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- proper noun A taxonomic
subfamily within thefamily Muridae — theOld World mice andrats .
Etymologies
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Mus + -inae
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Multigene phylogeny of the Old World mice, Murinae, reveals distinct geographic lineages and the declining utility of mitochondrial genes compared to nuclear genes.
Archive 2006-03-01 Darren Naish 2006
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_Phlaeomyinae_; _Murinae_; _Arvicolinae_; _Cricetinae_.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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