Muroidea

== Translingual == === Etymology === Mus +‎ -oidea. === Proper noun === Muroidea A taxonomic superfamily within the order Rodentia – hamsters, gerbils, mice, rats, etc., collectively known as muroids. ==== Usage notes ==== 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; Supramyomorpha – suborder; Myomorphi – infraorder ==== Hyponyms ==== (superfamily): Calomyscidae, Cricetidae, Muridae, Nesomyidae, Platacanthomyidae, Spalacidae (extant families) ==== Coordinate terms ==== (superfamily in Myomorphi): Dipodoidea === References === Muroidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Muroidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Muroidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Muroidea in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.