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Problems in Muroid Phylogeny: Relationship to Other Rodents and Origin of Major Groups

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Evolutionary Relationships among Rodents

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The Muroidea include most of the diverse mouse-like rodents living today. The extant families of muroid rodents recognized by us are Muridae (true rats and mice), Cricetidae (hamsters, diverse hypsodont groups, and many American lineages), Gerbillidae (gerbils, sand rats and jirds) and several smaller groups, most of which have been given familial rank elsewhere. These are Nesomyidae (including Afrocricetodontinae), Rhizomyidae, Dendromuridae, Petromyscidae, Spalacidae, Cricetomyidae, Platacanthomyidae, and Lophiomyidae. Arvicoline (microtine) genera are not considered to constitute a family because they are late derivatives of advanced cricetids and because they form a polyphyletic group (C. A. Repenning, personal communication).

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  1. Dept. Vertebrate Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, 10024, USA

    Lawrence J. Flynn

  2. Dept. Geological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 75275, USA

    Louis L. Jacobs

  3. Dept. Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA

    Everett H. Lindsay

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Flynn, L.J., Jacobs, L.L., Lindsay, E.H. (1985). Problems in Muroid Phylogeny: Relationship to Other Rodents and Origin of Major Groups. In: Luckett, W.P., Hartenberger, JL. (eds) Evolutionary Relationships among Rodents. NATO Advanced Science Institutes (ASI) Series, vol 92. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0539-0_22

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