- Concept UI
- M0014221
- Scope Note
- A family of the order Rodentia containing 250 genera including the two genera Mus (MICE) and Rattus (RATS), from which the laboratory inbred strains are developed. The fifteen subfamilies are SIGMODONTINAE (New World mice and rats), CRICETINAE, Spalacinae, Myospalacinae, Lophiomyinae, ARVICOLINAE, Platacanthomyinae, Nesomyinae, Otomyinae, Rhizomyinae, GERBILLINAE, Dendromurinae, Cricetomyinae, MURINAE (Old World mice and rats), and Hydromyinae.
- Terms
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Muridae
Preferred Term
Term UI
T027256
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (1982)
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Murids
Term UI
T027257
Date05/14/1981
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
UNK (19XX)