Muroidea

Translingual

Mus musculus

Cricetus cricetus

Etymology

Mus +‎ -oidea.

Proper noun

Muroidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Rodentia – the hamsters, gerbils, mice, rats, etc., collectively known as muroids; the hypernymy of the words in their strict/narrow senses is muroid (superfamily Muroidea) > murid (family Muridae) > murine (subfamily Murinae), although in broad use the taxon-specific distinctions below superfamily are often ignored.

Hypernyms

(superfamily): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Rodentia - order; Myomorpha - suborder

Hyponyms

(superfamily): Calomyscidae, Cricetidae, Muridae, Nesomyidae, Platacanthomyidae, Spalacidae (families)

Coordinate terms

(superfamily in Myomorpha): Dipodoidea

References

Muroidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Muroidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Muroidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Muroidea in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.

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