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The genome sequence of the wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus (Linnaeus, 1758) [version 1; peer review: 3 approved]

Wellcome Open Research, 2023
We present a genome assembly from an individual male Apodemus sylvaticus (the wood mouse; Chordata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Muridae). The genome sequence is 2,889.8 megabases in span.
Aura Raulo, Sarah C. L. Knowles
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Lumbosacral plexus of the mongolian gerbil(Meriones unguiculatus Milne-Edwards, 1867)

Bioscience Journal, 2016
The Mongolian gerbil, belonging to the Muridae family, is characterized as an economic asset in the pet market due to its easy management. Current research analyzes and describes the origin of the nerves that make up the lumbosacral plexus in the species,
Hélio Noberto de Araújo Júnior, Gleidson Benevides de Oliveira, Herson da Silva Costa, Amilton César dos Santos, Diego Carvalho Viana, Valéria Veras de Paula, Carlos Eduardo Bezerra de Moura, Moacir Franco de Oliveira   +7 more
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Integrative taxonomic revision of the Ethiopian endemic rodent genus Stenocephalemys (Muridae: Murinae: Praomyini) with the description of two new species

Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 2020
. Ethiopian rats (genus Stenocephalemys) represent a monophyletic group of Ethiopian endemic rodents that diverged in the Ethiopian Highlands during the Pleistocene. Because of the frequent occurrence of so-called reticulate evolution (i.e.
Daniela Mizerovská, O. Mikula, Y. Meheretu, V. Bartáková, A. Bryjová, D. Kostin, R. Šumbera, L. Lavrenchenko, J. Bryja   +8 more
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The genome sequence of the Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus Berkenhout 1769 [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

Wellcome Open Research, 2021
We present a genome assembly from an individual male Rattus norvegicus (the Norway rat; Chordata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Muridae). The genome sequence is 2.44 gigabases in span. The majority of the assembly is scaffolded into 20 chromosomal pseudomolecules,
Kerstin Howe, Melinda Dwinell, Mary Shimoyama, Craig Corton, Emma Betteridge, Alexander Dove, Michael A. Quail, Michelle Smith, Laura Saba, Robert W. Williams, Hao Chen, Anne E. Kwitek, Shane A. McCarthy, Marcela Uliano-Silva, William Chow, Alan Tracey, James Torrance, Ying Sims, Richard Challis, Jonathan Threlfall, Mark Blaxter   +20 more
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Odorants differentiate Australian Rattus with increased complexity in sympatry. In Papers in Honour of Ken Aplin, ed. Julien Louys, Sue O’Connor, and Kristofer M. Helgen

Records of the Australian Museum, 2020
Odorant cues play a critical role in premating isolation among many species. In mammals, they have been most well-studied in rodents, but only in a handful of species.
Kevin C. Rowe, Helena A. Soini, Karen M. C. Rowe, Mark Adams, Milos V. Novotny   +4 more
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An update on the distribution and diversification of Rhabdomys sp. (Muridae, Rodentia)

Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 2020
. During the last two decades, genotyping of African rodents has revealed important hidden diversity within morphologically cryptic genera, such as Rhabdomys.
G. Ganem, Claire M. S. Dufour, N. Avenant, P. Caminade, S. Eiseb, C. Tougard, N. Pillay   +6 more
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The lives of creatures obscure, misunderstood, and wonderful: a volume in honour of Ken Aplin 1958–2019. In Papers in Honour of Ken Aplin, ed. Julien Louys, Sue O’Connor, and Kristofer M. Helgen

Records of the Australian Museum, 2020
[Excerpt] He was always a modest man, but Ken was a genius and the toughest man we knew. He was also extraordinarily generous of spirit. The way he gave of himself, his time, and his hard-won stores of knowledge, was legendary amongst his friends and ...
Kristofer M. Helgen, Julien Louys, Sue O'Connor   +2 more
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Notes on taxonomy and captive development of the Rattus andamanensis (Blyth, 1860) (Rodentia: Muridae) from southern Andamans, India

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2017
Studies on mammalian fauna from the Andaman & Nicobar Islands have been done by various researchers but meager information is available on rodent fauna from these Islands.  Morphometric and cranial details of fresh specimens of one of the rodent species,
S. S. Talmale, T. Bharathimeena
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Classification Problems of African Muridae [PDF]

Zoologica Africana, 1965
Zoologica Africana 1(1): 121 ...
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Fossil Uromys (Rodentia: Murinae) from central Queensland, with a description of a new Middle Pleistocene species. In Papers in Honour of Ken Aplin, ed. Julien Louys, Sue O’Connor, and Kristofer M. Helgen

Records of the Australian Museum, 2020
The first fossil species of Uromys (Giant Naked-tailed Rats) is described, as well as the southern-most records of the genus based on palaeontological data. Uromys aplini sp. nov. lived during the Middle Pleistocene in the area around Mount Etna, eastern
Jonathan Cramb, Scott A. Hocknull, Gilbert J. Price   +2 more
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