Definition of Family Muridae

1. Noun. Originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide; distinguished from the Cricetidae by typically lacking cheek pouches.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Muridae

family Mobulidae
family Molidae
family Molossidae
family Momotidae
family Moniliaceae
family Monocanthidae
family Monodontidae
family Monotropaceae
family Moraceae
family Morchellaceae
family Motacillidae
family Mucoraceae
family Mugilidae
family Mullidae
family Muraenidae
family Muridae (current term)
family Musaceae
family Muscicapidae
family Muscidae
family Musophagidae
family Mustelidae
family Mutillidae
family Myacidae
family Mycetophylidae
family Mycobacteriaceae
family Mycoplasmataceae
family Myctophidae
family Myliobatidae
family Mylodontidae
family Myricaceae

Literary usage of Family Muridae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of the Pleistocene Or Glacial Period: As Recorded in the Deposits by Frank Collins Baker (1920)
"primigenius Blumenbach family Muridae Fiber zibethicus (Linn.) FAMILY CASTORIDAE Castor canadensis Kuhl FAMILY ..."

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