ADW: Muroidea: CLASSIFICATION

Muroideamice, rats, gerbils, and relatives

KingdomAnimaliaanimals
- Eumetazoametazoans
  - Bilateriabilaterally symmetrical animals
    - Deuterostomiadeuterostomes
      - PhylumChordatachordates
        Craniatacraniates
        SubphylumVertebratavertebrates
        SuperclassGnathostomatajawed vertebrates
        Euteleostomibony vertebrates
        ClassSarcopterygiilobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates
        Tetrapodatetrapods
        Amniotaamniotes
        Synapsidasynapsids
        ClassMammaliamammals
        SubclassTheriaTherian mammals
        InfraclassEutheriaplacental mammals
        OrderRodentiarodents
        SuborderMyomorphamice, rats, gerbils, jerboas, and relatives
        SuperfamilyMuroideamice, rats, gerbils, and relatives
        FamilyCalomyscidaemouse-like hamsters
        FamilyCricetidaeNew World rats and mice, voles, hamsters, and relatives
        FamilyMuridaeOld World mice and rats, gerbils, whistling rats, and relatives
        FamilyNesomyidaeAfrican and Malagasy endemic rats and mice
        FamilyPlatacanthomyidaeMalabar spiny dormouse and pygmy dormice
        FamilySpalacidaeblind mole rats, African mole rats, zokors, and bamboo rats

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Classification

KingdomAnimaliaanimals
PhylumChordatachordates
SubphylumVertebratavertebrates
ClassMammaliamammals
OrderRodentiarodents
SuperfamilyMuroideamice, rats, gerbils, and relatives

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