Muroidea

Translingual

Mus musculus

Cricetus cricetus

Etymology

Mus +‎ -oidea.

Proper noun

Muroidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Rodentia – the hamsters, gerbils, mice, rats, etc., collectively known as murids.

Hypernyms

(superfamily): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Rodentia - order; Myomorpha - suborder

Hyponyms

(superfamily): Calomyscidae, Cricetidae, Muridae, Nesomyidae, Platacanthomyidae, Spalacidae (families)

Coordinate terms

(superfamily in Myomorpha): Dipodoidea

References

Muroidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Muroidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Muroidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Muroidea in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.

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