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Les Muridés incluent la plupart des rats et des souris familiers, mais la famille englobe également une grande diversité d’autres rongeurs.
Il existe 5 sous-familles :
Sous-famille des Deomyinae : 4 genres et 42 espèces
- Acomys airensis (Western Saharan spiny mouse)
Acomys cahirinus (Cairo spiny mouse)
Acomys chudeaui (Chudeau’s spiny mouse)
Acomys cilicicus (Asia Minor spiny mouse)
Acomys cineraceus (gray spiny mouse)
Acomys dimidiatus (eastern spiny mouse)
Acomys ignitus (fiery spiny mouse)
Acomys johannis (Johan’s spiny mouse)
Acomys kempi (Kemp’s spiny mouse)
Acomys louisae (Louise’s spiny mouse)
Acomys minous (Crete spiny mouse)
Acomys mullah (mullah spiny mouse)
Acomys nesiotes (Cyprus spiny mouse)
Acomys percivali (Percival’s spiny mouse)
Acomys russatus (golden spiny mouse)
Acomys seurati (Seurat’s spiny mouse)
Acomys spinosissimus (spiny mouse)
Acomys subspinosus (Cape spiny mouse)
Acomys wilsoni (Wilson’s spiny mouse) - Deomys ferrugineus (Congo forest mouse)
- Lophuromys angolensis (Angolan brush-furred rat)
Lophuromys ansorgei (Ansorge’s brush-furred rat)
Lophuromys aquilus (dark-colored brush-furred rat)
Lophuromys brevicaudus (short-tailed brush-furred rat)
Lophuromys brunneus (Thomas’s Ethiopian brush-furred rat)
Lophuromys chrysopus (Ethiopian forest brush-furred rat)
Lophuromys dieterleni (Mount Oku brush-furred rat)
Lophuromys dudui (Dudu’s brush-furred rat)
Lophuromys eisentrauti (Mount Lefo brush-furred rat)
Lophuromys flavopunctatus (yellow-spotted brush-furred rat)
Lophuromys huttereri (Hutterer’s brush-furred rat)
Lophuromys luteogaster (yellow-bellied brush-furred rat)
Lophuromys medicaudatus (medium-tailed brush-furred)
Lophuromys melanonyx (black-clawed brush-furred rat)
Lophuromys nudicaudus (fire-bellied brush-furred rat)
Lophuromys rahmi (Rahm’s brush-furred rat)
Lophuromys roseveari (Mount Cameroon brush-furred rat)
Lophuromys sikapusi (rusty-bellied brush-furred rat)
Lophuromys verhageni (Verhagen’s brush-furred rat)
Lophuromys woosnami (Woosnam’s brush-furred rat)
Lophuromys zena (Zena’s brush-furred rat) - Uranomys ruddi (Rudd’s mouse)
Sous-famille des Gerbillinae : 16 genres et 103 espèces
- Ammodillus imbellis (ammodile)
- Brachiones przewalskii (Przewalski’s gerbil)
- Desmodilliscus braueri (pouched gerbil)
- Desmodillus auricularis (Cape short-eared gerbil)
- Dipodillus bottai (Botta’s dipodil)
Dipodillus campestris (North African dipodil)
Dipodillus dasyurus (Wagner’s dipodil)
Dipodillus harwoodi (Harwood’s dipodil)
Dipodillus jamesi (James’s dipodil)
Dipodillus lowei (Lowe’s dipodil)
Dipodillus mackilligini (Mackilligin’s dipodil)
Dipodillus mackillingini (Mackillingin’s gerbil)
Dipodillus maghrebi (Maghreb dipodil)
Dipodillus rupicola (rupicolous dipodil)
Dipodillus simoni (Simon’s dipodil)
Dipodillus somalicus (Somalian dipodil)
Dipodillus stigmonyx (Khartoum dipodil)
Dipodillus zakariai (Kerkennah Islands dipodil) - Gerbilliscus afra (Cape gerbil)
Gerbilliscus boehmi (Boehm’s gerbil)
Gerbilliscus brantsii (highveld gerbil)
Gerbilliscus guineae (Guinean gerbil)
Gerbilliscus inclusus (Gorongoza gerbil)
Gerbilliscus kempi (northern savanna gerbil)
Gerbilliscus leucogaster (bushveld gerbil)
Gerbilliscus nigricaudus (black-tailed gerbil)
Gerbilliscus phillipsi (Phillips’s gerbil)
Gerbilliscus robustus (fringe-tailed gerbil)
Gerbilliscus validus (southern savanna gerbil) - Gerbillurus paeba (hairy-footed gerbil)
Gerbillurus setzeri (Setzer’s hairy-footed gerbil)
Gerbillurus tytonis (dune hairy-footed gerbil)
Gerbillurus vallinus (bushy-tailed hairy-footed gerbil) - Gerbillus acticola (Berbera gerbil)
Gerbillus agag (Agag gerbil)
Gerbillus amoenus (pleasant gerbil)
Gerbillus andersoni (Anderson’s gerbil)
Gerbillus aquilus (swarthy gerbil)
Gerbillus brockmani (Brockman’s gerbil)
Gerbillus burtoni (Burton’s gerbil)
Gerbillus cheesmani (Cheesman’s gerbil)
Gerbillus dongolanus (Dongola gerbil)
Gerbillus dunni (Somalia gerbil)
Gerbillus famulus (black-tufted gerbil)
Gerbillus floweri (Flower’s gerbil)
Gerbillus garamantis (Algerian gerbil)
Gerbillus gerbillus (lesser Egyptian gerbil)
Gerbillus gleadowi (Indian hairy-footed gerbil)
Gerbillus grobbeni (Grobben’s gerbil)
Gerbillus henleyi (pygmy gerbil)
Gerbillus hesperinus (western gerbil)
Gerbillus hoogstraali (Hoogstraal’s gerbil)
Gerbillus latastei (Lataste’s gerbil)
Gerbillus mauritaniae (Mauritanian gerbil)
Gerbillus mesopotamiae (Mesopotamian gerbil)
Gerbillus muriculus (Barfur gerbil)
Gerbillus nancillus (Sudan gerbil)
Gerbillus nanus (Baluchistan gerbil)
Gerbillus nigeriae (Nigerian gerbil)
Gerbillus occiduus (Occidental gerbil)
Gerbillus perpallidus (pale gerbil)
Gerbillus poecilops (large Aden gerbil)
Gerbillus principulus (principal gerbil)
Gerbillus pulvinatus (cushioned gerbil)
Gerbillus pusillus (diminutive gerbil)
Gerbillus pyramidum (greater Egyptian gerbil)
Gerbillus rosalinda (Rosalinda gerbil)
Gerbillus syrticus (sand gerbil)
Gerbillus tarabuli (Riggenbach’s gerbil)
Gerbillus vivax (vivacious gerbil)
Gerbillus watersi (Julian’s gerbil) - Meriones arimalius (Arabian jird)
Meriones chengi (Cheng’s jird)
Meriones crassus (Sundevall’s jird)
Meriones dahli (Dahl’s jird)
Meriones grandis (Moroccan jird)
Meriones hurrianae (Indian desert jird)
Meriones libycus (Libyan jird)
Meriones meridianus (mid-day jird)
Meriones persicus (Persian jird)
Meriones rex (king jird)
Meriones sacramenti (Buxton’s jird)
Meriones shawi (Shaw’s jird)
Meriones tamariscinus (tamarisk jird)
Meriones tristrami (Tristram’s jird)
Meriones unguiculatus (Mongolian jird)
Meriones vinogradovi (Vinogradov’s jird)
Meriones zarudnyi (Zarudny’s jird) - Microdillus peeli (Somali pygmy gerbil)
- Pachyuromys duprasi (fat-tailed gerbil)
- Psammomys obesus (fat sand rat)
Psammomys vexillaris (thin sand rat) - Rhombomys opimus (grande gerbille)
- Sekeetamys calurus (bushy-tailed jird)
- Tatera indica (Indian gerbil)
- Taterillus arenarius (Sahel gerbil)
Taterillus congicus (Congo gerbil)
Taterillus emini (Emin’s gerbil)
Taterillus gracilis (slender gerbil)
Taterillus harringtoni (Harrington’s gerbil)
Taterillus lacustris (Lake Chad gerbil)
Taterillus petteri (Petter’s gerbil)
Taterillus pygargus (Senegal gerbil)
Taterillus tranieri (Tranieri’s tateril)
Sous-famille de Leimacomyinae : 1 genre et 1 espèce
- Leimacomys büttneri (Büttner’s African forest mouse)
Sous-famille de Murinae : 126 genres et 561 espèces
Sous-famille des Otomyinae : 3 genres et 23 espèces
- Myotomys sloggetti (rock karroo rat)
Myotomys unisulcatus (bush karroo rat) - Otomys anchietae (Angolan vlei rat)
Otomys angoniensis (Angoni vlei rat)
Otomys barbouri (Barbour’s vlei rat)
Otomys burtoni (Burton’s vlei rat)
Otomys cuanzensis (Cuanza vlei rat)
Otomys dartmouthi (Ruwenzori vlei rat)
Otomys denti (Dent’s vlei rat)
Otomys dollmani (Dollman’s vlei rat)
Otomys irroratus (vlei rat)
Otomys jacksoni (Mount Elgon vlei rat)
Otomys lacustris (Tanzanian vlei rat)
Otomys laminatus (laminate vlei rat)
Otomys maximus (large vlei rat)
Otomys occidentalis (western vlei rat)
Otomys orestes (Afroalpine vlei rat)
Otomys saundersiae (Saunders’s vlei rat)
Otomys tropicalis (tropical vlei rat)
Otomys typus (typical vlei rat)
Otomys uzungwensis (Uzungwe vlei rat) - Parotomys brantsii (Brants’s whistling rat)
Parotomys littledalei (Littledale’s whistling rat)