Definition of muroidea Muroidea

We found 3 definitions of muroidea from 3 different sources.

What does muroidea mean?

Noun
muroidea - a superfamily of rodents essentially equal to the suborder Myomorpha but with the Dipodidae excluded
		superfamily Muroidea
		mammal family a family of mammals
		myomorpha, suborder myomorpha true rats and mice and related rodents

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Muroidea is a large superfamily of rodents. It includes hamsters, gerbils, true mice and rats, and many other relatives. They live on almost every continent except Antarctica. Some scientists have placed all members of this group into a single family, Muridae. Sometimes there are difficulties in knowing how the subfamilies are related to one another.

The muroids are classified in 6 families, 19 subfamilies, around 280 genera and at least 1300 species.