Taxonomy Profile: Muroidea (Illiger 1811)

Muroidea: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Superfamily
Synonym(s):
Muriformes
Tullberg 1899
Myoidea
Gill 1872
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Muroidea: 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
Muroidea Direct Children(s):
Cricetidae
(Fischer 1817)
Muridae
(Illiger 1811)
Platacanthomyidae
(Alston 1876)
Spalacidae
(Gray 1821)
Calomyscidae
(Vorontsov and Potapova 1979)
Nesomyidae
(Forsyth Major 1897)
Muroidea: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Carleton, Michael D., and Guy G. Musser / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Order Rodentia
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
745-752
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Muroidea
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:
Muroidea
Muroidea: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Muroidea: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Although a loose group concept of Muroidea emerged with Gill's 1872 classification (as Myoidea), its contents and definition were most substantively advanced in Tullberg's (1899) seminal monograph (as Muriformes) and its usage popularized in Miller and Gidley's (1918) supergeneric arrangement of Rodentia (as Muroidae). The landmark classification of Simpson (1945) standardized the superfamily's spelling, using the now familiar family-group suffix. With the exception of Gliridae, included by...