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Muridae  Illiger, 1815
Taxonomic Serial No.: 180360

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Cricetidae G. Fischer, 1817
  
  Common Name(s): campagnols [French]
  
    mice [English]
  
    rats [English]
  
    rats [French]
  
    souris [French]
  
    voles [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete    
  Latest Record Review: 2004    
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 -- mamífero, mammals, mammifères  
             SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                   OrderRodentia Bowdich, 1821 -- esquilo, preá, rato, rodents, roedor, rongeurs  
                      SuborderMyomorpha Brandt, 1855 -- mice, rats, rats, souris  
                         FamilyMuridae Illiger, 1815 -- campagnols, mice, rats, rats, souris, voles  
    Direct Children:  
                            Subfamily Arvicolinae Gray, 1821 -- arvicoline rodents 
                            Subfamily Calomyscinae Vorontsov and Potapova, 1979  
                            Subfamily Cricetinae G. Fischer, 1817  
                            Subfamily Cricetomyinae Roberts, 1951  
                            Subfamily Dendromurinae Alston, 1876  
                            Subfamily Gerbillinae Gray, 1825  
                            Subfamily Lophiomyinae Milne-Edwards, 1867  
                            Subfamily Murinae Illiger, 1815 -- Old World mice, Old World rats 
                            Subfamily Myospalacinae Lilljeborg, 1866  
                            Subfamily Mystromyinae Vorontsov, 1966  
                            Subfamily Nesomyinae Major, 1897  
                            Subfamily Otomyinae Thomas, 1897  
                            Subfamily Petromyscinae Roberts, 1951  
                            Subfamily Platacanthomyinae Alston, 1876  
                            Subfamily Rhizomyinae Winge, 1887  
                            Subfamily Sigmodontinae Wagner, 1843 -- New World mice, New World rats 
                            Subfamily Spalacinae Gray, 1821  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner  
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Muridae   
       
  Expert: Guy G. Musser  
  Notes: Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024   
  Reference for: Muridae   
       
  Expert: Michael D. Carleton  
  Notes: Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560   
  Reference for: Muridae   
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: campagnols [French], rats [French], souris [French]   
       
  Source: Mammal Species of the World, website (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 1998   
  Notes: http://nmnhgoph.si.edu/msw/   
  Reference for: Muridae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Muridae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Muridae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Muridae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Muridae   
       

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