Muroidea
Temporal range: Middle Eocene – recent
Common vole (Microtus arvalis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Myomorpha
Superfamily: Muroidea
Illiger, 1811
Families

Platacanthomyidae
Spalacidae
Calomyscidae
Nesomyidae
Cricetidae
Muridae

sister: Dipodoidea

The Muroidea are a large superfamily of rodents, including mice, rats, voles, hamsters, lemmings, gerbils, and many other relatives. Although the Muroidea originated in Eurasia,[1] they occupy a vast variety of habitats on every continent except Antarctica. Some authorities have placed all members of this group into a single family, Muridae, due to difficulties in determining how the subfamilies are related to one another. Many of the families within the Muroidea superfamily have more variations between the families than between the different clades.[2] A possible explanation for the variations in rodents is because of the location of these rodents; these changes could have been due to radiation[3] or the overall environment they migrated to or originated[4] in. The following taxonomy is based on recent well-supported molecular phylogenies.[5]

The muroids are classified in six families, 19 subfamilies, around 280 genera, and at least 1,750 species.

Taxonomy

Phylogeny

5 main clades are recognized by Jansa & Weksler (2004).[6]

Together, Muroidea and its sister group Dipodoidea form the suborder Myomorpha.

The following phylogeny of more than 70 Muroidea genera, based on molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Interphotoreceptor Retinoid Binding Protein (IRBP) gene, is from Jansa & Weksler (2004: 264).[6] Although Platacanthomyidae was not analyzed by Jansa & Weksler (2004), a study by Fabre et al. 2012[7] suggests that it is the most basal lineage of Muroidea.

Muroidea 

Platacanthomyidae[7]

Spalacidae 
Eumuroida 
Calomyscidae 

Calomyscus

Cricetidae 

References

  1. ^ D'elía, G.; González, E.M.; Pardiñas, U.F.J. (2003). "Phylogenetic analysis of sigmodontine rodents (Muroidea), with special reference to the akodont genus Deltamys". Mammalian Biology. 68 (6): 351–364. doi:10.1078/1616-5047-00104. hdl:11336/102889.
  2. ^ Alhajeri, Bader H.; Steppan, Scott J. (September 2018). "Disparity and Evolutionary Rate Do Not Explain Diversity Patterns in Muroid Rodents (Rodentia: Muroidea)". Evolutionary Biology. 45 (3): 324–344. Bibcode:2018EvBio..45..324A. doi:10.1007/s11692-018-9453-z. ISSN 0071-3260. S2CID 255342087.
  3. ^ Jansa, Sharon A.; Giarla, Thomas C.; Lim, Burton K. (2009-10-15). "The Phylogenetic Position of the Rodent Genus Typhlomys and the Geographic Origin of Muroidea". Journal of Mammalogy. 90 (5): 1083–1094. doi:10.1644/08-MAMM-A-318.1. ISSN 0022-2372.
  4. ^ Jansa, Sharon A.; Giarla, Thomas C.; Lim, Burton K. (2009-10-15). "The Phylogenetic Position of the Rodent Genus Typhlomys and the Geographic Origin of Muroidea". Journal of Mammalogy. 90 (5): 1083–1094. doi:10.1644/08-MAMM-A-318.1. ISSN 0022-2372.
  5. ^ Steppan, S.; Adkins, R.; Anderson, J. (2004). "Phylogeny and Divergence-Date Estimates of Rapid Radiations in Muroid Rodents Based on Multiple Nuclear Genes". Systematic Biology. 53 (4): 533–553. doi:10.1080/10635150490468701. PMID 15371245.
  6. ^ a b Jansa, S.A.; Weksler, M. (2004). "Phylogeny of muroid rodents: relationships within and among major lineages as determined by IRBP gene sequences". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 31 (1): 256–276. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2003.07.002. PMID 15019624.
  7. ^ a b Fabre; et al. (2012). "A glimpse on the pattern of rodent diversification: a phylogenetic approach". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 12 (1): 88. Bibcode:2012BMCEE..12...88F. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-12-88. PMC 3532383. PMID 22697210.
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