Organisms

Muridae

A family of the order Rodentia containing 250 genera including the two genera Mus (MICE) and Rattus (RATS), from which the laboratory inbred strains are developed. The fifteen subfamilies are SIGMODONTINAE (New World mice and rats), CRICETINAE, Spalacinae, Myospalacinae, Lophiomyinae, ARVICOLINAE, Platacanthomyinae, Nesomyinae, Otomyinae, Rhizomyinae, GERBILLINAE, Dendromurinae, Cricetomyinae, MURINAE (Old World mice and rats), and Hydromyinae.

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A family of the order Rodentia containing 250 genera including the two genera Mus (MICE) and Rattus (RATS), from which the laboratory inbred strains are developed. The fifteen subfamilies are SIGMODONTINAE (New World mice and rats), CRICETINAE, Spalacinae, Myospalacinae, Lophiomyinae, ARVICOLINAE, Platacanthomyinae, Nesomyinae, Otomyinae, Rhizomyinae, GERBILLINAE, Dendromurinae, Cricetomyinae, MURINAE (Old World mice and rats), and Hydromyinae.

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Synonyms

2 entry terms
  • Murids
  • Murid

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18 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, embryology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, psychology, surgery, urine, virology.

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do not check tags MICE or RATS

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Previous Indexing

  • Mice (1966-1981)
  • Rats (1966-1981)
  • Rodentia (1966-1981)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Muridae. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009115. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009115
  2. Muridae. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muridae
  3. Muridae. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25916