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Muridae Illiger 1811
Description
Family MURIDAE
(TRUE MICE AND RATS, GERBILS AND RELATIVES)
• Small to medium-sized rodents with mouse-shaped skulls; squirrel-shaped mandibles; and mostly long, naked tails equal to or longer than head-body lengths.
• 7-75 cm.
• Worldwide, except Antarctica.
• All terrestrial and some aquatic habitats.
• 155 genera, 816 species, at least 916 extant taxa.
• 15 species Critically Endangered, 52 species Endangered, 60 species Vulnerable; 14 species Extinct since 1600.
Notes
Published as part of Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Muridae, pp. 536-884 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 536, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6887260
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