Taxonomy Profile: Murinae (Illiger 1811)

Murinae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom:

Animalia

Taxonomic Rank:

Subfamily

Synonym(s):

Coniluridae

Dahl 1897

Rattidae

Burnett 1830

Hydromyinae

Alston 1876

Phloeomyinae

Alston 1876

Pseudomyinae

Simpson 1961

Rhynchomyinae

Thomas 1897

Arvicanthini

Ducroz Volobouev and Granjon 2001

Uromyini

Lee Baverstock and Watts 1981

Common Name(s):

Old World rats []

Old World mice []

Taxonomic Status:

Current Standing:

valid

Data Quality Indicators:

Record Credibility Rating:

TWG standards met

Murinae: Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom : Animalia

animals |

Animal |

animaux |

Subkingdom : Bilateria

Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia

Phylum : Chordata

chordates |

cordado |

cordés |

Subphylum : Vertebrata

vertebrates |

vertebrado |

vertébrés |

Infradivision : Gnathostomata

Superclass : Tetrapoda

Class : Mammalia

mammals |

mamífero |

mammifères |

Subclass : Theria

Infraclass : Eutheria

Order : Rodentia

rodents |

esquilo |

preá |

rato |

roedor |

rongeurs |

Suborder : Myomorpha

Mice |

Rats |

Rats |

souris |

Voles |

Gerbils |

Hamsters |

Lemmings |

Superfamily : Muroidea

Family : Muridae

mice |

rats |

voles |

campagnols |

rats |

souris |

Subfamily : Murinae

Old World rats |

Old World mice |

Murinae Direct Children(s):

(Fischer 1803)

(Linnaeus 1758)

(Musser 1982)

(Thomas 1915)

(Thomas 1904)

(Musser 1981)

(Kaup 1829)

(Mearns 1905)

(Musser 1982)

(Lesson 1842)

(Gray 1873)

(Thomas 1895)

(Ellerman 1947)

(Mearns 1905)

(Thomas 1910)

(Crusafont-Pairo and F Petter 1964)

(Thomas 1895)

(Thomas 1925)

(Peters 1868)

(Thomas 1888)

(Thomas 1895)

(Menzies 1990)

(Thomas and Wroughton 1907)

(Ogilby 1838)

(Schaub 1937)

(Thomas 1895)

(Wroughton 1912)

(Thomas 1907)

(Thomas 1897)

(Thomas 1916)

(Peters 1875)

(Thomas 1926)

(Thomas 1910)

(Thomas 1917)

(Thomas 1916)

(Gray 1867)

(Miller and Hollister 1921)

(Gray 1837)

(Thomas 1915)

(Thomas 1911)

(Thomas 1911)

(Blyth 1859)

(Misonne 1969)

(Thomas 1910)

(É Geoffroy 1804)

(Thomas 1926)

(Thomas 1904)

(Musser 1981)

(Musser and Boeadi 1980)

(F Petter 1986)

(Thomas 1910)

(Trouessart 1881)

(Thomas 1898)

(Miller 1903)

(Ellerman 1947)

(Thomas 1906)

(Thomas 1897)

(Mearns 1905)

(Jentink 1911)

(Stein 1933)

(Milne-Edwards 1877)

(Thomas 1898)

(Hutterer Lopez-Martinez and Michaux 1988)

(Musser 1981)

(Thomas 1915)

(Sody 1936)

(Miller and Hollister 1921)

(Thomas 1922)

(Palmer 1906)

(Tate and Archbold 1941)

(Dehne 1841)

(Thomas 1911)

(Thomas 1903)

(Thomas 1906)

(Gray 1842)

(J T Marshall Jr 1976)

(Lesson 1842)

(Thomas 1904)

(Musser and Newcomb 1983)

(Sody 1941)

(Poche 1906)

(Tate and Archbold 1941)

(Ellerman 1954)

(Musser 1986)

(Peters 1852)

(Waterhouse 1839)

(Rümmler 1936)

(Milne-Edwards 1877)

(Thomas 1915)

(Rümmler 1934)

(Gray 1832)

(Thomas 1916)

(Thomas 1895)

(Thomas 1922)

(Hooijer 1957)

(Musser 1981)

Stenocephalemys

(Frick 1914)

(Thomas 1926)

(Musser and Newcomb 1983)

(Sody 1941)

(Mearns 1905)

(Musser 1969)

(Thomas 1920)

(Thomas 1907)

(Kuroda 1943)

(Miller 1910)

(Peters 1867)

(Gray 1842)

(Anthony 1941)

(Tate and Archbold 1941)

(Thomas 1889)

(Osgood 1910)

(Thomas 1909)

(Menzies 1990)

(Sody 1941)

(Menzies 1996)

(Thomas 1882)

(Ellerman 1941)

(Shortridge 1942)

(Thomas 1922)

(Osgood 1928)

(Rümmler 1936)

(Lesson 1840)

(Emmons 1993)

(Menzies 1996)

(Forsyth Major 1905)

(Musser and Durden 2002)

(Hinton 1943)

(Fabre Pagès Musser Fitriana Semiadi and Helgen 2013)

(Musser Lunde and Nguyen Truong Son 2006)

(Helgen and L Helgen 2009)

(Balete Rickart Heaney Alviola M V Duya M R M Duya Sosa and Jansa 2012)

(Heaney Balete Rickart Veluz and Jansa 2009)

(Musser and Lunde 2009)

(Musser Smith Robinson and Lunde 2005)

(Rowe Achmadi and Esselstyn 2014)

(Esselstyn Achmadi and Rowe 2012)

Murinae: References

Expert(s):

Expert:

Guy G. Musser

Notes:

Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024

Reference for:

Murinae

Expert:

Michael D. Carleton

Notes:

Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560

Reference for:

Murinae

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:

Murinae

Source(s):

Publication(s):

Author(s)/Editor(s):

Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.

Publication Date (Listed/Actual):

1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01

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:

Murinae

Author(s)/Editor(s):

McKenna, Malcolm C., and Susan K. Bell

Publication Date (Listed/Actual):

1997-01-01 / 1997-01-01

Article/Chapter Title:

Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:

Classification of mammals above the species level

Page(s):

631

Publisher:

Columbia University Press

Publication Place:

New York, New York, USA

ISBN/ISSN:

0-231-11012-X/

Notes:

Reference for:

Murinae

Author(s)/Editor(s):

Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.

Publication Date (Listed/Actual):

2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01

Article/Chapter Title:

Superfamily Muroidea

Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:

Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2

Page(s):

894-1531

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press

Publication Place:

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

ISBN/ISSN:

0-8018-8221-4/

Notes:

Reference for:

Murinae

Murinae: Geographic Information

Geographic Division:

Jurisdiction/Origin:

Murinae: Comments

Comment:

Comments: Diagnosis employing molar and cranial traits, and enumeration of external, cranial, postcranial, dental, reproductive, and arterial characteristics presented by Carleton and Musser (1984). Contents of subfamily generally as presented by them except that Acomys, Lophuromys, and Uranomys, formerly considered murines (e.g., Carleton and Musser, 1984; Ellerman, 1941; Misonne, 1969; Musser and Carleton, 1993), are excluded and treated under subfamily Deomyinae. Murinae is characterized by a cohe...