Myomorpha

E203707

Myomorpha is a major suborder of rodents that includes mice, rats, gerbils, hamsters, and related small, typically omnivorous mammals characterized by specialized jaw and tooth structures.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Myomorpha canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf suborder of mammals ⓘ
suborder of rodents ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
belongsToClade Glires ⓘ
characterizedBy elongated incisors ⓘ
myomorphous zygomatic arch ⓘ
specialized jaw musculature ⓘ
specialized tooth structure ⓘ
class Mammalia ⓘ
commonHabitat deserts ⓘ
forests ⓘ
grasslands ⓘ
terrestrial habitats ⓘ
containsFamily Calomyscidae ⓘ
Cricetidae ⓘ
Dipodidae ⓘ
Muridae ⓘ
Nesomyidae ⓘ
Platacanthomyidae ⓘ
linked to: Leithiinae

Spalacidae ⓘ
diet omnivorous ⓘ
dominantActivityPattern nocturnal ⓘ
ecologicalRole prey for many predators ⓘ
seed dispersers ⓘ
hasSubclade Dipodoidea ⓘ
Muroidea ⓘ
includes New World rats and mice ⓘ
Old World rats and mice ⓘ
deer mice ⓘ
gerbils ⓘ
hamsters ⓘ
jerboas ⓘ
lemmings ⓘ
mice ⓘ
rats ⓘ
spiny mice ⓘ
voles ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
locomotion quadrupedal ⓘ
notableFeature ever-growing incisors ⓘ
high reproductive rate ⓘ
order Rodentia ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproduction typically multiple litters per year ⓘ
viviparous ⓘ
sensoryAdaptation well-developed vibrissae ⓘ
superorder Euarchontoglires ⓘ
taxonRank suborder ⓘ
typicalBodySize small mammal ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rodentia → hasSuborder → Myomorpha ⓘ
Sciuromorpha → distinguishedFrom → Myomorpha ⓘ
Dipodidae → suborder → Myomorpha ⓘ
Nesomyidae → suborder → Myomorpha ⓘ