Talk:Muridae
Distribution[edit]
- New Zealand (adventive)
etc.
Notes[edit]
The "Muridae" as used here contains at least 6 distinct families: Muridae with Murinae, Deomyinae, Gerbillinae and Lophiomyinae, Calomyscidae without subfamilies, Cricetidae with Neotominae, Tylomyinae, Sigmodontinae, Cricetinae and Arvicolinae, Platacanthomyidae without subfamilies, Nesomyidae with Petromyscinae, Nesomyinae, Dendromurinae and Mystromyinae, and Spalacidae with Spalacinae, Rhizomyinae and Myospalacinae (see en:Muroidea). However, I don't feel like changing everything. Ucucha 06:25, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
ITIS states:
Suborder Myomorpha Brandt, 1855 -- mice, rats, rats, souris[edit]
Family Muridae Illiger, 1815 -- campagnols, mice, rats, rats, souris, voles[edit]
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 --
- Subfamily Spalacinae Gray, 1821
Dan Koehl 14:27, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
ITIS is wrong. Ucucha 04:47, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Steppan, S.J., Adkins, R.A. & Anderson. J. 2004. Phylogeny and divergence date estimates of rapid radiations in muroid rodents based on multiple nuclear genes. Systematic Biology 53:533-553. Ucucha 04:51, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)