Muroidea
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Translingual
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Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Muroidea
- A taxonomic superfamily within the order Rodentia – hamsters, gerbils, mice, rats, etc., collectively known as muroids.
Usage notes
[edit]- The hypernymy of the words in their strict/narrow senses is muroid (superfamily Muroidea) > murid (family Muridae) > murine (subfamily Murinae), although in broad use the taxon-specific distinctions below superfamily are often ignored.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (superfamily): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Rodentia - order; Myomorpha - suborder
Hyponyms
[edit]- (superfamily): Calomyscidae, Cricetidae, Muridae, Nesomyidae, Platacanthomyidae, Spalacidae (families)
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (superfamily in Myomorpha): Dipodoidea
References
[edit]Muroidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Muroidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Muroidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Muroidea in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.