Muroidea
Translingual
editEtymology
editProper noun
editMuroidea
- A taxonomic superfamily within the order Rodentia – hamsters, gerbils, mice, rats, etc., collectively known as muroids.
Usage notes
edit- The hypernymy of the words in their strict/narrow senses is muroid (superfamily Muroidea) > murid (family Muridae) > murine (subfamily Murinae), although in broad use the taxon-specific distinctions below superfamily are often ignored.
Hypernyms
edit- (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
edit- (superfamily): Calomyscidae, Cricetidae, Muridae, Nesomyidae, Platacanthomyidae, Spalacidae (families)
Coordinate terms
edit- (superfamily in Myomorpha): Dipodoidea
References
edit- Muroidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Muroidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Muroidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Muroidea in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.