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- proper noun A taxonomic
superfamily within theinfraorder Myodonta — thehamsters ,gerbils ,mice ,rats , etc., collectively known asmurids .
Etymologies
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Latin mus, mouse
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Systematics and ecology of ichthyomyine rodents (Muroidea): patterns of morphological evolution in a small adaptive radiation.
Archive 2006-03-01 Darren Naish 2006
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New taxa of nesomyine rodents (Muroidea: Muridae) from Madagascar's northern highlands, with taxonomic comments on previously described forms.
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