Order Rodentia
Suborder Sciurognathi
Infraorder Myomorpha
Family Dipodidae (Jerboas, Birch mice, Jumping Mice)
Family Muridae
SF Arvicolinae (voles, lemmings, muskrat, 26 gen., 143 sp.; Holarctic) Map.
SF Calomyscinae (mouse hamsters; 1 gen., 6 sp.; Middle East and SW Asia)
SF Cricetinae (hamsters, 7 gen., 18 sp.; Palearctic)
SF Cricetomyinae (African pouched rats, 3 gen., 6 sp.; Africa south of Sahara)
SF Dendromurinae (African climbing mice, 8 gen., 23 sp.; Africa south of Sahara)
SF Gerbillinae (gerbils, 14 gen., 110 sp.; Africa, southern Asia) Map.
SF Lophiomyinae (Maned rats; 1 gen. & sp.; Eastern Africa)
SF Murinae (true mice and rats; 122 gen., 529 sp.; Nearly Cosmopolitan)
SF Myospalacinae (Zokors or East Asian Mole rats; 1 gen., 7 sp.; Siberia, Northern China)
SF Mystromyinae (White-tailed rats.; 1 gen., 1 sp.; South Africa)
SF Nesomyinae (Rodents of Madagascar; 7 gen., 14 sp.; Madagascar)
SF Otomyinae (Vlei rats, Karroo rats, 2 gen., 14 sp.; Parts of Africa)
SF Petromyscinae (African Rock and Swamp Mice; 2 gen., 5 sp.; Parts of Africa)
SF Platacanthomyinae (Spiny & Pigmy dormice; 2 gen., 3 sp.; India, SE Asia)
SF Rhizomyinae (Root rats or Bamboo rats; 3 gen., 15 sp.; ; East Africa, S Asia)
SF Sigmodontinae (New World mice &d rats; 79 gen., 423 Spec.; New World) Map.
SF Spalacinae (Mole rats, 2 genera, 8 species;
Mediterranean Region)
Because of the diversity of the Muridae Lectures focus only on the 5 bold-faced subfamilies.