Muridae

E736487

Muridae is the largest family of rodents, encompassing mice, rats, and many related small mammals found worldwide.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Muridae canonical 12
Murinae 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf rodent family ⓘ
taxonomic family ⓘ
class Mammalia ⓘ
containsGenus Acomys ⓘ
Apodemus ⓘ
Gerbillus ⓘ
linked to: Gerbillinae

Mastomys ⓘ
Meriones ⓘ
Mus ⓘ
Peromyscus (in some classifications) ⓘ
Praomys ⓘ
Rattus ⓘ
containsSubfamily Deomyinae ⓘ
Gerbillinae ⓘ
Leimacomyinae ⓘ
Lophiomyinae ⓘ
Murinae ⓘ
linked to: Muridae

Otomyinae ⓘ
describedBy John Edward Gray ⓘ
diet omnivorous ⓘ
distribution worldwide ⓘ
ecologicalRole prey for many predators ⓘ
seed disperser ⓘ
economicImpact agricultural pest ⓘ
disease reservoir ⓘ
laboratory animal source ⓘ
estimatedSpeciesCount over 700 species ⓘ
foundOnContinent Africa ⓘ
Antarctica (introduced in limited coastal areas) ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
Australia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
North America ⓘ
South America ⓘ
hasTypeSpeciesGenus Mus ⓘ
includesCommonName gerbils ⓘ
hamster-like rodents ⓘ
mice ⓘ
rats ⓘ
isLargestFamilyOf Mammalia ⓘ
Rodentia ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
order Rodentia ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproduction rapid breeder ⓘ
superfamily Muroidea ⓘ
taxonRank family ⓘ
typicalBodySize small mammal ⓘ
yearDescribed 1821 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

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

Mus musculus → family → Muridae ⓘ
subject linked to: house mouse (Mus musculus)
Sciurognathi → includesTaxon → Muridae ⓘ
Rattus → family → Muridae ⓘ
subject linked to: Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus)
Norway rat → family → Muridae ⓘ
subject linked to: Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus)
Myomorpha → containsFamily → Muridae ⓘ
Hastings River mouse → family → Muridae ⓘ
Muridae → containsSubfamily → Murinae ⓘ
linked to: Muridae
Rattus → parentTaxon → Murinae ⓘ
linked to: Muridae
Rattus → family → Muridae ⓘ
Muroidea → includes → Muridae ⓘ
Ryukyu spiny rat → family → Muridae ⓘ
Ryukyu spiny rat → subfamily → Murinae ⓘ
linked to: Muridae