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MeSH Heading: Sigmodontinae
Tree Number(s): B01.050.150.900.649.313.992.635.075.500
Unique ID: D016205
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016205
Annotation: for entry term RATS, RICE and other species commonly called "rats" but taxonomically SIGMODONTINAE, do not use the check tag RATS.
Scope Note: A subfamily of the family MURIDAE comprised of 69 genera. New World mice and rats are included in this subfamily.
Entry Term(s): Hesperomyinae; Hesperomyines; Neotoma; Oryzomys; Rats, Cotton; Rats, Rice; Sigmodon
Related Numbers: txid29122; txid42407; txid42414
Previous Indexing: Microtinae (1982-1990); Rats (1966-1981); Rodentia (1966-1981)
Public MeSH Note: 2006; see HESPEROMYINAE 1991-2005; for NEOTOMA, SIGMODON, and RATS, COTTON see CRICETIDAE 1982-1990
History Note: 2006 (1991); for NEOTOMA, SIGMODON, and RATS, COTTON use ARVICOLINAE 1982-1990
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1990/06/06
Revision Date: 2020/09/02

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

classification (CL)

embryology (EM)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

physiology (PH)

psychology (PX)

surgery (SU)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Sigmodontinae MeSH Descriptor Data 2024