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 |
|---|---|---|
| Great GerbilRhombomys opimus (Lichtenstein, 1823) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Isarog RhynchomysRhynchomys isarogensis Musser & Freeman, 1981 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern Luzon RhynchomysRhynchomys soricoides Thomas, 1895 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Saxatilomys paulinae Musser, Smith, Robinson & Lunde, 2005 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bushy-tailed JirdSekeetamys calurus (Thomas, 1892) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Poncelet's SolomysSolomys ponceleti (Troughton, 1935) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Florida Island SolomysSolomys salamonis (Ramsay, 1883) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bougainville Island SolomysSolomys salebrosus Troughton, 1936 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Isabel Island SolomysSolomys sapientis (Thomas, 1902) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buka Island SolomysSolomys spriggsarum Flannery & Wickler, 1990 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Sommer's Sulawesi RatSommeromys macrorhinos Musser & Durden, 2002 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Soricomys kalinga (Balete, Rickart & Heaney, 2006) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Soricomys leonardocoi Balete, Rickart, Heaney, Alviola, M. V. Duya, M. R. M. Duya, Sosa & Jansa, 2012 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern Cordillera Shrew MouseSoricomys montanus Balete, Rickart, Heaney, Alviola, M. V. Duya, M. R. M. Duya, Sosa & Jansa, 2012 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sierra Madre Shrew MouseSoricomys musseri (Rickart, Heaney, Tabaranza Jr. & Balete, 1998) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Flores Island SpelaeomysSpelaeomys florensis Hooijer, 1957 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| White-footed StenocephalemysStenocephalemys albipes (Rüppell, 1842) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-tailed StenocephalemysStenocephalemys albocaudata Frick, 1914 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gray-tailed StenocephalemysStenocephalemys griseicauda F. Petter, 1972 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rupp's StenocephalemysStenocephalemys ruppi (Van der Straeten & Dieterlen, 1983) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Target RatStochomys longicaudatus (Tullberg, 1893) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mountain SundamysSundamys infraluteus (Thomas, 1888) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Javan SundamysSundamys maxi (Sody, 1932) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Müller's RatSundamys muelleri (Jentink, 1879) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Greater TaeromysTaeromys callitrichus (Jentink, 1879) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-tailed TaeromysTaeromys celebensis (Gray, 1867) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Central Mountain TaeromysTaeromys hamatus (Miller & Hollister, 1921) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Small-eared TaeromysTaeromys microbullatus (Tate & Archbold, 1935) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Reddish-furred TaeromysTaeromys punicans (Miller & Hollister, 1921) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northeastern Mountain TaeromysTaeromys taerae (Sody, 1932) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dusky TarsomysTarsomys apoensis Mearns, 1905 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spiny TarsomysTarsomys echinatus Musser & Heaney, 1992 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-tailed Sulawesian Shrew RatTateomys macrocercus Musser, 1982 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tate's Sulawesian Shrew RatTateomys rhinogradoides Musser, 1969 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Antelope RatTatera indica (Hardwicke, 1807) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Robbins's TaterilTaterillus arenarius Robbins, 1974 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Congo TaterilTaterillus congicus Thomas, 1915 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Emin's TaterilTaterillus emini (Thomas, 1892) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gracile TaterilTaterillus gracilis (Thomas, 1892) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Harrington's GerbilTaterillus harringtoni (Thomas, 1906) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lake Chad TaterilTaterillus lacustris (Thomas & Wroughton, 1907) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Petter's TaterilTaterillus petteri Sicard, Tranier & Gautun, 1988 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Senegal TaterilTaterillus pygargus (F. Cuvier, 1838) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tranieri's TaterilTaterillus tranieri Dobigny, Granjon, Aniskin, Ba & Volobouev, 2003 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Loring's ThallomysThallomys loringi (Heller, 1909) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-tailed ThallomysThallomys nigricauda (Thomas, 1882) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Shortridge's ThallomysThallomys shortridgei Thomas & Hinton, 1923 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dollman's ThamnomysThamnomys kempi Dollman, 1911 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hatt's ThamnomysThamnomys major Hatt, 1934 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thomas's ThamnomysThamnomys venustus Thomas, 1907 | 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.