Directory of Muridae Resources

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Family of rodents including the Old World mice and rats, gerbils, whistling rats, and relatives.

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• Anderson's Gerbil: Gerbillus andersoni

  http://www.arkive.org/andersons-gerbil/gerbillus-andersoni/
  Photograph and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Arabian Spiny Mouse: Acomys dimidiatus

  http://www.arkive.org/arabian-spiny-mouse/acomys-dimidiatus/
  Photographs, video clip and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Bank Vole (Clethrionomys glareolus)

  http://www.raywilsonbirdphotography.co.uk/Galleries/Mammals/Bank%20Vole.html
  Several photographs of this species taken in Scotland.

• Bank Vole: Clethrionomys glareolus

  http://www.arkive.org/bank-vole/clethrionomys-glareolus/
  Information from ARKive including images and videos.

• Biological Information about Lemmings

  http://www.xeye.org/1995-2000/LemmZoo.html
  Lemmings fact and fiction, with details about lemming taxonomy, and the biology of the Norway lemming (Lemmus lemmus).

• Black Rat: Rattus rattus

  http://www.arkive.org/black-rat/rattus-rattus/
  Information from ARKive including images and videos.

• Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)

  http://www.arkive.org/brown-rat/rattus-norvegicus/
  Also known as the Norway rat, this species is a supreme generalist and has colonised practically every part of the world. Information, photographs and movies.

• Brush Mouse (Peromyscus boylii)

  http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/peroboyl.htm
  Description, distribution and habits, from the Mammals of Texas.

• Cactus Mouse (Peromyscus eremicus)

  http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/peroerem.htm
  Description, photograph, distribution and habits, from the Mammals of Texas.

• Cairo Piny Mouse: Acomys cahirinus

  http://www.arkive.org/cairo-spiny-mouse/acomys-cahirinus/
  Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Chapa Pygmy Dormouse (Typhlomys chapensis)

  http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=76
  Information on this Vietnemese species known only from a few specimens, that is not a true dormouse but mouse-like in external appearance.

• Chiapan Climbing-rat (Tylomys bullaris)

  http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=98
  Fact sheet from EDGE on this critically endangered species found only in southern Mexico.

• Common Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)

  http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/ondazibe.htm
  Description, photograph, distribution and habits, from the Mammals of Texas.

• Cotton Mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus)

  http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/perogoss.htm
  Description, distribution and habits, from the Mammals of Texas.

• Coues' Rice Rat (Oryzomys couesi)

  http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/oryzcoue.htm
  Photograph, description, distribution in Texas and habits.

• Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)

  http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/peromani.htm
  Photograph, description, distribution in Texas and habits.

• Eastern Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys humulis)

  http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/reithumu.htm
  Description, photograph, distribution and habits, from the Mammals of Texas.

• Eastern Woodrat (Neotoma floridana)

  http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/neotflor.htm
  Description, photograph, distribution and habits, from the Mammals of Texas.

• Everything Muskrat

  http://my.net-link.net/~vaneselk/muskrat/
  Links to sites with information about muskrats.

• Family Muridae

  http://animaldiversity.org/site/accounts/information/Muridae.html
  Taxonomy and description of this family, with photographs.

• Feeder Mouse

  http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artnov04macro/atfeedermouse.html
  A photographic study of Rattus norvegicus.

• Field Vole: Microtus agrestis

  http://www.arkive.org/field-vole/microtus-agrestis/
  Information from ARKive including images and videos.

• Fulvous Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys fulvescens)

  http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/reitfulv.htm
  Description, photograph, distribution and habits, from the Mammals of Texas.

• Giant Bushy-tailed Cloud Rat: Crateromys schadenbergi

  http://www.arkive.org/giant-bushy-tailed-cloud-rat/crateromys-schadenbergi/
  Photograph and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Golden Mouse (Ochrotomys nuttalli)

  http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/ochrnutt.htm
  Description, photograph, distribution and habits, from the Mammals of Texas.

• Greater Big-footed Mouse (Macrotarsomys ingens)

  http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=38
  Fact sheet from EDGE, a conservation organization that focuses specifically on threatened species that represent a significant amount of unique evolutionary history.

• Greater Egyptian Gerbil: Gerbillus pyramidum

  http://www.arkive.org/greater-egyptian-gerbil/gerbillus-pyramidum/
  Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Greater Stick-nest Rat: Leporillus conditor

  http://www.arkive.org/greater-stick-nest-rat/leporillus-conditor/
  Photographs, video and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Hamster

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamster
  Photographs and information from Wikipedia on this small rodent, its biology, reproduction and classification, keeping hamsters as pets and their health problems.

• Harvest Mouse: Micromys minutus

  http://www.arkive.org/harvest-mouse/micromys-minutus/
  Information from ARKive including images and videos.

• Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus)

  http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/sigmhisp.htm
  Photograph, description, distribution in Texas and habits.

• House Mouse: Mus musculus

  http://www.arkive.org/house-mouse/mus-musculus/
  Information from ARKive including images and videos.

• Lemmus lemmus

  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2008/pape_lace/
  Research project by Lacey Pape on the Norway lemming including its classification, habitat, reproduction, adaptations, nutrition and interactions with other species.

• Lesser Egyptian Gerbil: Gerbillus gerbillus

  http://www.arkive.org/lesser-egyptian-gerbil/gerbillus-gerbillus/
  Photograph and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Living with Wildlife: Old World Rats

  http://wdfw.wa.gov/living/rats.html
  The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife provides information on Norway and black rats and their interactions with humans.

• Malagasy Giant Jumping Rat (Hypogeomys antimena)

  http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=95
  Information on this endangered species found only in Madagascar.

• Marsh Rice Rat (Oryzomys palustris)

  http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/oryzpalu.htm
  Photograph, description, distribution in Texas and habits.

• Mearn's Grasshopper Mouse (Onychomys arenicola)

  http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/onycaren.htm
  Photograph, description, distribution in Texas and habits.

• Mexican Vole (Microtus mexicanus)

  http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/micrmexi.htm
  Description, photograph, distribution and habits, from the Mammals of Texas.

• Mexican Woodrat (Neotoma mexicana)

  http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/neotmexi.htm
  Photograph, description, distribution in Texas and habits.

• Mount Kahuzi Climbing Mouse (Dendromus kahuziensis)

  http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=91
  Information on this critically endangered species only found in Central Africa.

• Muennink's Spiny Rat (Tokudaia muenninki)

  http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=51
  Fact sheet from EDGE, a conservation organization that focuses specifically on threatened species that represent a significant amount of unique evolutionary history.

• Mus musculus: House Mouse

  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2009/smith_meg2
  Research project by Megan Smith at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse.

• North African Gerbil: Gerbillus campestris

  http://www.arkive.org/north-african-gerbil/gerbillus-campestris/
  Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Northern Grasshopper Mouse (Onychomys leucogaster)

  http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/onycleuc.htm
  Description, photograph, distribution and habits, from the Mammals of Texas.

• Northern Pygmy Mouse (Baiomys taylori)

  http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/baiotayl.htm
  Description, photograph, distribution and habits, from the Mammals of Texas.

• Northern Rock Mouse (Peromyscus nasutus)

  http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/peronasu.htm
  Photograph, description, distribution in Texas and habits.

• Ondatra zibethicus: The Common Muskrat

  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/2010/harried_brit/
  Student project with classification, habitat, adaptation, nutrition, reproduction and interactions with other species.

• Orkney Vole: Microtus arvalis orcadensis

  http://www.arkive.org/orkney-vole/microtus-arvalis-orcadensis/
  Information from ARKive including images and videos.

• Pale Gerbil: Gerbillus perpallidus

  http://www.arkive.org/pale-gerbil/gerbillus-perpallidus/
  Photographs and information from ARKive on this species endemic to Egypt.

• Piñon Mouse (Peromyscus truei)

  http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/perotrue.htm
  Description, photograph, distribution and habits, from the Mammals of Texas.

• Plains Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys montanus)

  http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/reitmont.htm
  Description, photograph, distribution and habits, from the Mammals of Texas.

• Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster)

  http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/microchr.htm
  Description, photograph, distribution and habits, from the Mammals of Texas.

• Pygmy Gerbil: Gerbillus henleyi

  http://www.arkive.org/pygmy-gerbil/gerbillus-henleyi/
  Photograph and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Rat Behavior and Biology

  http://www.ratbehavior.org/
  Articles about the behavior of rats, their biology and the sensory world they live in.

• Short-tailed Bandicoot Rat: Nesokia indica

  http://www.arkive.org/short-tailed-bandicoot-rat/nesokia-indica/
  Factsheet from ARKive with description, range, habitat, biology and conservation.

• Southern Plains Woodrat (Neotoma micropus)

  http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/neotmicr.htm
  Photograph, description, distribution in Texas and habits.

• Sundevall’s Jird: Meriones crassus

  http://www.arkive.org/sundevalls-jird/meriones-crassus/
  Photograph, videos and information from ARKive on this desert species.

• Tawny-bellied Cotton Rat (Sigmodon fulviventer)

  http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/sigmfulv.htm
  Description, photograph, distribution and habits, from the Mammals of Texas.

• Texas Mouse (Peromyscus attwateri)

  http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/peroattw.htm
  Photograph, description and behavior.

• The European Bank Vole in Research

  http://www.clethrionomys.info/
  Bryan Schonecker outlines the biology, maintenance and behavior of Clethrionomys glareolus and the areas of medical research where this vole may prove useful. English and Danish.

• The Whole Mouse Catalog

  http://wmc.rodentia.com/
  A guide to online resources useful to biomedical researchers who use mice or rats in their work.

• Tumbala Climbing-rat (Tylomys tumbalensis)

  http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=99
  Information on this critically endangered species found only in southern Mexico.

• Wagner’s Gerbil: Gerbillus dasyurus

  http://www.arkive.org/wagners-gerbil/gerbillus-dasyurus/
  Photograph and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Western Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis)

  http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/reitmega.htm
  Description, photograph, distribution and habits, from the Mammals of Texas.

• White-ankled Mouse (Peromyscus pectoralis)

  http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/peropect.htm
  Photograph, description, distribution in Texas and habits.

• White-footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus)

  http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/peroleuc.htm
  Description, photograph, distribution and habits, from the Mammals of Texas.

• White-throated Woodrat (Neotoma albigula)

  http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/neotalbi.htm
  Description, photograph, distribution and habits, from the Mammals of Texas.

• Wood Mouse: Apodemus sylvaticus

  http://www.arkive.org/wood-mouse/apodemus-sylvaticus/
  Information from ARKive including images and videos.

• Woodland Vole (Microtus pinetorum)

  http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/micrpine.htm
  Photograph, description, distribution in Texas and habits.

• Yellow-necked Mouse: Apodemus flavicollis

  http://www.arkive.org/yellow-necked-mouse/apodemus-flavicollis/
  Information from ARKive including images and videos.

• Yellow-nosed Cotton Rat (Sigmodon ochrognathus)

  http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/sigmochr.htm
  Photograph, description, distribution in Texas and habits.

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