#suborder_Myomorpha__Myomorpha  true rats and mice and related rodents
  supertype:  animal_order  the order of animals
  member of:  order_Rodentia
  member:  superfamily_Muroidea__Muroidea  essential equal to suborder Myomorpha with the Dipodidae excluded
     member:  family_Muridae__Muridae  originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide; distinguished from the Cricetidae by typically lacking cheek pouches
        member:  genus_Mus__Mus  type genus of the Muridae: common house mice; upper incisors have a square-notched tip
           member:  house_mouse__housemouse__Mus_musculus  brownish-gray Old World mouse now a common household pest worldwide
        member:  genus_Micromyx__Micromyx  Old World harvest mice
           member:  harvest_mouse__harvestmouse__Micromyx_minutus  small reddish-brown Eurasian mouse inhabiting e.g. cornfields
        member:  genus_Apodemus__Apodemus  Old World field mice
           member:  field_mouse__fieldmouse  any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens
           member:  European_wood_mouse__Apodemus_sylvaticus  nocturnal yellowish-brown mouse inhabiting woods and fields and gardens
        member:  genus_Rattus__Rattus  common house rats; upper incisors have a beveled edge
           member:  brown_rat__brownrat__Norway_rat__Rattus_norvegicus  common domestic rat; serious pest worldwide
           member:  black_rat__blackrat__roof_rat__Rattus_rattus  common household pest originally from Asia that has spread worldwide
        member:  genus_Nesokia__Nesokia  bandicoot rats
           member:  bandicoot_rat__bandicootrat__mole_rat  burrowing scaly-tailed rat of India and Ceylon
        member:  genus_Conilurus__Conilurus  jerboa rats
           member:  jerboa_rat  large Australian rat with hind legs adapted for leaping
        member:  genus_Notomys__Notomys  jerboa rats
           member:  kangaroo_mouse  leaping rodent of Australian desert areas
        member:  subfamily_Hydromyinae__Hydromyinae  water rats of Australia and New Guinea
           member:  genus_Hydromys__Hydromys  water rats
              member:  beaver_rat  amphibious rat of Australia and New Guinea
  member:  family_Cricetidae__Cricetidae  mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters
     member:  New_World_mouse  a variety of rodent
     member:  genus_Reithrodontomys__Reithrodontomys  New World harvest mice
        member:  American_harvest_mouse__harvest_mouse__harvestmouse  any of several small grayish New World mice inhabiting e.g. grain fields
     member:  genus_Peromyscus__Peromyscus  New World wood mice
        member:  white-footed_mouse__vesper_mouse__Peromyscus_leucopus  American woodland mouse with white feet and underparts
        member:  deer_mouse__Peromyscus_maniculatus  brownish New World mouse; most widely distributed member of the genus
        member:  cactus_mouse__Peromyscus_eremicus  burrowing mouse of desert areas of southwestern United States
        member:  cotton_mouse__Peromyscus_gossypinus  large dark mouse of southeastern United States
     member:  genus_Baiomys__Baiomys  pygmy mice
        member:  pygmy_mouse__pygmymouse__Baiomys_taylori  very small dark grayish brown mouse resembling a house mouse; of Texas and Mexico
     member:  genus_Onychomys__Onychomys  grasshopper mice
        member:  grasshopper_mouse__grasshoppermouse  insectivorous mouse of western North America
     member:  genus_Ondatra__Ondatra  muskrats
        member:  muskrat__Ondatra_zibethica  beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur
     member:  genus_Neofiber__Neofiber  round-tailed muskrat
        member:  round-tailed_muskrat__Florida_water_rat__Neofiber_alleni  of Florida wetlands
     member:  genus_Sigmodon__Sigmodon  American cotton rats
        member:  cotton_rat__Sigmodon_hispidus  destructive long-haired burrowing rat of southern North America and Central America
     member:  wood_rat  any of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern hemisphere having soft fur gray above and white below with well-furred tails and large ears; some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)
     member:  genus_Neotoma__Neotoma  packrats
        member:  packrat__traderat__bushytail_woodrat__bushytailwoodrat__Neotoma_cinerea  any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects
        member:  dusky-footed_woodrat__Neotoma_fuscipes  host to Lyme disease tick (Ixodes pacificus) in northern California
        member:  eastern_woodrat__easternwoodrat__Neotoma_floridana  large grayish-brown woodrat of the southeastern United States
     member:  genus_Oryzomys__Oryzomys  rice rats
        member:  rice_rat__Oryzomys_palustris  hardy agile rat of grassy marshes of Mexico and the southeastern United States
     member:  genus_Pitymys__Pitymys  pine mice
        member:  pine_vole__pine_mouse__Pitymys_pinetorum  short-tailed glossy-furred burrowing vole of the eastern United States
     member:  genus_Microtus__Microtus  voles of the northern hemisphere
        member:  meadow_vole__meadow_mouse__Microtus_pennsylvaticus  widely distributed in grasslands of northern United States and Canada
        member:  Richardson_vole__water_vole__watervole__Microtus_richardsoni  of western North America
        member:  prairie_vole__prairievole__Microtus_ochrogaster  typical vole of the extended prairie region of central United States and southern Canada
     member:  genus_Arvicola__Arvicola  in some classifications considered synonymous with Microtus
        member:  water_vole__watervole__water_rat__waterrat__Arvicola_amphibius  common large Eurasian vole
     member:  genus_Clethrionomys__Clethrionomys  a genus of Cricetidae
        member:  red-backed_mouse__redback_vole__redbackvole  any of several voles of mountainous regions of Eurasia and America
     member:  genus_Phenacomys  North American boles
        member:  phenacomys  any of several vole-like terrestrial or arboreal rodents of cold forested regions of Canada and western United States
     member:  genus_Cricetus__Cricetus  type genus of the Cricetidae: Old World hamsters
        member:  hamster  short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches
     member:  genus_Mesocricetus__Mesocricetus  golden hamsters
        member:  golden_hamster__Syrian_hamster__Mesocricetus_auratus  small light-colored hamster often kept as a pet
     member:  subfamily_Gerbillinae__Gerbillinae  gerbils
        member:  genus_Gerbillus__Gerbillus  type genus of the Gerbillinae: typical gerbils
        member:  gerbil__gerbille  small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping
     member:  genus_Meriones__Meriones  a genus of Cricetidae
        member:  jird  North African gerbils
        member:  tamarisk_gerbil__Meriones_unguiculatus  popular as a pet
        member:  Meriones_longifrons__sand_rat  southern European gerbil
     member:  lemming  any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution
     member:  Lemmus__genus_lemmus  lemmings
        member:  European_lemming__Lemmus_lemmus  notable for mass migrations even into the sea where many drown
        member:  brown_lemming__brownlemming__Lemmus_trimucronatus  of northwestern Canada and Alaska
     member:  genus_Myopus__Myopus  a genus of Cricetidae
        member:  gray_lemming__red-backed_lemming  Old World lemming
     member:  genus_Dicrostonyx__Dicrostonyx  pied lemmings
        member:  pied_lemming  North American lemming having a white winter coat and some claws much enlarged
     member:  genus_Synaptomys__Synaptomys  bog lemmings
  member:  family_Zapodidae__Zapodidae  jumping mice
     member:  jumping_mouse__jumpingmouse  any of several primitive mouselike rodents with long hind legs and no cheek pouches; of woodlands of Eurasia and North America
     member:  genus_Zapus__Zapus  type genus of the Zapodidae
        member:  meadow_jumping_mouse__Zapus_hudsonius  widely distributed in northeastern and central United States and Canada
  member:  family_Dipodidae__Dipodidae  Old World jerboas
     member:  genus_Dipus__Dipus  type genus of the Dipodidae; typical jerboas having three toes on each hind food
        member:  typical_jerboa__typicaljerboa  small nocturnal jumping rodent with long hind legs; of arid parts of North Africa and Asia
     member:  jerboa  mouselike jumping rodent
     member:  genus_Jaculus__Jaculus  jerboas
        member:  Jaculus_jaculus  a variety of jerboa
  member:  family_Gliridae__Gliridae  dormice and other Old World forms
     member:  dormouse  small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather
     member:  genus_Glis__Glis  type genus of the Gliridae
        member:  loir__Glis_glis  large European dormouse
     member:  genus_Muscardinus__Muscardinus  a genus of Gliridae
        member:  hazel_mouse__hazelmouse__Muscardinus_avellanarius  a variety of dormouse
     member:  genus_Eliomys__Eliomys  lerots
        member:  lerot  dormouse of southern Europe and northern Africa
  member:  family_Spalacidae__Spalacidae  mole rats
     member:  genus_Spalax__Spalax  type genus of the Spalacidae
        member:  mole_rat  furry short-limbed tailless rodent resembling a true mole in habits and appearance; of eastern Europe and Middle East

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