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Natura - nature
..Mundus - physical world
....Naturalia - natural bodies
......Biota
........Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
..........Unikonta
............Opisthokonta
..............Holozoa
................Kingdom Animalia - animals
..................Epitheliozoa
....................Eumetazoa - eumetazoans
......................Bilateria - bilaterians
........................Eubilateria
..........................Deuterostomia - deuterostomes
............................Phylum Chordata - chordates
..............................Subphylum Vertebrata - vertebrates
................................Infraphylum Gnathostomata - jawed vertebrates
..................................Superclass Tetrapoda - tetrapods
....................................Reptiliomorpha
......................................Batrachosauria
........................................Amniota
..........................................Synapsida
............................................Therapsida
..............................................Theriodontia
................................................Eutheriodontia
..................................................Cynodontia
....................................................Eucynodontia
......................................................Mammaliamorpha
........................................................Mammaliaformes
..........................................................Holotheria
............................................................Class Mammalia - mammals
..............................................................Theriimorpha
................................................................Theriiformes
..................................................................Trechnotheria
....................................................................Cladotheria
......................................................................Zatheria
........................................................................Subclass Boreosphenida
..........................................................................Theria
............................................................................Infraclass Eutheria
..............................................................................Cohort Placentalia - placentals
................................................................................Magnorder Boreoeutheria
..................................................................................Grandorder Euarchontoglires
....................................................................................Superorder Glires
......................................................................................Mirorder Simplicidentata
........................................................................................Order Rodentia - rodents
..........................................................................................Suborder Myomorpha
............................................................................................Infraorder Myodonta
..............................................................................................Superfamily Muroidea
................................................................................................Family Muridae - rats, mice, hamsters, voles, lemmings, and gerbils
..................................................................................................Subfamily Murinae - Old World mice and rats
....................................................................................................Genus Abditomys
....................................................................................................Genus Acomys - spiny mice
....................................................................................................Genus Aethomys - bush rats, rock rats
....................................................................................................Genus Anisomys - powerful-toothed rat
....................................................................................................Genus Anonymomys - Mindoro rat
....................................................................................................Genus †Antemus
....................................................................................................Genus †Anthracomys
....................................................................................................Genus Apodemus - Old World wood and field mice
....................................................................................................Genus Apomys
....................................................................................................Genus Archboldomys - Mount Isarog shrew rat
....................................................................................................Genus Arvicanthis - unstriped grass mice
....................................................................................................Genus Bandicota - bandicoot-rats
....................................................................................................Genus Batomys - Philippine forest rats
....................................................................................................Genus †Beremendimys
....................................................................................................Genus Berylmys - white-toothed rats
....................................................................................................Genus Bullimus
....................................................................................................Genus Bunomys
....................................................................................................Genus ‡Canariomys
....................................................................................................Genus Carpomys - Luzon rats
....................................................................................................Genus †Castillomys
....................................................................................................Genus †Castromys
....................................................................................................Genus Celaenomys
....................................................................................................Genus †Chardinomys
....................................................................................................Genus Chiromyscus - Fea's tree rat
....................................................................................................Genus Chiropodomys - pencil-tailed tree mice
....................................................................................................Genus Chiruromys
....................................................................................................Genus Chrotomys - Philippine striped rats
....................................................................................................Genus Coccymys
....................................................................................................Genus Colomys - African water rat
....................................................................................................Genus Conilurus - tree rats
....................................................................................................Genus ‡Coryphomys
....................................................................................................Genus Crateromys - bushy-tailed cloud rats
....................................................................................................Genus Cremnomys
....................................................................................................Genus Crossomys - earless water rat
....................................................................................................Genus Crunomys - Philippine and Sulawesian shrew rats
....................................................................................................Genus Dacnomys - large-toothed giant rat, Millard's rat
....................................................................................................Genus Dasymys - shaggy swamp rat
....................................................................................................Genus Dephomys - Defua rats
....................................................................................................Genus Desmomys
....................................................................................................Genus †Dilatomys
....................................................................................................Genus Diomys - Manipur mouse
....................................................................................................Genus Diplothrix
....................................................................................................Genus Echiothrix - Sulawesian spiny rat
....................................................................................................Genus Eropeplus - Sulawesian soft-furred rat
....................................................................................................Genus †Euryotomys
....................................................................................................Genus †Freudenthalia
....................................................................................................Genus Golunda - Indian bush rat
....................................................................................................Genus Grammomys
....................................................................................................Genus Hadromys - Manipur bush rat
....................................................................................................Genus Haeromys - pygmy tree mice
....................................................................................................Genus Hapalomys - Asiatic climbing rats
....................................................................................................Genus Heimyscus
....................................................................................................Genus †Hooijeromys
....................................................................................................Genus †Huaxiamys
....................................................................................................Genus †Huerzelerimys
....................................................................................................Genus Hybomys - eastern back-striped mice
....................................................................................................Genus Hydromys - beaver-rats
....................................................................................................Genus Hylomyscus - African wood mice
....................................................................................................Genus Hyomys - white-eared giant rat
....................................................................................................Genus Kadarsanomys
....................................................................................................Genus Komodomys
....................................................................................................Genus †Kritimys
....................................................................................................Genus Lamottemys
....................................................................................................Genus Leggadina
....................................................................................................Genus Lemniscomys - striped grass mice
....................................................................................................Genus Lenomys - trefoil-toothed giant rat
....................................................................................................Genus Lenothrix - gray tree rat
....................................................................................................Genus Leopoldamys - long-tailed giant rats
....................................................................................................Genus Leporillus - Australian stick-nest rats
....................................................................................................Genus Leptomys
....................................................................................................Genus Limnomys
....................................................................................................Genus Lophuromys - brush-furred mice
....................................................................................................Genus Lorentzimys - New Guinea jumping mouse
....................................................................................................Genus Macruromys - New Guinean rats
....................................................................................................Genus Malacomys - big-eared swamp rats
....................................................................................................Genus Mallomys - giant tree rats
....................................................................................................Genus ‡Malpaisomys - Canarian lava fields rat
....................................................................................................Genus Margaretamys - Margareta's rats
....................................................................................................Genus Mastomys - multimammate rats
....................................................................................................Genus Maxomys - rajah rats
....................................................................................................Genus Mayermys - Shaw-Mayer's mouse
....................................................................................................Genus Melasmothrix - lesser Sulawesian shrew rat
....................................................................................................Genus Melomys - mosaic-tailed rats
....................................................................................................Genus Mesembriomys - tree rats
....................................................................................................Genus Microhydromys
....................................................................................................Genus Micromys - Old World harvest mouse
....................................................................................................Genus Millardia - Asian soft-furred rats
....................................................................................................Genus Muriculus - stripe-backed mouse
....................................................................................................Genus Mylomys - African groove-toothed rat
....................................................................................................Genus Myomys
....................................................................................................Genus Neohydromys
....................................................................................................Genus Nesokia - pest rat
....................................................................................................Genus Nilopegamys
....................................................................................................Genus Niviventer - white-bellied rats
....................................................................................................Genus Notomys - Australian hopping mice
....................................................................................................Genus Oenomys - rufous-nosed rat
....................................................................................................Genus †Orientalomys
....................................................................................................Genus Otomys - African swamp rats
....................................................................................................Genus Palawanomys - Palawan rat
....................................................................................................Genus Papagomys - Flores giant rat
....................................................................................................Genus †Paraethomys
....................................................................................................Genus Parahydromys - mountain water rat
....................................................................................................Genus Paraleptomys
....................................................................................................Genus †Parapelomys
....................................................................................................Genus †Parapodemus
....................................................................................................Genus Parotomys - Karroo rats
....................................................................................................Genus Paruromys - Sulawesian giant rat
....................................................................................................Genus Paulamys
....................................................................................................Genus Pelomys - groove-toothed creek rats
....................................................................................................Genus Phloeomys - slender-tailed cloud rats
....................................................................................................Genus Pithecheir - monkey-footed rats
....................................................................................................Genus Pogonomelomys - Rümmler's mosaic-tailed rats
....................................................................................................Genus Pogonomys - prehensile-tailed rats
....................................................................................................Genus Praomys - African soft-furred rats
....................................................................................................Genus †Progonomys
....................................................................................................Genus Pseudohydromys - New Guinea false water rats
....................................................................................................Genus Pseudomys - Australian native mice
....................................................................................................Genus †Qianomys
....................................................................................................Genus †Ratchaburimys
....................................................................................................Genus Rattus - rats
....................................................................................................Genus Rhabdomys - four-striped grass mouse
....................................................................................................Genus †Rhagamys - Hensel's field mouse
....................................................................................................Genus †Rhagapodemus
....................................................................................................Genus Rhynchomys - shrewlike rats
....................................................................................................Genus †Saidomys
....................................................................................................Genus Solomys - naked-tailed rats
....................................................................................................Genus ‡Spelaeomys
....................................................................................................Genus Srilankamys - Ceylonese rat
....................................................................................................Genus Stenocephalemys - Ethiopian narrow-headed rats
....................................................................................................Genus Stenomys
....................................................................................................Genus †Stephanomys
....................................................................................................Genus Stochomys - target rat
....................................................................................................Genus Sundamys - giant Sunda rats
....................................................................................................Genus Taeromys
....................................................................................................Genus Tarsomys
....................................................................................................Genus Tateomys - greater Sulawesian shrew rats
....................................................................................................Genus Thallomys - acacia rat
....................................................................................................Genus Thamnomys - thicket rats
....................................................................................................Genus Tokudaia - Ryukyu spiny rat
....................................................................................................Genus Tryphomys - Mearns's Luzon rat
....................................................................................................Genus Uranomys - white-bellied brush-furred rat
....................................................................................................Genus Uromys - giant naked-tailed rats
....................................................................................................Genus Vandeleuria - long-tailed climbing mice
....................................................................................................Genus Vernaya - Vernay's climbing mice
....................................................................................................Genus †Wushanomys
....................................................................................................Genus Xenuromys - white-tailed New Guinea rat
....................................................................................................Genus Xeromys - false water rat
....................................................................................................Genus †Yunomys
....................................................................................................Genus Zelotomys - broad-headed mice
....................................................................................................Genus Zyzomys - thick-tailed rats
....................................................................................................(Genus Baiyankamys)
....................................................................................................(Genus Coelomys) - shrew mice
....................................................................................................(Genus Erythronesokia) - red pest rat
....................................................................................................(Genus Gatimiya)
....................................................................................................(Genus Gunomys)
....................................................................................................(Genus Gyomys)
....................................................................................................(Genus Laomys)
....................................................................................................(Genus Leggada)
....................................................................................................(Genus Leggadilla)
....................................................................................................(Genus Mastacomys) - broad-toothed rat
....................................................................................................(Genus †Microtia)
....................................................................................................(Genus Mindanaomys)
....................................................................................................(Genus Mycteromys)
....................................................................................................(Genus Myomyscus)
....................................................................................................(Genus Nannomys) - African pygmy mice
....................................................................................................(Genus Nesoromys) - Ceram Island rat
....................................................................................................(Genus Sylvaemus)
....................................................................................................(Genus Thetamys)
....................................................................................................(Genus Typomys) - western back-striped mice
....................................................................................................Genus Mus - mice
......................................................................................................Subgenus Mus subg. Coelomys
......................................................................................................Subgenus Mus subg. Mus
......................................................................................................Subgenus Mus subg. Nannomys
......................................................................................................Subgenus Mus subg. Pyromys
......................................................................................................»Species Mus baoulei
......................................................................................................»Species Mus booduga
......................................................................................................»Species Mus bufo
......................................................................................................»Species Mus callewaerti
......................................................................................................»Species Mus caroli - Ryukyu mouse
......................................................................................................»Species Mus cervicolor - fawn-coloured mouse
......................................................................................................»Species Mus cookii - Cook's mouse
......................................................................................................»Species Mus crociduroides
......................................................................................................»Species Mus famulus
......................................................................................................»Species Mus fernandoni
......................................................................................................»Species Mus goundae
......................................................................................................»Species Mus haussa
......................................................................................................»Species Mus indutus - desert pygmy mouse
......................................................................................................»Species Mus kasaicus
......................................................................................................»Species Mus macedonicus
......................................................................................................»Species Mus mahomet
......................................................................................................»Species Mus mattheyi
......................................................................................................»Species Mus mayori
......................................................................................................»Species Mus minutoides - African pygmy mouse
......................................................................................................»Species Mus musculoides
......................................................................................................»Species Mus musculus - house mouse
......................................................................................................»Species Mus neavei
......................................................................................................»Species Mus orangiae
......................................................................................................»Species Mus oubanguii
......................................................................................................»Species Mus pahari - Gairdner's shrew-mouse
......................................................................................................»Species Mus phillipsi
......................................................................................................»Species Mus platythrix
......................................................................................................»Species Mus saxicola
......................................................................................................»Species Mus setulosus
......................................................................................................»Species Mus setzeri - Setzer's pygmy mouse
......................................................................................................»Species Mus shortridgei - Shortridge's mouse
......................................................................................................»Species Mus sorella
......................................................................................................»Species Mus spicilegus - steppe mouse
......................................................................................................»Species Mus spretus - Algerian mouse
......................................................................................................»Species Mus tenellus
......................................................................................................»Species Mus terricolor
......................................................................................................»Species Mus triton - grey-bellied pygmy mouse
......................................................................................................»Species Mus vulcani
......................................................................................................(Species Mus abbotti) - Abbott's mouse
......................................................................................................(Species Mus amphibius)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus aspalax)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus aspalax)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus avellanarius)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus capensis)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus castaneus)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus cricetus)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus domesticus)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus dunni)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus formosanus)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus fulvidiventris)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus gratus)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus hortulanus) - steppe mouse
......................................................................................................(Species Mus imberbis)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus jaculus)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus lemmus)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus lepidoides)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus leporinus)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus longipes)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus maritimus)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus marmota)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus molossinus)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus monax)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus myospalax)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus paca)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus pasha)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus porcellus)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus poschiavinus)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus proconodon)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus rattus)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus spretoides)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus striatus)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus suillus)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus sylvaticus)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus talpinus)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus terrestris)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus typhlus)
......................................................................................................(Species Mus volans)
......................................................................................................(Subgenus Mus subg. Myotalpa)
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