Superfamily
Muroidea (Muroids)
Reithrodontomys megalotis. Photo: (c) J. N. Stuart, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
The Muroidea are a large superfamily of rodents, including mice, rats, voles, hamsters, gerbils, and many other relatives. They occupy a vast variety of habitats on every continent except Antarctica. Some authorities have placed all members of this group into a single family, Muridae, due to difficulties in determining how the subfamilies are related to one another. The following taxonomy is based on recent well-supported molecular phylogenies.
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