THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Muridae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Ethiopian Vlei RatOtomys typus (Heuglin, 1877) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Uzungwe Vlei RatOtomys uzungwensis Lawrence & Loveridge, 1953 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yalden's Vei RatOtomys yaldeni Taylor, Lavrenchenko, Carleton, Verheyen, Bennett, Oosthuizen & Maree, 2011 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Otomys zinki Bohmann, 1943 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fat-tailed GerbilPachyuromys duprasi Lataste, 1880 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Palawan Mountain RatPalawanomys furvus Musser & Newcomb, 1983 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Armandville's PapagomysPapagomys armandvillei (Jentink, 1892) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Theodore Verhoeven's PapagomysPapagomys theodorverhoeveni Musser, 1981 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| New Guinea Waterside RatParahydromys asper (Thomas, 1906) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern ParaleptomysParaleptomys rufilatus Osgood, 1945 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Central Cordilleran ParaleptomysParaleptomys wilhelmina Tate & Archbold, 1941 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gressitt's ParamelomysParamelomys gressitti Menzies, 1996 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lorentz's ParamelomysParamelomys lorentzii (Jentink, 1908) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Montane Soft-furred ParamelomysParamelomys mollis (Thomas, 1913) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Monckton's ParamelomysParamelomys moncktoni (Thomas, 1904) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-nosed ParamelomysParamelomys naso (Thomas, 1911) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common Lowland ParamelomysParamelomys platyops (Thomas, 1906) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mountain ParamelomysParamelomys rubex (Thomas, 1922) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Stein's ParamelomysParamelomys steini (Rümmler, 1935) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brants's Whistling RatParotomys brantsii (A. Smith, 1834) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Littledale's Whistling RatParotomys littledalei Thomas, 1918 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Giant Sulawesi RatParuromys dominator (Thomas, 1921) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Paula's Long-nosed RatPaulamys naso (Musser, 1981) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Least PelomysPelomys minor Cabrera & Ruxton, 1926 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern Luzon PhloeomysPhloeomys cumingi (Waterhouse, 1839) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern Luzon PhloeomysPhloeomys pallidus Nehring, 1890 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Javan PithecheirPithecheir melanurus Lesson, 1840 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Malay Peninsula PithecheirPithecheir parvus Kloss, 1916 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bornean PithecheiropsPithecheirops otion Emmons, 1993 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Shaw Mayer's PogonomelomysPogonomelomys mayeri (Rothschild & Dollman, 1932) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago PogonomysPogonomys fergussoniensis Laurie, 1952 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Loria's PogonomysPogonomys loriae Thomas, 1897 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut PogonomysPogonomys macrourus (Milne-Edwards, 1877) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gray-bellied PogonomysPogonomys sylvestris Thomas, 1920 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dalton's PraomysPraomys daltoni (Thomas, 1892) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| De Graaff's PraomysPraomys degraaffi Van der Straeten & Kerbis Peterhans, 1999 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| East African PraomysPraomys delectorum (Thomas, 1910) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hartwig's PraomysPraomys hartwigi Eisentraut, 1968 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Jackson's PraomysPraomys jacksoni (de Winton, 1897) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lukolela PraomysPraomys lukolelae (Hatt, 1934) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Least PraomysPraomys minor Hatt, 1934 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Misonne's PraomysPraomys misonnei Van der Straeten & Dieterlen, 1987 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cameroon PraomysPraomys morio (Trouessart, 1881) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Riverine PraomysPraomys mutoni Van der Straeten & Dudu, 1990 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gotel Mountain PraomysPraomys obscurus Hutterer & Dieterlen, 1992 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Petter's PraomysPraomys petteri Van der Straeten, Lecompte & Denys, 2003 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| West African PraomysPraomys rostratus (Miller, 1900) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tullberg's PraomysPraomys tullbergi (Thomas, 1894) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Verschuren's PraomysPraomys verschureni (Verheyen & Van der Straeten, 1977) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fat Sand RatPsammomys obesus Cretzschmar, 1828 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.