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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ruwenzori DasymysDasymys montanus Thomas, 1906 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Angolan DasymysDasymys nudipes (Peters, 1870) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| West African DasymysDasymys rufulus Miller, 1900 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rwandan DasymysDasymys rwandae W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx, Colyn, Leirs & E. Verheyen, 2003 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tanzanian DasymysDasymys sua W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx, Colyn, Leirs & E. Verheyen, 2003 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Congo Forest RatDeomys ferrugineus Thomas, 1888 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Defua DephomysDephomys defua (Miller, 1900) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pouched GerbilDesmodilliscus braueri Wettstein, 1916 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cape Short-tailed GerbilDesmodillus auricularis (A. Smith, 1834) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Harrington's DesmomysDesmomys harringtoni (Thomas, 1902) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yalden's DesmomysDesmomys yaldeni Lavrenchenko, 2003 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crump's DiomysDiomys crumpi Thomas, 1917 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ryukyu Islands Tree RatDiplothrix legata (Thomas, 1906) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Short-tailed GerbilDipodillus (Dipodillus) simoni (Lataste, 1881) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kerkennah Islands DipodilDipodillus (Dipodillus) zakariai Cockrum, Vaughn & Vaughn, 1976 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Botta's DipodilDipodillus (Petteromys) bottai (Lataste, 1882) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Large North African GerbilDipodillus (Petteromys) campestris (Levaillant, 1857) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Wagner's DipodilDipodillus (Petteromys) dasyurus (Wagner, 1842) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Harwood's DipodilDipodillus (Petteromys) harwoodi (Thomas, 1901) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| James's DipodilDipodillus (Petteromys) jamesi (Harrison, 1967) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lowe's DipodilDipodillus (Petteromys) lowei (Thomas & Hinton, 1923) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mackilligin's DipodilDipodillus (Petteromys) mackilligini Thomas, 1904 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rupicolous DipodilDipodillus (Petteromys) rupicola (Granjon, Aniskin, Volobouev & Sicard, 2002) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Somalian DipodilDipodillus (Petteromys) somalicus (Thomas, 1910) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Khartoum DipodilDipodillus (Petteromys) stigmonyx (Heuglin, 1877) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Central Sulawesi EchiothrixEchiothrix centrosa Miller & Hollister, 1921 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern Sulawesi EchiothrixEchiothrix leucura Gray, 1867 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sulawesi Soft-furred RatEropeplus canus Miller & Hollister, 1921 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Boehm's GerbilGerbilliscus (Gerbilliscus) boehmi (Noack, 1887) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cape GerbilGerbilliscus (Taterona) afra (Gray, 1830) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Highveld GerbilGerbilliscus (Taterona) brantsii (A. Smith, 1836) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Guinea GerbilGerbilliscus (Taterona) guineae (Thomas, 1910) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gorongoza GerbilGerbilliscus (Taterona) inclusus (Thomas & Wroughton, 1908) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gerbilliscus (Taterona) kempii (Wroughton, 1906) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bushveld GerbilGerbilliscus (Taterona) leucogaster (Peters, 1852) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-tailed GerbilGerbilliscus (Taterona) nigricaudus (Peters, 1878) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Phillip's GerbilGerbilliscus (Taterona) phillipsi (de Winton, 1898) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fringe-tailed GerbilGerbilliscus (Taterona) robustus (Cretzschmar, 1826) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Savanna GerbilGerbilliscus (Taterona) validus (Bocage, 1890) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Setzer's Hairy-footed GerbilGerbillurus (Gerbillurus) setzeri (Schlitter, 1973) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brush-tailed Hairy-footed GerbilGerbillurus (Gerbillurus) vallinus (Thomas, 1918) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dune Hairy-footed GerbilGerbillurus (Paratatera) tytonis (Bauer & Niethammer, 1960) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hairy-footed GerbilGerbillurus (Progerbillurus) paeba (A. Smith, 1836) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Berbera GerbilGerbillus (Gerbillus) acticola Thomas, 1918 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Agag GerbilGerbillus (Gerbillus) agag Thomas, 1903 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Swarthy GerbilGerbillus (Gerbillus) aquilus Schlitter & Setzer, 1972 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cheesman's GerbilGerbillus (Gerbillus) cheesmani Thomas, 1919 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dongola GerbilGerbillus (Gerbillus) dongolanus (Heuglin, 1877) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dunn's GerbilGerbillus (Gerbillus) dunni Thomas, 1904 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Flower's GerbilGerbillus (Gerbillus) floweri Thomas, 1919 | 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.