Muridae

family of rodents, including all true mice and many but not all rats and gerbils
Taxon taxon Q25916
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Muridae

Summary

Muridae is a taxon[1]. Muridae ranks in the top 0.65% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,013 views/month, #1,270 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Muridae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Muridae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Muridae belongs to the parent taxon Muroidea[5].
  • Muridae's scientific name is Muridae[6].
  • Muridae's Commons category is recorded as Muridae[7].
  • Muridae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Muridae[8].
  • Muridae's topic's main category is recorded as Q6794881[9].
  • Muridae's Commons gallery is recorded as Muridae[10].
  • Muridae's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[11].
  • Muridae's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Muridae's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Muridae's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[14].
  • Muridae's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Muridae's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[16].
  • Muridae's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[17].
  • Muridae's topic has template is recorded as Q25720558[18].
  • Muridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'muridé'}[19].
  • Muridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'murid'}[20].
  • Muridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'mk', 'text': 'глувци'}[21].
  • Muridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'musedo'}[22].
  • Muridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'musefamilien'}[23].
  • Muridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'miši'}[24].
  • Muridae's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[25].

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Classification

Muridae's scientific name is Muridae[6]. Muridae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Muridae belongs to the parent taxon Muroidea[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'muridé'}[19], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'murid'}[20], {'lang': 'mk', 'text': 'глувци'}[21], {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'musedo'}[22], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'musefamilien'}[23], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'miši'}[24].

Identifiers

Muridae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 44185[26]. Muridae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 10066[27]. Muridae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 8698[28]. Muridae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5510[29]. Muridae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180360[30].

Why It Matters

Muridae ranks in the top 0.65% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,013 views/month, #1,270 of 195,241).[2] Muridae has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Muridae is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [27] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [30] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [28] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [29] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [26] . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id i47800
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id 02334131-n
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  2. 23d ago · Jlwoodwa · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 2241043
    Described by source Otto's encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +4
    Parent taxon Muroidea
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages:0||59 */ Remove all redundant labels/aliases same as [[WD:MUL|mul]] label/aliases via [[User:Midleading/RemoveRedundantLabels.js]]"
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