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Descriptor English: Muridae
Descriptor Spanish: Muridae
Descriptor Muridae
Entry term(s) múridos
Scope note: Familia del orden Rodentia que contiene 250 géneros y que incluye los géneros Mus y Rattus, de los que se desarrollan las cepas endogámicas de laboratorio. Las quince subfamilias son HESPEROMYINAE (ratas y ratones del Nuevo Mundo), Cricetinae, Spalacinae, Myospalacinae, Lophiomyinae, Platacanthomyinae, Nesomyinae, Otomyinae, Rhizomyinae, MICROTINAE (Arvicolinae), GERBILLINAE, Dendromurinae, Cricetomyinae, Murinae (ratas y ratones del Viejo Mundo) e Hydromyinae.
Descriptor Portuguese: Muridae
Descriptor French: Muridae
Entry term(s): Murid
Murids
Tree number(s): B01.050.150.900.649.313.992.635
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009115
Scope note: A family of the order Rodentia containing 250 genera including the two genera Mus (MICE) and Rattus (RATS), from which the laboratory inbred strains are developed. The fifteen subfamilies are SIGMODONTINAE (New World mice and rats), CRICETINAE, Spalacinae, Myospalacinae, Lophiomyinae, ARVICOLINAE, Platacanthomyinae, Nesomyinae, Otomyinae, Rhizomyinae, GERBILLINAE, Dendromurinae, Cricetomyinae, MURINAE (Old World mice and rats), and Hydromyinae.
Annotation: do not check tags MICE or RATS
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
EM embryology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
SU surgery
UR urine
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Mice (1966-1981)
Rats (1966-1981)
Rodentia (1966-1981)
Public MeSH Note: 82
History Note: 82
DeCS ID: 9306
Unique ID: D009115
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1982/01/01
Date of Entry: 1981/05/14
Revision Date: 2017/07/11
Muridae - Preferred
Concept UI M0014221
Scope note A family of the order Rodentia containing 250 genera including the two genera Mus (MICE) and Rattus (RATS), from which the laboratory inbred strains are developed. The fifteen subfamilies are SIGMODONTINAE (New World mice and rats), CRICETINAE, Spalacinae, Myospalacinae, Lophiomyinae, ARVICOLINAE, Platacanthomyinae, Nesomyinae, Otomyinae, Rhizomyinae, GERBILLINAE, Dendromurinae, Cricetomyinae, MURINAE (Old World mice and rats), and Hydromyinae.
Preferred term Muridae
Entry term(s) Murid
Murids



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