Back Ræt ANG فأرينات Arabic فارينات ARZ Muroidea AST Siçankimilər Azerbaijani Muroidea Bulgarian Muroïdeus Catalan Chṳ̄ CDO Muroidea CEB Mäuseartige German
| Muroidea Temporal range:
| |
|---|---|
| |
| Common vole (Microtus arvalis) | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Suborder: | Myomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Muroidea Illiger, 1811 |
| Families | |
|
Platacanthomyidae sister: Dipodoidea | |
The Muroidea are a large superfamily of rodents, including mice, rats, voles, hamsters, lemmings, gerbils, and many other relatives. Although the Muroidea originated in Eurasia,[1] they occupy a vast variety of habitats on every continent except Antarctica. Some authorities have placed all members of this group into a single family, Muridae, due to difficulties in determining how the subfamilies are related to one another. Many of the families within the Muroidea superfamily have more variations between the families than between the different clades.[2] A possible explanation for the variations in rodents is because of the location of these rodents; these changes could have been due to radiation[3] or the overall environment they migrated to or originated[4] in. The following taxonomy is based on recent well-supported molecular phylogenies.[5]
The muroids are classified in six families, 19 subfamilies, around 280 genera, and at least 1,750 species.
- ^ D'elía, G.; González, E.M.; Pardiñas, U.F.J. (2003). "Phylogenetic analysis of sigmodontine rodents (Muroidea), with special reference to the akodont genus Deltamys". Mammalian Biology. 68 (6): 351–364. doi:10.1078/1616-5047-00104. hdl:11336/102889.
- ^ Alhajeri, Bader H.; Steppan, Scott J. (September 2018). "Disparity and Evolutionary Rate Do Not Explain Diversity Patterns in Muroid Rodents (Rodentia: Muroidea)". Evolutionary Biology. 45 (3): 324–344. Bibcode:2018EvBio..45..324A. doi:10.1007/s11692-018-9453-z. ISSN 0071-3260. S2CID 255342087.
- ^ Jansa, Sharon A.; Giarla, Thomas C.; Lim, Burton K. (2009-10-15). "The Phylogenetic Position of the Rodent Genus Typhlomys and the Geographic Origin of Muroidea". Journal of Mammalogy. 90 (5): 1083–1094. doi:10.1644/08-MAMM-A-318.1. ISSN 0022-2372.
- ^ Jansa, Sharon A.; Giarla, Thomas C.; Lim, Burton K. (2009-10-15). "The Phylogenetic Position of the Rodent Genus Typhlomys and the Geographic Origin of Muroidea". Journal of Mammalogy. 90 (5): 1083–1094. doi:10.1644/08-MAMM-A-318.1. ISSN 0022-2372.
- ^ Steppan, S.; Adkins, R.; Anderson, J. (2004). "Phylogeny and Divergence-Date Estimates of Rapid Radiations in Muroid Rodents Based on Multiple Nuclear Genes". Systematic Biology. 53 (4): 533–553. doi:10.1080/10635150490468701. PMID 15371245.