Murinae
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The Old World rats and mice, part of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae, comprise at least 519 species. Members of this subfamily are called murines. In terms of species richness, this subfamily is larger than all mammal families except the Cricetidae and Muridae, and is larger than all mammal orders except the bats and the remainder of the rodents.
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Australian Water-rat | Brown rat | Desert mouse |
Eurasian harvest mouse | House mouse | Large Japanese field mouse |
†Lesser stick-nest rat | Ryukyu rat | †Short-tailed hopping mouse |
Tokudaia | †White-footed rabbit-rat |