Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • proper noun A taxonomic superfamily within the infraorder Myodonta — the hamsters, gerbils, mice, rats, etc., collectively known as murids.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Latin mus, mouse

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Muroidea.

Examples

  • Systematics and ecology of ichthyomyine rodents (Muroidea): patterns of morphological evolution in a small adaptive radiation.

    Archive 2006-03-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • New taxa of nesomyine rodents (Muroidea: Muridae) from Madagascar's northern highlands, with taxonomic comments on previously described forms.

    Madagascar subhumid forests 2007

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.