Murinae

Subfamily of rodents

Old World rats and mice

Temporal range: Middle Miocene – recent, 14–0 Ma

PreꞒ

Mus musculus, the house mouse
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Mammalia
Order:  | Rodentia
Family:  | Muridae
Subfamily:  | Murinae
Illiger, 1811
Genera

Abditomys
Abeomelomys
Aethomys
Anisomys
Anonymomys
†Antemus
†Anthracomys
Apodemus
Apomys
Archboldomys
Arvicanthis
Baiyankamys
Bandicota
Batomys
†Beremendimys
Berylmys
Bullimus
Bunomys
†Canariomys
Carpomys
†Castillomys
†Castromys
†Chardinomys
Chingawaemys
Chiromyscus
Chiropodomys
Chiruromys
Chrotomys
Coccymys
Colomys
Congomys
Conilurus
†Coryphomys
Crateromys
Crossomys
Cremnomys
Crunomys
Dacnomys
Dasymys
Dephomys
Desmomys
†Dilatomys
Diomys
Diplothrix
Echiothrix
Eropeplus
†Euryotomys
Golunda
Gracilimus
Grammomys
Hadromys
Haeromys
Halmaheramys
Hapalomys
Heimyscus
†Hooijeromys
†Huaxiamys
†Huerzelerimys
Hybomys
Hydromys
Hylomyscus
Hyomys
Hyorhinomys
Kadarsanomys
†Karnimata
Komodomys
†Kritimys
Lamottemys
Leggadina
Lemniscomys
Lenomys
Lenothrix
Leopoldamys
Leporillus
Leptomys
Limnomys
Lorentzimys
Macruromys
Madromys
Malacomys
Mallomys
†Malpaisomys
Mammelomys
Margaretamys
Mastacomys
Mastomys
Maxomys
Melasmothrix
Melomys
Mesembriomys
Microhydromys
Micromys
†Mikrotia
Millardia
Mirzamys
Montemys
Muriculus
Musseromys
Mus
Mylomys
Myomyscus
Myotomys
Nesokia
Nesoromys
Nilopegamys
Niviventer
Notomys
Ochromyscus
Oenomys
†Orientalomys
Otomys
Palawanomys
†Paraethomys
†Parapodemus
Papagomys
Parahydromys
Paraleptomys
Paramelomys
Parotomys
†Parapelomys
Paucidentomys
Paruromys
Paulamys
Pelomys
Phloeomys
Pithecheir
Pithecheirops
Pogonomelomys
Pogonomys
Praomys
†Progonomys
Protochromys
†Qianomys
Pseudohydromys
Pseudomys
†Ratchaburimys
Rattus
Rhabdomys
†Rhagamys
†Rhagapodemus
Rhynchomys
†Saidomys
Saxatilomys
Serengetimys
Solomys
Sommeromys
Soricomys
†Spelaeomys
Srilankamys
Stenocephalemys
†Stephanomys
Stochomys
Sundamys
Taeromys
Tarsomys
Tateomys
Thallomys
Thamnomys
Tokudaia
Tonkinomys
Tryphomys
Uromys
Vandeleuria
Vernaya
Waiomys
†Wushanomys
Xenuromys
Xeromys
†Yunomys
Zelotomys
Zyzomys

"Murine" redirects here. Not to be confused with Murrine the art glass technique.

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.[1]

## Description

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The Murinae are native to Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia. They are terrestrial placental mammals. They have also been introduced to all continents except Antarctica, and are serious pest animals. This is particularly true in island communities where they have contributed to the endangerment and extinction of many native animals.[2][3]

Two prominent murine species have become vital laboratory animals: the brown rat and house mouse are both used as medical subjects.

The murines have a distinctive molar pattern that involves three rows of cusps instead of two, the primitive pattern seen most frequently in muroid rodents.[4]

## Fossils

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The first known appearance of the Murinae in the fossil record is about 14 million years ago with the fossil genus Antemus. Antemus is thought to derive directly from Potwarmus, which has a more primitive tooth pattern. Likewise, two genera, Progonomys and Karnimata, are thought to derive directly from Antemus. Progonomys is thought to be the ancestor of Mus and relatives, while Karnimata was previously thought to lead to Rattus and relatives, although it is now thought to be a member of the extant tribe Praomyini.[4][5] All of these fossils are found in the well-preserved and easily dated Siwalik fossil beds of Pakistan. The transition from Potwarmus to Antemus to Progonomys and Karnimata is considered an excellent example of anagenic evolution.[4]

## Taxonomy

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Most of the Murinae have been poorly studied. Some genera have been grouped, such as the hydromyine water rats, conilurine or pseudomyine Australian mice, or the phloeomyine Southeast Asian forms. It appears as if genera from Southeast Asian islands and Australia may be early offshoots compared to mainland forms. The vlei rats in the genera Otomys and Parotomys are often placed in a separate subfamily, Otomyinae, but have been shown to be closely related to African murines in spite of their uniqueness.

Three genera, Uranomys, Lophuromys, and Acomys, were once considered to be murines, but were found to be more closely related to gerbils through molecular phylogenetics. They have been assigned a new subfamily status, Deomyinae.

Molecular phylogenetic studies of Murinae include Lecompte, et al. (2008),[6] which analyzes African murine species based on the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene and two nuclear gene fragments. Lecompte, et al. (2008) estimates that African murines colonized Africa from Asia approximately 11 million years ago during the Miocene.

The following phylogeny of 16 Murinae genera, based on molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Interphotoreceptor Retinoid Binding Protein (IRBP) gene, is from Jansa & Weksler (2004: 264).[7]

Murinae |

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Phloeomys

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Micromys

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Maxomys

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Niviventer

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Sundamys

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Rattus

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Rhynchomys

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Otomys

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Aethomys

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Rhabdomys

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Grammomys

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Tokudaia

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Mus

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Mastomys

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Praomys

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Hylomyscus

## Distribution

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The following is a list of Murinae genus divisions ordered by the continents that they are endemic to. Most of the diversity is located in Southeast Asia and Australasia.

* Africa
* Aethomys division – 1 genus
* Arvicanthis division – 6 genera
* Colomys division – 3 genera
* Dasymys division – 8 genera
* Hybomys division – 3 genera
* Malacomys division – 1 genus
* Oenomys division – 5 genea
* Otomyini division/tribe – 3 genera
* Eurasia
* Apodemus division – 2 genera
* Micromys division – 6 genera
* Genus Mus
* South Asia
* Golunda division – 1 genus
* Millardia division – 4 genera
* Southeast Asia
* Dacnomys division – 8 genera
* Hadromys division – 1 genus
* Maxomys division – 1 genus
* Pithecheir division – 6 genera
* Rattus division – 21 genera
* Philippines
* Chrotomys division – 5 genera
* Crunomys division – 2 genera
* Phloeomys division – 4 genera
* Genus Musseromys
* Sulawesi
* Crunomys division – 2 genera
* Echiothrix division – 1 genus
* Melasmothrix division – 2 genera
* Moluccas
* Halmaheramys division – 1 genus
* New Guinea
* Hydromys division – 6 genera
* Lorentzimys division – 1 genus
* Pogonomys division – 11 genera
* Uromys division – 5 genera
* Xeromys division – 3 genera
* Genus Mirzamys
* Australia
* Pseudomys division – 8 genera

## List of species

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As of 2005, the Murinae contained 129 genera in 584 species. Musser and Carleton (2005) divided the Murinae into 29 genus divisions. They treated the Otomyinae as a separate subfamily, but all molecular analyses conducted to date have supported their inclusion in the Murinae as relatives of African genera.[7][8][9][10] In a recent expedition in the Philippines, seven more Apomys mice were added and the genus was proposed to split into two subgenera - Apomys and Megapomys, based on morphological and cytochrome b DNA sequences.[11] In 2021, a major revision was taken of Praomyini.[12]

The tribes are based on the classification by the American Society of Mammalogists.[13] Some of the division placement is based on Pages et al., 2015 and Rowe et al., 2019.[2][14]

SUBFAMILY MURINAE \- Old World rats and mice

* Tribe Apodemini
* Genus Apodemus \- Old World field mice
* Genus Rhagamys †
* Genus Tokudaia \- Ryūkyū spiny rats
* Tribe Arvicanthini
* Aethomys division
* Genus Aethomys \- bush rats
* Genus Micaelamys
* Arvicanthis division
* Genus Arvicanthis \- unstriped grass mice
* Genus Desmomys
* Genus Lemniscomys \- striped grass mice
* Genus Mylomys (African Groove-toothed Rat)
* Genus Pelomys \- groove-toothed creek rats
* Genus Rhabdomys (Four-striped Grass Mouse)
* Dasymys division
* Genus Dasymys \- shaggy swamp rats
* Golunda division
* Genus Golunda (Indian bush rat)
* Hybomys division
* Genus Dephomys \- defua rats
* Genus Hybomys \- hump-nosed mice
* Genus Stochomys (target rat)
* Genus Typomys
* Oenomys division
* Genus †Canariomys \- Canary Islands giant rats
* Genus Grammomys
* Genus Lamottemys
* Genus †Malpaisomys
* Genus Oenomys \- rufous-nosed rats
* Genus Thallomys \- acacia rats
* Genus Thamnomys \- thicket rats
* Tribe Hapalomyini
* Genus Hapalomys \- marmoset rats
* Tribe Hydromyini
* Chiropodomys division (alternately considered a distinct tribe, Chiropodomyini)
* Genus Chiropodomys \- pencil-tailed tree mice
* Chrotomys division
* Genus Apomys
* Genus Archboldomys (Mount Isarog shrew rats)
* Genus Chrotomys \- Luzon striped rats
* Genus Soricomys
* Genus Rhynchomys \- shrew-like rats
* Conilurus division
* Genus Conilurus \- rabbit rats
* Genus Leporillus \- Australian stick-nest rats
* Genus Mesembriomys \- tree rats
* Haeromys division
* Genus Haeromys \- pygmy tree mice
* Hydromys division
* Genus Baiyankamys (formerly in Hydromys)
* Genus Crossomys (earless water rat)
* Genus Hydromys \- water rats
* Genus Leptomys
* Genus Microhydromys
* Genus Mirzamys
* Genus Parahydromys
* Genus Paraleptomys
* Genus Pseudohydromys \- New Guinea false water rats
* Genus Xeromys (false water rat)
* Mallomys division
* Genus Abeomelomys
* Genus Mallomys \- giant tree rats
* Genus Mammelomys
* Genus Pogonomelomys \- Rummler's mosaic tailed rats
* Genus Xenuromys (white-tailed New Guinea rat)
* Pogonomys division
* Genus Anisomys (powerful-toothed rat)
* Genus Chiruromys
* Genus Hyomys \- white-eared rats
* Genus Lorentzimys (New Guinea jumping mouse)
* Genus Macruromys \- New Guinean rats
* Genus Pogonomys \- prehensile-tailed rats
* Pseudomys division
* Genus Leggadina
* Genus Mastacomys
* Genus Notomys \- Australian hopping mice
* Genus Pseudomys \- Australian native mice
* Genus Zyzomys \- thick-tailed rats
* Uromys division
* Genus Melomys \- banana rats
* Genus Paramelomys
* Genus Protochromys
* Genus Solomys \- naked-tailed rats
* Genus Uromys \- giant naked-tailed rats
* Unknown division
* Genus Brassomys
* Genus Coccymys
* Tribe Malacomyini
* Genus Malacomys \- big-eared swamp rats
* Tribe Millardini
* Millardia division
* Genus Cremnomys
* Genus Diomys (Manipur mouse)
* Genus Madromys
* Genus Millardia \- Asian soft-furred rats
* Pithecheir division
* Genus Pithecheir \- monkey-footed rats
* Genus Pithecheirops
* Tribe Murini
* Genus Mus \- true mice
* Tribe Otomyini
* Genus Myotomys \- African karoo rats (now classified in Otomys)
* Genus Otomys \- groove-toothed or vlei rats
* Genus Parotomys \- whistling rats
* Tribe Phloeomyini
* Genus Batomys \- Luzon and Mindanao forest rats
* Genus Carpomys \- Luzon rats
* Genus Crateromys \- cloudrunners
* Genus Musseromys \- tree mice
* Genus Phloeomys \- slender-tailed cloud rats
* Tribe Praomyini
* Genus Chingawaemys \- Chingawa forest rat
* Genus Colomys (African wading rat)
* Genus Congomys
* Genus Heimyscus
* Genus Hylomyscus \- African wood mice
* Genus Mastomys \- multimammate mice
* Genus Montemys
* Genus Myomyscus
* Genus Nilopegamys
* Genus Ochromyscus \- rock mice
* Genus Praomys \- African soft-furred rats
* Genus Serengetimys
* Genus Stenocephalemys \- Ethiopian narrow-headed rats
* Genus Zelotomys \- stink mice
* Tribe Rattini
* Berylmys division
* Genus Berylmys \- white-toothed rats
* Bunomys division
* Genus Bullimus
* Genus Bunomys
* Genus Eropeplus (Sulawesian soft-furred rat)
* Genus Halmaheramys
* Genus Komodomys
* Genus Lenomys (trefoil-toothed rat)
* Genus Papagomys \- Flores giant rats
* Genus Paruromys (Sulawesian giant rat)
* Genus Paulamys
* Species "Rattus" timorensis
* Genus Sundamys \- giant Sunda rats
* Genus Taeromys
* Dacnomys division
* Genus Chiromyscus (Fea's tree rat)
* Genus Dacnomys (Large-toothed giant rat)
* Genus Lenothrix (grey tree rat)
* Genus Leopoldamys \- long-tailed giant rats
* Genus Margaretamys \- margareta rats
* Genus Niviventer \- white-bellied rats
* Genus Saxatilomys
* Genus Tonkinomys
* Echiothrix division
* Genus Echiothrix
* Genus Hyorhinomys
* Genus Melasmothrix (lesser Sulawesian shrew rat)
* Genus Paucidentomys
* Genus Sommeromys
* Genus Tateomys \- greater Sulawesian shrew rats
* Genus Waiomys \- Sulawesi water rat
* Maxomys division
* Genus Crunomys \- Philippine and Sulawesian shrew rats
* Genus Maxomys (rajah rats)
* Micromys division (alternately considered a distinct tribe, Micromyini)
* Genus Micromys (Old World harvest mice)
* Rattus division
* Genus Abditomys
* Genus Bandicota \- bandicoot rats
* Genus Diplothrix
* Genus Kadarsanomys
* Genus Limnomys
* Genus Nesokia (short-tailed bandicoot rat)
* Genus Nesoromys
* Genus Palawanomys (Palawan rat)
* Genus Rattus \- typical rats
* Genus Tarsomys
* Genus Tryphomys (Mearn's Luzon rat)
* Srilankamys division
* Genus Srilankamys (Ceylonese rats)
* Unknown division
* Genus Anonymomys (Mindoro rat)
* Tribe Vandeleurini
* Genus Vandeleuria \- long-tailed climbing mice
* incertae sedis
* Genus †Alormys
* Genus †Coryphomys
* Genus Hadromys
* Genus †Hooijeromys
* Genus †Milimonggamys
* Genus †Rakasamys
* Genus Vernaya (Vernay's Climbing Mouse)
* Genus †Spelaeomys

## Notes

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1. ^ Wilson & Reeder 2005, p. 1191.
2. ^ a b Pagès, Marie; Fabre, Pierre-Henri; Chaval, Yannick; Mortelliti, Alessio; Nicolas, Violaine; Wells, Konstans; Michaux, Johan R.; Lazzari, Vincent (2016). "Molecular phylogeny of South-East Asian arboreal murine rodents". Zoologica Scripta. 45 (4): 349–364. doi:10.1111/zsc.12161. hdl:10072/101842. ISSN 1463-6409. S2CID 86285898.
3. ^ Harper, Grant A.; Bunbury, Nancy (2015-01-01). "Invasive rats on tropical islands: Their population biology and impacts on native species". Global Ecology and Conservation. 3: 607–627. Bibcode:2015GEcoC...3..607H. doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2015.02.010. ISSN 2351-9894.
4. ^ a b c Kimura, Yuri; Jacobs, Louis L.; Flynn, Lawrence J. (2013-10-14). "Lineage-Specific Responses of Tooth Shape in Murine Rodents (Murinae, Rodentia) to Late Miocene Dietary Change in the Siwaliks of Pakistan". PLOS ONE. 8 (10): e76070. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...876070K. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0076070. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3796524. PMID 24155885.
5. ^ Denys, Christiane; Lecompte, Emilie; Taylor, P. J. (21 July 2017). "Diagnoses and contents of new African and Eurasian Murinae (Rodentia, Muridae) tribes" (PDF).
6. ^ Lecompte et al. 2008.
7. ^ a b Jansa & Weksler 2004.
8. ^ Michaux, Reyes & Catzeflis 2001.
9. ^ Steppan, Adkins & Anderson 2004.
10. ^ Jansa, Barker & Heaney 2006.
11. ^ Heaney et al. 2011.
12. ^ Nicolas, Violaine; Mikula, Ondřej; Lavrenchenko, Leonid A.; Šumbera, Radim; Bartáková, Veronika; Bryjová, Anna; Meheretu, Yonas; Verheyen, Erik; Missoup, Alain Didier; Lemmon, Alan R.; Moriarty Lemmon, Emily (2021-10-01). "Phylogenomics of African radiation of Praomyini (Muridae: Murinae) rodents: First fully resolved phylogeny, evolutionary history and delimitation of extant genera". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 163: 107263. Bibcode:2021MolPE.16307263N. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107263. hdl:10067/1795280151162165141. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 34273505.
13. ^ Database, Mammal Diversity (2021-11-06), Mammal Diversity Database, doi:10.5281/zenodo.5651212, retrieved 2021-12-01
14. ^ Rowe, Kevin C.; Achmadi, Anang S.; Fabre, Pierre-Henri; Schenk, John J.; Steppan, Scott J.; Esselstyn, Jacob A. (2019). "Oceanic islands of Wallacea as a source for dispersal and diversification of murine rodents". Journal of Biogeography. 46 (12): 2752–2768. Bibcode:2019JBiog..46.2752R. doi:10.1111/jbi.13720. ISSN 1365-2699. S2CID 208583483.

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Extant species of subfamily Murinae

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Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Aethomys–Chrotomys)

* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Chordate
* Class: Mammalia
* Superorder: Euarchontoglires
* Order: Rodentia
* Family: Muridae

Aethomys
Division|

| Aethomys
(Bush rats)|

* Bocage's rock rat (A. bocagei)
* red rock rat (A. chrysophilus)
* Grant's rock mouse (A. (Micaelamys) granti)
* Hinde's rock rat (A. hindei)
* Tete veld aethomys (A. ineptus)
* Kaiser's rock rat (A. kaiseri)
* Namaqua rock rat (A. (Micaelamys) namaquensis)
* Nyika rock rat (A. nyikae)
* Selinda veld rat (A. silindensis)
* Tinfields rock rat (A. stannarius)
* Thomas's rock rat (A. thomasi)

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Apodemus
Division|

| Apodemus
(Old world
field mice)|

* striped field mouse (A. agrarius)
* Alpine field mouse (A. alpicola)
* small Japanese field mouse (A. argenteus)
* A. avicennicus
* Chevrier's field mouse (A. chevrieri)
* South China field mouse (A. draco)
* Western broad-toothed field mouse (A. epimelas)
* yellow-necked mouse (A. flavicollis)
* Himalayan field mouse (A. gurkha)
* Caucasus field mouse (A. hyrcanicus)
* Sichuan field mouse (A. latronum)
* Eastern broad-toothed field mouse (A. mystacinus)
* Ward's field mouse (A. pallipes)
* Korean field mouse (A. peninsulae)
* Black Sea field mouse (A. ponticus)
* Kashmir field mouse (A. rusiges)
* Taiwan field mouse (A. semotus)
* large Japanese field mouse (A. speciosus)
* wood mouse (A. sylvaticus)
* Ural field mouse (A. uralensis )
* Steppe field mouse (A. witherbyi)

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Tokudaia
(Ryukyu spiny rats)|

* Muennink's spiny rat (T. muenninki)
* Ryukyu spiny rat (T. osimensis)
* Tokunoshima spiny rat (T. tokunoshimensis)

Arvicanthis
Division|

| Arvicanthis
(Unstriped
grass mice)|

* Abyssinian grass rat (A. abyssinicus)
* Sudanian grass rat (A. ansorgei)
* Blick's grass rat (A. blicki)
* Nairobi grass rat (A. nairobae)
* Neumann's grass rat (A. neumanni)
* African grass rat (A. niloticus)
* Guinean grass rat (A. rufinus)

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Desmomys|

* Harrington's rat (D. harringtoni)
* Yalden's rat (D. yaldeni)

Lemniscomys
(Striped
grass mice)|

* Barbary striped grass mouse (L. barbarus)
* Bellier's striped grass mouse (L. bellieri)
* Griselda's striped grass mouse (L. griselda)
* Hoogstraal's striped grass mouse (L. hoogstraali)
* Senegal one-striped grass mouse (L. linulus)
* Buffoon striped grass mouse (L. macculus)
* Mittendorf's striped grass mouse (L. mittendorfi)
* single-striped grass mouse (L. rosalia)
* Rosevear's striped grass mouse (L. roseveari)
* typical striped grass mouse (L. striatus)
* Heuglin's striped grass mouse (L. zebra)

Mylomys|

* African groove-toothed rat (M. dybowskii)
* Ethiopian mylomys (M. rex)

Pelomys
(Groove-toothed
creek rats)|

* Bell groove-toothed swamp rat (P. campanae)
* Creek groove-toothed swamp rat (P. fallax)
* Hopkins's groove-toothed swamp rat (P. hopkinsi)
* Issel's groove-toothed swamp rat (P. isseli)
* least groove-toothed swamp rat (P. minor)

Rhabdomys|

* mesic four-striped grass rat (R. dilectus)
* four-striped grass mouse (R. pumilio)

Chrotomys
Division|

| Apomys|

* Luzon Cordillera forest mouse (A. abrae)
* Luzon Aurora forest mouse (A. aurorae)
* Mount Banahaw forest mouse (A. banahao)
* Mount Tapulao forest mouse (A. brownorum)
* Camiguin forest mouse (A. camiguinensis)
* Luzon montane forest mouse (A. datae)
* large Mindoro forest mouse (A. gracilirostris)
* Mount Apo forest mouse (A. hylocoetes)
* Mindanao montane forest mouse (A. insignis)
* Mount Irid forest mouse (A. iridensis)
* Mindanao lowland forest mouse (A. littoralis)
* Lubang forest mouse (A. lubangensis)
* Luzon giant forest mouse (A. magnus)
* small Luzon forest mouse (A. microdon)
* Mount Mingan forest mouse (A. minganensis)
* least forest mouse (A. musculus)
* long-nosed Luzon forest mouse (A. sacobianus)
* Sierra Madre forest mouse (A. sierrae)
* Luzon Zambales forest mouse (A. zambalensis)

|

Archboldomys|

* Mount Isarog shrew-mouse (A. luzonensis)
* Large Cordillera shrew-mouse (A. maximus)

Soricomys|

* Soricomys kalinga
* Soricomys leonardocoi
* Southern Cordillera shrew-mouse (S. montanus)
* Sierra Madre shrew-mouse (S. musseri)

Chrotomys
(Luzon
striped rats)|

* Isarog striped shrew-rat (C. gonzalesi)
* Mindoro striped rat (C. mindorensis)
* Sibuyan striped shrew-rat (C. sibuyanensis)
* blazed Luzon shrew-rat (C. silaceus)
* Luzon striped rat (C. whiteheadi)

Rhynchomys
(Shrewlike rats)|

* Banahao shrew-rat (R. banahao)
* Isarog shrew-rat (R. isarogensis)
* Labo shrew-rat (R. labo)
* Mingan shrew-rat (R. mingan)
* Mount Data shrew-rat (R. soricoides)
* Tapulao shrew-rat (R. tapulao)

See also

Colomys–Golunda
Hadromys–Maxomys
Melasmothrix–Mus
Oenomys–Pithecheir
Pogonomys–Pseudomys
Rattus
Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
Otomys
Others

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* t
* e

Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Colomys–Golunda)

* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Chordate
* Class: Mammalia
* Superorder: Euarchontoglires
* Order: Rodentia
* Family: Muridae

Colomys
Division|

| Colomys|

* African wading rat (C. goslingi)

|

Nilopegamys|

* Ethiopian amphibious rat (N. plumbeus)

Zelotomys
(Stink mice)|

* Hildegarde's broad-headed mouse (Z. hildegardeae)
* Woosnam's broad-headed mouse (Z. woosnami)

Crunomys
Division|

| Crunomys|

* Celebes shrew-rat (C. celebensis)
* Northern Luzon shrew-rat (C. fallax)
* Mindanao shrew-rat (C. melanius)
* Katanglad shrew-mouse (C. suncoides)

|

Sommeromys|

* Sommer's Sulawesi rat (S. macrorhinos)

Dacnomys
Division|

| Anonymomys|

* Mindoro climbing rat (A. mindorensis)

|

Chiromyscus|

* Fea's tree rat (C. chiropus)

Dacnomys|

* Millard's rat (D. millardi)

Leopoldamys
(Long-tailed
giant rats)|

* Sundaic mountain leopoldamys (L. ciliatus)
* Diwangkara's long-tailed giant rat (L. diwangkarai)
* Edwards's long-tailed giant rat (L. edwardsi)
* Millet's leopoldamys (L. milleti)
* Neill's long-tailed giant rat (L. neilli)
* Long-tailed giant rat (L. sabanus)
* Mentawai long-tailed giant rat (L. siporanus)

Niviventer
(White-bellied rats)|

* Anderson's white-bellied rat (N. andersoni)
* Brahma white-bellied rat (N. brahma)
* Cameron Highlands white-bellied rat (N. cameroni)
* Chinese white-bellied rat (N. confucianus)
* Coxing's white-bellied rat (N. coninga)
* Dark-tailed tree rat (N. cremoriventer)
* Oldfield white-bellied rat (N. culturatus)
* Smoke-bellied rat (N. eha)
* Large white-bellied rat (N. excelsior)
* Montane Sumatran white-bellied rat (N. fraternus)
* Chestnut white-bellied rat (N. fulvescens)
* Limestone rat (N. hinpoon)
* Lang Bian white-bellied rat (N. langbianis)
* Narrow-tailed white-bellied rat (N. lepturus)
* Hainan white-bellied rat (N. lotipes)
* White-bellied rat (N. niviventer)
* Long-tailed mountain rat (N. rapit)
* Tenasserim white-bellied rat (N. tenaster)

Saxatilomys|

* Paulina's limestone rat (S. paulinae)

Srilankamys|

* Ohiya rat (S. ohiensis)

Tonkinomys|

* Daovantien's limestone rat (T. daovantieni)

Dasymys
Division|

| Dasymys
(Shaggy
swamp rats)|

* Glover Allen's dasymys (D. alleni)
* Crawford-Cabral's shaggy rat (D. cabrali)
* Fox's shaggy rat (D. foxi)
* African marsh rat (D. incomtus)
* Montane shaggy rat (D. montanus)
* Angolan marsh rat (D. nudipes)
* Robert's shaggy rat (D. robertsii)
* West African shaggy rat (D. rufulus)
* Rwandan shaggy rat (D. rwandae)
* D. shortridgei
* Tanzanian shaggy rat (D. sua)

|

Echiothrix
Division|

| Echiothrix|

* Central Sulawesi echiothrix (E. centrosa)
* Northern Sulawesi echiothrix (E. leucura)

|

Golunda
Division|

| Golunda|

* Indian bush rat (G. ellioti)

|

See also

Aethomys–Chrotomys
Hadromys–Maxomys
Melasmothrix–Mus
Oenomys–Pithecheir
Pogonomys–Pseudomys
Rattus
Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
Otomys
Others

* v
* t
* e

Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Hadromys–Maxomys)

* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Chordate
* Class: Mammalia
* Superorder: Euarchontoglires
* Order: Rodentia
* Family: Muridae

Hadromys
Division|

| Hadromys
(Manipur bush rat)|

* Manipur bush rat (H. humei)
* Yunnan bush rat (H. yunnanensis)

|

Hybomys
Division|

| Dephomys
(Defua rats)|

* Defua rat (D. defua)
* Ivory Coast rat (D. eburneae)

|

Hybomys
(Hump-nosed mice)|

* Eisentraut's striped mouse (H. badius)
* Father Basilio's striped mouse (H. basilii)
* Moon striped mouse (H. lunaris)
* Miller's striped mouse (H. planifrons)
* Temminck's striped mouse (H. trivirgatus)
* Peters's striped mouse (H. univittatus)

Stochomys|

* Target rat (S. longicaudatus)

Hydromys
Division|

| Baiyankamys|

* Mountain water rat (B. habbema)
* Shaw Mayer's water rat (B. shawmayeri)

|

Crossomys|

* Earless water rat (C. moncktoni)

Hydromys
(Water rats)|

* Rakali (H. chrysogaster)
* Western water rat (H. hussoni)
* New Britain water rat (H. neobrittanicus)
* Ziegler's water rat (H. ziegleri)

Microhydromys|

* Southern groove-toothed moss mouse (M. argenteus)
* Northern groove-toothed shrew mouse (M. richardsoni)

Parahydromys|

* New Guinea waterside rat (P. asper)

Paraleptomys|

* Northern water rat (P. rufilatus)
* Short-haired water rat (P. wilhelmina)

Lorentzimys
Division|

| Lorentzimys|

* New Guinean jumping mouse (L. nouhuysi)

|

Malacomys
Division|

| Malacomys
(Big-eared swamp rats)|

* Cansdale's swamp rat (M. cansdalei)
* Edward's swamp rat (M. edwardsi)
* Big-eared swamp rat (M. longipes)

|

Maxomys
Division|

| Maxomys
(Rajah rats)|

* Mountain spiny rat (M. alticola)
* Small spiny rat (M. baeodon)
* Bartels's spiny rat (M. bartelsii)
* Dollman's spiny rat (M. dollmani)
* Hellwald's spiny rat (M. hellwaldii)
* Sumatran spiny rat (M. hylomyoides)
* Malayan mountain spiny rat (M. inas)
* Fat-nosed spiny rat (M. inflatus)
* Mo's spiny rat (M. moi)
* Musschenbroek's spiny rat (M. musschenbroekii)
* Chestnut-bellied spiny rat (M. ochraceiventer)
* Pagai spiny rat (M. pagensis)
* Palawan spiny rat (M. panglima)
* Rajah spiny rat (M. rajah)
* Red spiny rat (M. surifer)
* M. tajuddinii
* Watts's spiny rat (M. wattsi)
* Whitehead's spiny rat (M. whiteheadi)

|

See also

Aethomys–Chrotomys
Colomys–Golunda
Melasmothrix–Mus
Oenomys–Pithecheir
Pogonomys–Pseudomys
Rattus
Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
Otomys
Others

* v
* t
* e

Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Melasmothrix–Mus)

* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Chordate
* Class: Mammalia
* Superorder: Euarchontoglires
* Order: Rodentia
* Family: Muridae

Melasmothrix
division|

| Melasmothrix|

* Sulawesian shrew rat (M. naso)

|

Tateomys
(Greater Sulawesian
shrew rats)|

* Long-tailed shrew rat (T. macrocercus)
* Tate's shrew rat (T. rhinogradoides)

Micromys
division|

| Chiropodomys
(Pencil-tailed
tree mice)|

* Palawan pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. calamianensis)
* Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. gliroides)
* Koopman's pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. karlkoopmani)
* Large pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. major)
* Gray-bellied pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. muroides)
* Small pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. pusillus)

|

Haeromys
(Pygmy tree mice)|

* Ranee mouse (H. margarettae)
* Minahassa ranee mouse (H. minahassae)
* Lesser ranee mouse (H. pusillus)

Hapalomys
(Marmoset rats)|

* Delacour's marmoset rat (H. delacouri)
* Marmoset rat (H. longicaudatus)

Micromys|

* Indochinese harvest mouse (M. erythrotis)
* Eurasian harvest mouse (M. minutus)

Vandeleuria
(Long-tailed
climbing mice)|

* Nilgiri long-tailed tree mouse (V. nilagirica)
* Nolthenius's long-tailed climbing mouse (V. nolthenii)
* Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse (V. oleracea)

Vernaya|

* Red climbing mouse (V. fulva)

Millardia
division|

| Cremnomys|

* Cutch rat (C. cutchicus)
* Elvira rat (C. elvira)

|

Diomys|

* Crump's mouse (D. crumpi)

Madromys|

* Blanford's rat (M. blanfordi)

Millardia
(Asian
soft-furred rats)|

* Sand-colored soft-furred rat (M. gleadowi)
* Miss Ryley's soft-furred rat (M. kathleenae)
* Kondana soft-furred rat (M. kondana)
* Soft-furred rat (M. meltada)

Mus division|

| Muriculus|

* Ethiopian striped mouse (M. imberbis)

Mus
(Typical mice)|

* Subgenus Coelomys: Sumatran shrewlike mouse (M. crociduroides)

* Mayor's mouse (M. mayori)
* Gairdner's shrewmouse (M. pahari)
* Volcano mouse (M. vulcani)

* M. lepidoides group: M. lepidoides

* Subgenus Mus: Little Indian field mouse (M. booduga)
* Ryukyu mouse (M. caroli)
* Fawn-colored mouse (M. cervicolor)
* Cook's mouse (M. cookii)
* Cypriot mouse (M. cypriacus)
* Servant mouse (M. famulus)
* Sheath-tailed mouse (M. fragilicauda)
* Macedonian mouse (M. macedonicus)
* House mouse (M. musculus)
* Mus nitidulus
* Steppe mouse (M. spicilegus)
* Algerian mouse (M. spretus)
* Earth-colored mouse (M. terricolor)

* Subgenus Nannomys: Baoule's mouse (M. baoulei)
* Toad mouse (M. bufo)
* Callewaert's mouse (M. callewaerti)
* Gounda mouse (M. goundae)
* Hausa mouse (M. haussa)
* Desert pygmy mouse (M. indutus)
* Mahomet mouse (M. mahomet)
* Matthey's mouse (M. mattheyi)
* African pygmy mouse (M. minutoides)
* Temminck's mouse (M. musculoides)
* Neave's mouse (M. neavei)
* Free State pygmy mouse (M. orangiae)
* Oubangui mouse (M. oubanguii)
* Peters's mouse (M. setulosus)
* Setzer's pygmy mouse (M. setzeri)
* Thomas's pygmy mouse (M. sorella)
* Delicate mouse (M. tenellus)
* Gray-bellied pygmy mouse (M. triton)

* Subgenus Pyromys: Ceylon spiny mouse (M. fernandoni)
* Phillips's mouse (M. phillipsi)
* Flat-haired mouse (M. platythrix)
* Rock-loving mouse (M. saxicola)
* Shortridge's mouse (M. shortridgei)

See also

Aethomys–Chrotomys
Colomys–Golunda
Hadromys–Maxomys
Oenomys–Pithecheir
Pogonomys–Pseudomys
Rattus
Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
Otomys
Others

* v
* t
* e

Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Oenomys–Pithecheir)

* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Chordate
* Class: Mammalia
* Superorder: Euarchontoglires
* Order: Rodentia
* Family: Muridae

Oenomys
Division|

| Grammomys|

* Arid thicket rat (G. aridulus)
* G. brevirostris
* Bunting's thicket rat (G. buntingi)
* Gray-headed thicket rat (G. caniceps)
* Mozambique thicket rat (G. cometes)
* Woodland thicket rat (G. dolichurus)
* Forest thicket rat (G. dryas)
* Giant thicket rat (G. gigas)
* Ruwenzori thicket rat (G. ibeanus)
* Eastern rainforest thicket rat (G. kuru)
* Macmillan's thicket rat (G. macmillani)
* Ethiopian thicket rat (G. minnae)
* Shining thicket rat (G. poensis)
* Selous thicket rat (G. selousi)

|

Lamottemys|

* Mount Oku rat (L. okuensis)

Oenomys
(Rufous-nosed rats)|

* Common rufous-nosed rat (O. hypoxanthus)
* Ghana rufous-nosed rat (O. ornatus)

Thallomys
(Acacia rats)|

* Loring's rat (T. loringi)
* Black-tailed tree rat (T. nigricauda)
* Acacia rat (T. paedulcus)
* Shortridge's rat (T. shortridgei)

Thamnomys
(Thicket rats)|

* Kemp's thicket rat (T. kempi)
* Hatt's thicket rat (T. major)
* Charming thicket rat (T. venustus)

Phloeomys
Division|

| Batomys
(Luzon and Mindanao
forest rats)|

* Large-toothed hairy-tailed rat (B. dentatus)
* Luzon hairy-tailed rat (B. granti)
* Hamiguitan hairy-tailed rat (B. hamiguitan)
* Dinagat hairy-tailed rat (B. russatus)
* Mindanao hairy-tailed rat (B. salomonseni)
* Mount Isarog hairy-tailed rat (B. uragon)

|

Carpomys
(Luzon rats)|

* Short-footed Luzon tree rat (C. melanurus)
* White-bellied Luzon tree rat (C. phaeurus)

Crateromys
(Cloudrunners)|

* Dinagat bushy-tailed cloud rat (C. australis)
* Giant bushy-tailed cloud rat (C. schadenbergi)
* Panay cloudrunner (C. heaneyi)
* Ilin Island cloudrunner (C. paulus)

Phloeomys
(Slender-tailed
cloud rats)|

* Southern giant slender-tailed cloud rat (P. cumingi)
* Northern Luzon giant cloud rat (P. pallidus)

Pithecheir
Division|

| Eropeplus|

* Sulawesi soft-furred rat (E. canus)

|

Lenomys|

* Trefoil-toothed giant rat (L. meyeri)

Lenothrix|

* Gray tree rat (L. canus)

Margaretamys
(Margareta's rats)|

* Beccari's margareta rat (M. beccarii)
* Christine's margareta rat (M. christinae)
* Elegant margareta rat (M. elegans)
* Little margareta rat (M. parvus)

Pithecheir
(Monkey-footed rats)|

* Red tree rat (P. melanurus)
* Malayan tree rat (P. parvus)

Pithecheirops|

* Bornean pithecheirops (P. otion)

See also

Aethomys–Chrotomys
Colomys–Golunda
Hadromys–Maxomys
Melasmothrix–Mus
Pogonomys–Pseudomys
Rattus
Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
Otomys
Others

* v
* t
* e

Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Pogonomys–Pseudomys)

* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Chordate
* Class: Mammalia
* Superorder: Euarchontoglires
* Order: Rodentia
* Family: Muridae

Pogonomys
Division|

| Abeomelomys|

* Highland brush mouse (A. sevia)

|

Anisomys|

* Squirrel-toothed rat (A. imitator)

Brassomys|

* White-toothed brush mouse (B. albidens)

Chiruromys|

* Greater tree mouse (C. forbesi)
* Broad-headed tree mouse (C. lamia)
* Lesser tree mouse (C. vates)

Coccymys|

* C. kirrhos
* Rümmler's brush mouse (C. ruemmleri)
* C. shawmayeri

Hyomys
(White-eared rats)|

* Western white-eared giant rat (H. dammermani)
* Eastern white-eared giant rat (H. goliath)

Macruromys
(New Guinean rats)|

* Lesser small-toothed rat (M. elegans)
* Eastern small-toothed rat (M. major)

Mallomys
(Giant tree rats)|

* De Vis's woolly rat (M. aroaensis)
* Alpine woolly rat (M. gunung)
* Subalpine woolly rat (M. istapantap)
* Rothschild's woolly rat (M. rothschildi)
* Bosavi woolly rat (M. sp. nov.)
* Arfak woolly rat (M. sp. nov.)
* Foja woolly rat (M. sp. nov.)

Mammelomys|

* Large-scaled mosaic-tailed rat (M. lanosus)
* Large mosaic-tailed rat (M. rattoides)

Pogonomelomys
(Rummler's
mosaic tailed rats)|

* Grey pogonomelomys (P. brassi)
* Lowland brush mouse (P. bruijni)
* Shaw Mayer's brush mouse (P. mayeri)

Pogonomys
(Prehensile-tailed rats)|

* Champion's tree mouse (P. championi)
* D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago pogonomys (P. fergussoniensis)
* Large tree mouse (P. loriae)
* Chestnut tree mouse (P. macrourus)
* Prehensile-tailed rat (P. mollipilosus)
* Gray-bellied tree mouse (P. sylvestris)

Xenuromys|

* Mimic tree rat (X. barbatus)

Pseudomys
Division|

| Conilurus|

* Brush-tailed rabbit rat (C. penicillatus)

|

Leggadina|

* Forrest's mouse (L. forresti)
* Lakeland Downs mouse (L. lakedownensis)

Leporillus
(Australian
stick-nest rats)|

* Greater stick-nest rat (L. conditor)

Mastacomys|

* Broad-toothed mouse (M. fuscus)

Mesembriomys
(Tree rats)|

* Black-footed tree-rat (M. gouldii)
* Golden-backed tree-rat (M. macrurus)

Notomys
(Australian
hopping mice)|

* Spinifex hopping mouse (N. alexis)
* Northern hopping mouse (N. aquilo)
* Fawn hopping mouse (N. cervinus)
* Dusky hopping mouse (N. fuscus)
* Mitchell's hopping mouse (N. mitchellii)

Pseudomys
(Australian native mice)|

* Ash-grey mouse (P. albocinereus)
* Silky mouse (P. apodemoides)
* Plains rat (P. australis)
* Bolam's mouse (P. bolami)
* Kakadu pebble-mound mouse (P. calabyi)
* Western pebble-mound mouse (P. chapmani)
* Little native mouse (P. delicatulus)
* Desert mouse (P. desertor)
* Smoky mouse (P. fumeus)
* Gould's mouse (P. gouldii)
* Eastern chestnut mouse (P. gracilicaudatus)
* Sandy inland mouse (P. hermannsburgensis)
* Long-tailed mouse (P. higginsi)
* Central pebble-mound mouse (P. johnsoni)
* Western chestnut mouse (P. nanus)
* New Holland mouse (P. novaehollandiae)
* Western mouse (P. occidentalis)
* Hastings River mouse (P. oralis)
* Country mouse (P. patrius)
* Pilliga mouse (P. pilligaensis)
* Heath mouse (P. shortridgei)

Zyzomys
(Thick-tailed rats)|

* Common rock rat (Z. argurus)
* Arnhem Land rock rat (Z. maini)
* Carpentarian rock rat (Z. palatalis)
* Central rock rat (Z. pedunculatus)
* Kimberley rock rat (Z. woodwardi)

See also

Aethomys–Chrotomys
Colomys–Golunda
Hadromys–Maxomys
Melasmothrix–Mus
Oenomys–Pithecheir
Rattus
Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
Otomys
Others

* v
* t
* e

Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Rattus)

* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Chordate
* Class: Mammalia
* Superorder: Euarchontoglires
* Order: Rodentia
* Family: Muridae

Abditomys|

* Luzon broad-toothed rat (A. latidens)

Bandicota
(Bandicoot rats)|

* Lesser bandicoot rat (B. bengalensis)
* Greater bandicoot rat (B. indica)
* Savile's bandicoot rat (B. savilei)

Berylmys
(White-toothed rats)|

* Small white-toothed rat (B. berdmorei)
* Bower's white-toothed rat (B. bowersi)
* Kenneth's white-toothed rat (B. mackenziei)
* Manipur white-toothed rat (B. manipulus)

Bullimus|

* Bagobo rat (B. bagobus)
* Camiguin forest rat (B. gamay)
* Lagre Luzon forest rat (B. luzonicus)

Bunomys|

* Andrew's hill rat (B. andrewsi)
* Yellow-haired hill rat (B. chrysocomus)
* Heavenly hill rat (B. coelestis)
* Fraternal hill rat (B. fratrorum)
* Karoko hill rat (B. karokophilus)
* Inland hill rat (B. penitus)
* Long-headed hill rat (B. prolatus)
* Tana Toraja hill rat (B. torajae)

Diplothrix|

* Ryukyu long-tailed giant rat (D. legatus)

Kadarsanomys|

* Sody's tree rat (K. sodyi)

Komodomys|

* Komodo rat (K. rintjanus)

Limnomys|

* Gray-bellied mountain rat (L. bryophilus)
* Mindanao mountain rat (L. sibuanus)

Nesokia|

* Bunn's short-tailed bandicoot rat (N. bunnii)
* Short-tailed bandicoot rat (N. indica)

Nesoromys|

* Ceram rat (N. ceramicus)

Palawanomys|

* Palawan soft-furred mountain rat (P. furvus)

Papagomys|

* Flores giant rat (P. armandvillei)

Paruromys|

* Sulawesi giant rat (P. dominator)

Paulamys|

* Flores long-nosed rat (P. naso)

Rattus
(Typical rats)|

* Enggano rat (R. enganus)
* Philippine forest rat (R. everetti)
* Polynesian rat (R. exulans)
* Hainald's rat (R. hainaldi)
* Hoogerwerf's rat (R. hoogerwerfi)
* Korinch's rat (R. korinchi)
* Nillu rat (R. montanus)
* Molaccan prehensile-tailed rat (R. morotaiensis)
* Kerala rat (R. ranjiniae)
* New Ireland forest rat (R. sanila)
* Andaman rat (R. stoicus)
* Timor rat (R. timorensis)

* R. norvegicus group: Himalayan field rat (R. nitidus)
* Brown rat (R. norvegicus)
* Turkestan rat (R. pyctoris)

* R. rattus group: Sunburned rat (R. adustus)
* Sikkim rat (R. andamanensis)
* Ricefield rat (R. argentiventer)
* Summit rat (R. baluensis)
* Aceh rat (R. blangorum)
* Nonsense rat (R. burrus)
* Hoffmann's rat (R. hoffmanni)
* Koopman's rat (R. koopmani)
* Lesser ricefield rat (R. losea)
* Mentawai rat (R. lugens)
* Mindoro black rat (R. mindorensis)
* Little soft-furred rat (R. mollicomulus)
* Osgood's rat (R. osgoodi)
* Palm rat (R. palmarum)
* Black rat (R. rattus)
* Sahyadris forest rat (R. satarae)
* Simalur rat (R. simalurensis)
* Tanezumi rat (R. tanezumi)
* Tawitawi forest rat (R. tawitawiensis)
* Malayan field rat (R. tiomanicus)

* R. xanthurus group: Bonthain rat (R. bontanus)
* Opossum rat (R. marmosurus)
* Peleng rat (R. pelurus)
* R. salocco
* Yellow-tailed rat (R. xanthurus)

* R. leucopus group: Vogelkop mountain rat (R. arfakiensis)
* Western New Guinea mountain rat (R. arrogans)
* Manus Island spiny rat (R. detentus)
* Sula rat (R. elaphinus)
* Spiny Ceram rat (R. feliceus)
* Giluwe rat (R. giluwensis)
* Japen rat (R. jobiensis)
* Cape York rat (R. leucopus)
* Eastern rat (R. mordax)
* Moss-forest rat (R. niobe)
* New Guinean rat (R. novaeguineae)
* Arianus's rat (R. omichlodes)
* Pocock's highland rat (R. pococki)
* Spiny rat (R. praetor)
* Glacier rat (R. richardsoni)
* Stein's rat (R. steini)
* Van Deusen's rat (R. vandeuseni)
* Slender rat (R. verecundus)

* R. fuscipes group: Dusky rat (R. colletti)
* Bush rat (R. fuscipes)
* Australian swamp rat (R. lutreolus)
* Dusky field rat (R. sordidus)
* Pale field rat (R. tunneyi)
* Rattus villosissimus (R. villosissimus)

Sundamys
(Giant Sunda rats)|

* Annandale's rat (S. annandalei)
* Mountain giant Sunda rat (S. infraluteus)
* Bartels's rat (S. maxi)
* Müller's giant Sunda rat (S. muelleri)

Taeromys|

* Salokko rat (T. arcuatus)
* Lovely-haired rat (T. callitrichus)
* Celebes rat (T. celebensis)
* Sulawesi montane rat (T. hamatus)
* Small-eared rat (T. microbullatus)
* Sulawesi forest rat (T. punicans)
* Tondano rat (T. taerae)

Tarsomys|

* Long-footed rat (T. apoensis)
* Spiny long-footed rat (T. echinatus)
* Kampalili moss mouse (T. orientalis)

Tryphomys|

* Luzon short-nosed rat (T. adustus)

See also

Aethomys–Chrotomys
Colomys–Golunda
Hadromys–Maxomys
Melasmothrix–Mus
Oenomys–Pithecheir
Pogonomys–Pseudomys
Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
Otomys
Others

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Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Stenocephalomys–Xeromys)

* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Chordate
* Class: Mammalia
* Superorder: Euarchontoglires
* Order: Rodentia
* Family: Muridae

Stenocephalomys
Division|

| Congomys|

* Lukolela swamp rat (C. lukolelae)
* Verschuren's swamp rat (C. verschureni)

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Heimyscus|

* African smoky mouse (H. fumosus)

Hylomyscus
(African wood mice)|

* H. aeta group: Beaded wood mouse (H. aeta)
* Mount Oku hylomyscus (H. grandis)

* H. alleni group: Allen's wood mouse (H. alleni)
* Angolan wood mouse (H. carillus)
* Hylomyscus pamfi
* Stella wood mouse (H. stella)
* Walter Verheyeni's mouse (H. walterverheyeni)

* H. anselli group: Ansell's wood mouse (H. anselli)
* Arc Mountain wood mouse (H. arcimontensis)
* Kerbis Peterhans's wood mouse (H. kerbispeterhansi)

* H. baeri group: Baer's wood mouse (H. baeri)

* H. denniae group: Montane wood mouse (H. denniae)
* H. endorobae
* H. vulcanorum

* H. parvus group: Little wood mouse (H. parvus)

Mastomys
(Multimammate rats)|

* Angolan multimammate mouse (M. angolensis)
* Awash multimammate mouse (M. awashensis)
* Southern multimammate mouse (M. coucha)
* Guinea multimammate mouse (M. erythroleucus)
* Hubert's multimammate mouse (M. huberti)
* Verheyen's multimammate mouse (M. kollmannspergeri)
* Natal multimammate mouse (M. natalensis)
* Shortridge's multimammate mouse (M. shortridgei)

Montemys

* Delectable soft-furred mouse (M. delectorum)

Myomyscus
(Multimammate rats)|

* Verreaux's mouse (M. verreauxii)

Ochromyscus

* Brockman's rock mouse (O. brockmani)
* Yemeni mouse (O. yemeni)

Praomys
(African
soft-furred rats)|

* P. coetzeei
* Dalton's mouse (P. daltoni)
* De Graaff's soft-furred mouse (P. degraaffi)
* Deroo's mouse (P. derooi)
* Hartwig's soft-furred mouse (P. hartwigi)
* Jackson's soft-furred mouse (P. jacksoni)
* Least soft-furred mouse (P. minor)
* Misonne's soft-furred mouse (P. misonnei)
* Cameroon soft-furred mouse (P. morio)
* Muton's soft-furred mouse (P. mutoni)
* Gotel Mountain soft-furred mouse (P. obscurus)
* Petter's soft-furred mouse (P. petteri)
* Forest soft-furred mouse (P. rostratus)
* Tullberg's soft-furred mouse (P. tullbergi)

Serengetimys

* Dwarf multimammate mouse (S. pernanus)

Stenocephalemys
(Ethiopian
narrow-headed rats)|

* Ethiopian white-footed mouse (S. albipes)
* Ethiopian narrow-headed Rat (S. albocaudata)
* Gray-tailed narrow-headed rat (S. griseicauda)
* Rupp's mouse (S. ruppi)

Uromys Division|

| Melomys
(Banana rats)|

* Dusky mosaic-tailed rat (M. aerosus)
* Rossel Island melomys (M. arcium)
* Bannister's rat (M. bannisteri)
* Bougainville mosaic-tailed rat (M. bougainville)
* Grassland mosaic-tailed rat (M. burtoni)
* Cape York melomys (M. capensis)
* Short-tailed Talaud mosaic-tailed rat (M. caurinus)
* Fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat(M. cervinipes)
* Yamdena mosaic-tailed rat (M. cooperae)
* Dollman's melomys (M. dollmani)
* Manusela mosaic-tailed rat (M. fraterculus)
* Snow Mountains grassland mosaic-tailed rat (M. frigicola)
* Seram long-tailed mosaic-tailed rat (M. fulgens)
* Riama mosaic-tailed rat (M. howi)
* White-bellied mosaic-tailed rat (M. leucogaster)
* Papua grassland mosaic-tailed rat (M. lutillus)
* Manus Island mosaic-tailed rat (M. matambuai)
* Obi mosaic-tailed rat (M. obiensis)
* Pavel's Seram mosaic-tailed rat (M. paveli)
* Black-tailed mosaic-tailed rat (M. rufescens)
* Buka Island mosaic-tailed rat (M. spechti)
* Long-tailed Talaud mosaic-tailed rat (M. talaudium)

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Paramelomys|

* Gressitt's mosaic-tailed rat (P. gressitti)
* Long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat (P. levipes)
* Lorentz's mosaic-tailed rat (P. lorentzii)
* Thomas's mosaic-tailed rat (P. mollis)
* Moncton's mosaic-tailed rat (P. moncktoni)
* Long-nosed paramelomys (P. naso)
* Lowland mosaic-tailed rat (P. platyops)
* Mountain mosaic-tailed rat (P. rubex)
* Stein's paramelomys (P. steini)

Protochromys|

* Red-bellied mosaic-tailed rat (P. fellowsi)

Solomys
(Naked-tailed rats)|

* Poncelet's giant rat (S. ponceleti)
* Florida naked-tailed rat (S. salamonis)
* Bougainville naked-tailed rat (S. salebrosus)
* Isabel naked-tailed rat (S. sapientis)

Uromys
(Giant naked-tailed rats)|

* Giant naked-tailed rat (U. anak)
* Biak giant rat (U. boeadii)
* Giant white-tailed rat (U. caudimaculatus)
* Emma's giant rat (U. emmae)
* Masked white-tailed rat (U. hadrourus)
* Emperor rat (U. imperator)
* Bismarck giant rat (U. neobritanicus)
* Guadalcanal rat (U. porculus)
* King rat (U. rex)
* Great Key Island giant rat (U. siebersi)
* Vangunu giant rat (U. vika)

Xeromys Division|

| Leptomys|

* L. arfakensis
* Long-footed water rat (L. elegans)
* Ernst Mayr's water rat (L. ernstmayri)
* L. paulus
* Fly River water rat (L. signatus)

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Pseudohydromys
(New Guinea
false water rats)|

* Bishop's moss mouse (P. berniceae)
* Huon small-toothed moss mouse (P. carlae)
* Laurie's moss mouse (P. eleanorae)
* One-toothed shrew mouse (P. ellermani)
* Mottled-tailed shrew mouse (P. fuscus)
* German's one-toothed moss mouse (P. germani)
* Eastern shrew mouse (P. murinus)
* Musser's shrew mouse (P. musseri)
* Western shrew mouse (P. occidentalis)
* Woolley's moss mouse (P. patriciae)
* Southern small-toothed moss mouse (P. pumehanae)
* White-bellied moss mouse (P. sandrae)

Xeromys|

* False water rat (X. myoides)

See also

Aethomys–Chrotomys
Colomys–Golunda
Hadromys–Maxomys
Melasmothrix–Mus
Oenomys–Pithecheir
Pogonomys–Pseudomys
Rattus
Otomys
Others

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Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Otomys)

* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Chordate
* Class: Mammalia
* Superorder: Euarchontoglires
* Order: Rodentia
* Family: Muridae

Myotomys
(African karoo rats)|

* Sloggett's vlei rat (M. sloggetti)
* Bush vlei rat (M. unisulcatus)

Otomys
(Vlei rats)|

* Angolan vlei rat (O. anchietae)
* Angoni vlei rat (O. angoniensis)
* Barbour's vlei rat (O. barbouri)
* Burton's vlei rat (O. burtoni)
* Cheesman's vlei rat (O. cheesmani)
* Cuanza vlei rat (O. cuanzensis)
* Ruwenzori vlei rat (O. dartmouthi)
* Dent's vlei rat (O. denti)
* Dollman's vlei rat (O. dollmani)
* Charada vlei rat (O. fortior)
* Heller's vlei rat (O. helleri)
* Southern African vlei rat (O. irroratus)
* Mount Elgon vlei rat (O. jacksoni)
* Tanzanian vlei rat (O. lacustris)
* Laminate vlei rat (O. laminatus)
* Large vlei rat (O. maximus)
* Western vlei rat (O. occidentalis)
* Afroalpine vlei rat (O. orestes)
* Saunder's vlei rat (O. saundersiae)
* Simien vlei rat (O. simiensis)
* Thomas's vlei rat (O. thomasi)
* Tropical vlei rat (O. tropicalis)
* Typical vlei rat (O. typus)
* Uzungwe vlei rat (O. uzungwensis)
* Yalden's vlei rat (O. yaldeni)
* Mount Kilimanjaro vlei rat (O. zinki)

Parotomys
(Whistling rats)|

* Brants's whistling rat (P. brantsii)
* Littledale's whistling rat (P. littledalei)

See also

Aethomys–Chrotomys
Colomys–Golunda
Hadromys–Maxomys
Melasmothrix–Mus
Oenomys–Pithecheir
Pogonomys–Pseudomys
Rattus
Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
Others

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* t
* e

Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Others)

* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Chordate
* Class: Mammalia
* Superorder: Euarchontoglires
* Order: Rodentia
* Family: Muridae

Mirzamys|

* Mirza's western moss rat (M. louiseae)
* Mirza's eastern moss rat (M. norahae)

Musseromys|

* Sierra Madre tree-mouse (M. anacuao)
* Mount Pulag tree-mouse (M. beneficus)
* Banahaw tree mouse (M. gulantang)
* Amuyao tree-mouse (M. inopinatus)

See also

Aethomys–Chrotomys
Colomys–Golunda
Hadromys–Maxomys
Melasmothrix–Mus
Oenomys–Pithecheir
Pogonomys–Pseudomys
Rattus
Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
Otomys

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Extant subfamilies of family Muridae

* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Chordata
* Class: Mammalia
* Infraclass: Eutheria
* Superorder: Euarchontoglires
* Order: Rodentia

* Murinae (Old World rats and mice)
* Deomyinae (spiny mice, brush furred mice, link rat, Rudd's mouse)
* Gerbillinae (gerbils)
* Leimacomyinae (Togo mouse)
* Lophiomyinae (maned rat)

Taxon identifiers

Murinae|

* Wikidata: Q30266
* Wikispecies: Murinae
* ADW: Murinae
* CoL: JXJ
* EoL: 2847355
* ITIS: 552328
* MSW: 13001184
* NCBI: 39107
* Open Tree of Life: 889045
* Paleobiology Database: 55675

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