Murinae is a subfamily of mammals in the rodent family Muridae, which in turn is part of the Myomorpha suborder in the order Rodentia. Members of this subfamily are called murines and include the Old World mice and rats. They are found in Africa, Australia, Asia, and Europe, primarily in forests, shrublands, grasslands, and savannas, though some species can be found in deserts, rocky areas, wetlands, and coastal areas. They range in size from the African pygmy mouse, at plus a tail, to the alpine woolly rat, at plus a tail. Murines generally eat a variety of vegetation and invertebrates. Few murines have population estimates, but 53 species are categorized as endangered, 13 are categorized as critically endangered, and 13 have been driven extinct since 1500.
The 642 extant species of Murinae are divided into 136 genera, ranging in size from 1 to 68 species. The house mouse has been domesticated as the fancy mouse to be kept as pets. Several extinct prehistoric murine species have been discovered, though due to ongoing research and discoveries, the exact number and categorization are not fixed.
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The author citation for the species or genus is given after the scientific name; parentheses around the author citation indicate that this was not the original taxonomic placement. Conservation status codes listed follow the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Range maps are provided wherever possible; if a range map is not available, a description of the gerbilline's range is provided. Ranges are based on the IUCN Red List for that species unless otherwise noted. All extinct species, subspecies, or genera listed alongside extant species went extinct after 1500 CE, and are indicated by a dagger symbol: "".
Classification Murinae is a subfamily of the rodent family Muridae consisting of 642 extant species in 136 genera. These genera range in size from 1 to 68 species. Additionally, 13 species have been driven extinct since 1500. This does not include hybrid species or extinct prehistoric species.
Subfamily Murinae Genus Abditomys (Luzon broad-toothed rat): one species Genus Abeomelomys (Highland brush mouse): one species Genus Aethomys (rock rats): nine species Genus Anisomys (squirrel-toothed rat): one species Genus Anonymomys (Mindoro climbing rat): one species Genus Apodemus (field mice): twenty species Genus Apomys (earthworm mice): nineteen species Genus Archboldomys (shrew-mice): two species Genus Arvicanthis (unstriped grass rats): seven species Genus Baiyankamys (mountain water rats): two species Genus Bandicota (bandicoot rats): three species Genus Batomys (hairy-tailed rats): six species Genus Berylmys (white-toothed rats): five species Genus Brassomys (white-toothed brush mouse): one species Genus Bullimus (large forest rats): three species Genus Bunomys (hill rats): seven species Genus Carpomys (Luzon tree rats): two species Genus Chiromyscus (Fea's tree rat): one species Genus Chiropodomys (pencil-tailed tree mice): six species Genus Chiruromys (tree mice): two species Genus Chrotomys (striped shrew-rats): five species Genus Coccymys (brush mice): three species Genus Colomys (African wading rat): one species Genus Conilurus (rabbit rats): three species (two extinct) Genus Crateromys (bushy-tailed cloud rats): four species Genus Cremnomys (Cutch rats): two species Genus Crossomys (earless water rat): one species Genus Crunomys (shrew-rats): four species Genus Dacnomys (Millard's rat): one species Genus Dasymys (marsh rats): nine species Genus Dephomys (Ivory Coast rats): two species Genus Desmomys (scrub rats): two species Genus Diomys (Crump's mouse): one species Genus Diplothrix (Ryukyu long-tailed giant rat): one species Genus Echiothrix (echiothrixes): two species Genus Eropeplus (Sulawesi soft-furred rat): one species Genus Frateromys (northeastern peninsula hill rat): one species Genus Golunda (Indian bush rat): one species Genus Gracilimus (Sulawesi root rat): one species Genus Grammomys (thicket rats): eleven species Genus Hadromys (bush rats): two species Genus Haeromys (ranee mice): three species Genus Halmaheramys (Halmahera spiny rats): two species Genus Hapalomys (marmoset rats): three species Genus Heimyscus (African smoky mouse): one species Genus Hybomys (striped mice): six species Genus Hydromys (water rats): four species Genus Hylomyscus (wood mice): sixteen species Genus Hyomys (white-eared giant rats): two species Genus Hyorhinomys (hog-nosed shrew rat): one species Genus Kadarsanomys (Sody's tree rat): one species Genus Komodomys (Komodo rat): one species Genus Lamottemys (Mount Oku rat): one species Genus Leggadina (short-tailed mice): two species Genus Lemniscomys (striped grass mice): eleven species Genus Lenomys (trefoil-toothed giant rat): one species Genus Lenothrix (gray tree rat): one species Genus Leopoldamys (long-tailed giant rats): seven species Genus Leporillus (stick-nest rats): two species (one extinct) Genus Leptomys (narrow water rats): five species Genus Limnomys (mountain rats): two species Genus Lorentzimys (New Guinean jumping mouse): one species Genus Macruromys (small-toothed rats): two species Genus Madromys (Blanford's rat): one species Genus Malacomys (swamp rats): three species Genus Mallomys (woolly rats): four species Genus Mammelomys (large mosaic-tailed rats): two species Genus Margaretamys (margareta rats): four species
Genus Mastacomys (broad-toothed mouse): one species Genus Mastomys (multimammate mice): eight species Genus Maxomys (spiny rats): eighteen species Genus Melasmothrix (Sulawesian shrew rat): one species Genus Melomys (mosaic-tailed rats): twenty-two species (one extinct) Genus Mesembriomys (tree-rats): two species Genus Micaelamys (rock mice): two species Genus Microhydromys (groove-toothed shrew mice): two species Genus Micromys (Eurasian harvest mouse): one species Genus Millardia (soft-furred rats): four species Genus Mirzamys (moss rats): two species Genus Muriculus (Ethiopian striped mouse): one species Genus Mus (mice): thirty-nine species Genus Musseromys (tree-mice): four species Genus Mylomys (groove-toothed rats): two species Genus Myomyscus (white-footed rats): four species Genus Nesokia (short-tailed bandicoot rats): two species Genus Nesoromys (Ceram rat): one species Genus Nilopegamys (Ethiopian amphibious rat): one species Genus Niviventer (white-bellied rats): seventeen species Genus Notomys (hopping mice): ten species (five extinct) Genus Oenomys (rufous-nosed rats): two species Genus Otomys (vlei rats): twenty-eight species Genus Palawanomys (Palawan soft-furred mountain rat): one species Genus Papagomys (Flores giant rat): one species Genus Parahydromys (New Guinea waterside rat): one species Genus Paraleptomys (short-haired water rats): two species Genus Paramelomys (long-nosed mosaic-tailed rats): nine species Genus Parotomys (whistling rats): two species Genus Paucidentomys (Edented Sulawesi rat): one species Genus Paulamys (paulamys): one species Genus Pelomys (groove-toothed swamp rats): five species Genus Phloeomys (slender-tailed cloud rats): two species Genus Pithecheir (tree rats): two species Genus Pithecheirops (Bornean pithecheirops): one species Genus Pogonomelomys (lowland brush mice): three species Genus Pogonomys (prehensile-tailed rats): five species Genus Praomys (soft-furred mice): seventeen species Genus Protochromys (red-bellied mosaic-tailed rat): one species Genus Pseudohydromys (moss mice): twelve species Genus Pseudomys (pebble-mound mice): twenty-three species (two extinct) Genus Rattus (rats): sixty-eight species (two extinct) Genus Rhabdomys (four-striped grass rats): four species Genus Rhynchomys (shrewlike rats): four species Genus Saxatilomys (Paulina's limestone rat): one species Genus Solomys (naked-tailed rats): four species Genus Sommeromys (Sommer's Sulawesi rat): one species Genus Soricomys (shrew mice): four species Genus Srilankamys (Ohiya rat): one species Genus Stenocephalemys (narrow-headed rats): four species Genus Stochomys (target rat): one species Genus Sundamys (giant Sunda rats): three species Genus Taeromys (Sulawesi rats): eight species Genus Tarsomys (long-footed rats): two species Genus Tateomys (long-tailed shrew rats): two species Genus Thallomys (acacia rats): four species Genus Thamnomys (thicket rats): four species Genus Tokudaia (Ryūkyū spiny rats): three species Genus Tonkinomys (Daovantien's limestone rat): one species Genus Tryphomys (Luzon short-nosed rat): one species Genus Uromys (giant rats): eleven species Genus Vandeleuria (long-tailed climbing mice): three species Genus Vernaya (red climbing mouse): one species Genus Waiomys (Sulawesi water rat): one species Genus Xenuromys (mimic tree rat): one species Genus Xeromys (water mouse): one species Genus Zelotomys (broad-headed mice): two species Genus Zyzomys (rock rats): five species
Murines The following classification is based on the taxonomy described by the reference work Mammal Species of the World (2005), with augmentation by generally accepted proposals made since using molecular phylogenetic analysis, as supported by both the IUCN and the American Society of Mammalogists.
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