Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Rodentia

Original position

Questionably Muroidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788

Original entries

Questionably †Afrocricetodontinae (Subfamily) Lavocat, 1973
Questionably †Anomalomyinae (Subfamily) Schaub, 1925
Questionably Arvicolinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821
Questionably †Baranomyinae (Subfamily) Kretzoi, 1955
Questionably †Blancomys (Genus) van de Weerd, Adrover, Mein & Soria, 1977
Questionably Calomyscinae (Subfamily) Vorontsov, Kartavtseva & Potapova, 1978
Questionably Cricetinae (Subfamily) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
Questionably †Cricetodontinae (Subfamily) Schaub, 1925
Questionably Cricetomyinae (Subfamily) Roberts, 1951
Questionably †Cricetopinae (Subfamily) Matthew & Granger, 1923
Questionably Delanymyinae (Subfamily) Denys, Michaux, Catzeflis, Ducrocq & Chevret, 1995
Questionably Dendromurinae (Subfamily) Allen, 1939
Questionably †Epimeriones (Genus) Daxner-Hock, 1972
Questionably †Eumyinae (Subfamily) Simpson, 1945
Questionably Gerbillinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1825
Questionably †Gobicricetodontinae (Subfamily) Qiu, 1996
Questionably †Leakeymys (Genus) Lavocat, 1964
Questionably Lophiomyinae (Subfamily) Milne-Edwards, 1867
Questionably †Megacricetodontinae (Subfamily) (Mein & Freudenthal, 1971) Jacobs & Lindsay, 1984
Questionably †Melissiodontinae (Subfamily) Schaub, 1925
Questionably †Microtoscoptinae (Subfamily) Kretzoi, 1955
Questionably Murinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788
Questionably †Myocricetodontinae (Subfamily) Lavocat, 1961
Questionably Myospalacinae (Subfamily) Lilljeborg, 1866
Questionably Mystromyinae (Subfamily) Vorontsov, 1966
Questionably Nesomyinae (Subfamily) Forsyth Major, 1897
Questionably †Pappocricetodon (Genus) Tong, 1992
Questionably †Paracricetodontinae (Subfamily) Mein & Freudenthal, 1971
Questionably Petromyscinae (Subfamily) Roberts, 1951
Questionably Platacanthomyinae (Subfamily) Alston, 1876
Questionably †Potwarmus (Genus) Lindsay, 1988
Questionably Rhizomyinae (Subfamily) Winge, 1887
Questionably †Selenomys (Genus) Matthew & Granger, 1923
Questionably Sigmodontinae (Subfamily) Wagner, 1843
Questionably Spalacinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821
Questionably †Tachyoryctoidinae (Subfamily) Schaub, 1958

Subsequent entries

†Trilophomyinae (Subfamily) Kretzoi, 1969

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 139.

Current position

Muroidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788

Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26); Upham et al., 2019: Data S3.

Alternative positions

Rodentia (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 150.
Sciurognathi (Suborder) (Tullberg, 1899)	Ref: G.G. Musser & M.D. Carleton, 1993: 501.

Historical positions

Muroidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).
Muroidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 58.
Muroidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 136.
Sciurognathi (Suborder) (Tullberg, 1899)	Ref: G.G. Musser & M.D. Carleton, 1993: 501; 7.
Rodentia (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 150.
Muroidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 637.
Muroidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1049; 1048.
Myomorpha (Suborder) Brandt, 1855	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Muroidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 588.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	138g;647s;59ss;1v; ‡4g;16s; †104g;43s;4ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[287g;1329s; ‡7g; †183g]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 58	150g;752s
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[281g; ‡7g; †183g]
1993	G.G. Musser & M.D. Carleton	281[276]g;1326[1302]s; ‡[5g;24s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[255g];~1160[1149]s; ‡[1g;16s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	6sf;98g;457s