Palawanomys. It is found only in the Philippines. [more]

Papagomys

Papagomys is a genus of very large rats in the tribe of the subfamily Murinae. It contains two species, which are known only from the Indonesian island of Flores: [more]

Paraethomys

Parahydromys

The New Guinea Waterside Rat, Parahydromys asper, is the only member of the genus Parahydromys. It is considered part of the Old Endemics, meaning its ancestors were part of the first wave of murine rodents to colonize the island. [more]

Paraleptomys

Paraleptomys is a genus of rodent from New Guinea. It is considered part of the New Guinea Old Endemics, meaning it was part of the first wave of murine rodents to colonize the island. [more]

Parapelomys

Parapodemus

Parotomys

Parotomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Paruromys

The Sulawesi Giant Rat (Paruromys dominator) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is monotypic in the genus Paruromys. The species is endemic to Sulawesi in Indonesia, where it inhabits forests at elevations from sea level to the tree line. It is frugivorous and semiarboreal. While not currently listed as threatened, it is impacted by both habitat destruction and subsistence hunting. [more]

Paulamys

The Flores Long-nosed Rat (Paulamys naso) was assessed to be extinct in 1996. This species is only to be confirmed to have existed by subfossil fragments. The subfossil fragments were found in , Indonesia, so is thought to have previously resided there. It is the only member of the genus Paulamys. [more]

Pelomys

Pelomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Phloeomys

Phloeomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Pithecheir

Pithecheir is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Pogonomelomys

Pogonomelomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Pogonomys

Pogonomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. [more]

Praomys

Praomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Progonomys

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Pseudohydromys

Pseudohydromys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Pseudomys

Pseudomys is a genus of rodent that contains a wide variety of mice native to Australia and New Guinea. They are among the few terrestrial placental mammals that colonised Australia without human intervention. [more]

Rattus

Rats are various medium-sized, long-tailed of the superfamily Muroidea. "True rats" are members of the genus Rattus, the most important of which to humans are the black rat, Rattus rattus, and the brown rat, Rattus norvegicus. Many members of other rodent genera and families are also called rats and share many characteristics with true rats. [more]

Rhabdomys

Rhabdomys is a largely Southern African genus of muroid rodents slightly larger than house mice. They are known variously as Striped or Four-Striped mice or rats. Traditionally the genus has been seen as a single species, Rhabdomys pumilio, though modern evidence on the basis of karyotype and mtDNA analysis suggests that it comprises two or more species and subspecies. Dorsally Rhabdomys species display four characteristic black longitudinal stripes on a paler background. [more]

Rhagamys

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Rhagapodemus

Rhynchomys

The shrewlike rats, genus Rhynchomys, also known as the tweezer-beaked rats are a group of unusual Old World rats found only on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. They look a great deal like shrews and are an example of convergent evolution. Shrewlike rats evolved to be vermivores (worm-eaters) and insectivores feeding on soft-bodied invertebrates associated with leaf litter. [more]

Saidomys

Solomys

Solomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. These large rats, which are all seriously threatened (one already extinct), are native to the Solomon Islands. [more]

Spelaeomys

The Flores Cave Rat (Spelaeomys florensis) lived on , Indonesia. MacPhee and Flemming assessed this species to be extinct in 1996, but believed it probably died out before 1500 A.D. This specimen is only known from a few subfossil fragments. It is the only member of the genus Spelaeomys. [more]

Srilankamys

The Ohiya Rat (Srilankamys ohiensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Srilankamys. It is found only in Sri Lanka. [more]

Stenocephalemys

Stenocephalemys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species, all of which are found in or near Ethiopia: [more]

Stenomys

Rats are various medium-sized, long-tailed of the superfamily Muroidea. "True rats" are members of the genus Rattus, the most important of which to humans are the black rat, Rattus rattus, and the brown rat, Rattus norvegicus. Many members of other rodent genera and families are also called rats and share many characteristics with true rats. [more]

Stephanomys

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Stochomys

The Target Rat, Stochomys longicaudatus, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Stochomys. It is found in Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, Togo, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. [more]

Sundamys

Sundamys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Sylvaemus

A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[4] [more]

Taeromys

Taeromys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Tarsomys

Tarsomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: [more]

Tateomys

Tateomys is a genus of rodent from Sulawesi. [more]

Thallomys

The Acacia rats (Thallomys) are a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. [more]

Thamnomys

The thicket rats, genusThamnomys, are a group of Old World rats from East Central Africa. [more]

Tokudaia

Tokudaia is a genus of murine rodent native to Japan. Known as Ryukyu spiny rats or spinous country-rats, population groups exist on several non-contiguous islands. Despite differences in name and appearance, they are the closest living relatives of the Eurasian field mouse (Apodemus). [more]

Tryphomys

The Luzon Short-nosed Rat (Tryphomys adustus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Tryphomys. It is found only in the Philippines. [more]

Uranomys

The Rudd's Mouse or the White-bellied Brush-furred Rat, Uranomys ruddi, is the only member of the genus Uranomys. This animal is closely related to the spiny mice, brush-furred mice, and the Link Rat. [more]

Uromys

The giant naked-tailed rats, genus Uromys, are a group of Old World rats from Australia, New Guinea, Guadalcanal and nearby islands. [more]

Vandeleuria

Vandeleuria is a small genus of rodent from Asia with only three species. Also known as the long-tailed climbing mice. [more]

Vernaya

Vernaya is a genus of from South China and North Burma. [more]

Xenuromys

The Mimic Tree-rat, Rock-dwelling Giant Rat, or Rock-dwelling Rat (Xenuromys barbatus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. [more]

Xeromys

Xeromys myoides, the False Water-rat, is a species of rodent native to waterways of Australia and Papua New Guinea. [more]

Zelotomys

Zelotomys is a small genus of from Africa with only two species. They are commonly referred to as broad-headed stink mice or broad-headed mice. [more]

Zyzomys

Zyzomys is a genus of rodents with unusually thick, long tails. Five species of the genus are known in Australia, where they are called rock rats or thick-tailed rats. They were discovered by Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas in 1909. [more]

At least 6 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Zyzomys.

More info about the Genus Zyzomys may be found here.

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Footnotes

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  1. http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=112935
  2. http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=113018
  3. http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=113147
  4. http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=113520

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