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 |
|---|---|---|
| West African HybomysHybomys (Typomys) trivirgatus (Temminck, 1853) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common Water RatHydromys chrysogaster É. Geoffroy, 1804 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Husson's Water RatHydromys hussoni Musser & Piik, 1982 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| New Britain Water RatHydromys neobritannicus Tate & Archbold, 1935 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hydromys ziegleri Helgen, 2005 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Beaded HylomyscusHylomyscus aeta (Thomas, 1911) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Allen's HylomyscusHylomyscus alleni (Waterhouse, 1838) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hylomyscus kerbispeterhansi Demos, Agwanda & Hickerson, 2014 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hylomyscus pamfi Nicolas, Olayemi, Wendelen & Colyn, 2010 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser HylomyscusHylomyscus parvus Brosset, Dubost & Heim de Balsac, 1965 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western HyomysHyomys dammermani Stein, 1933 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eastern HyomysHyomys goliath (Milne-Edwards, 1900) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Javan Bamboo RatKadarsanomys sodyi (Bartels, 1937) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nusa Tenggara KomodomysKomodomys rintjanus (Sody, 1941) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mount Oku LamottemysLamottemys okuensis F. Petter, 1986 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lakeland Downs LeggadinaLeggadina lakedownensis Watts, 1976 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Büttner's African Forest MouseLeimacomys buettneri Matschie, 1893 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Griselda's LemniscomysLemniscomys griselda (Thomas, 1904) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buffoon LemniscomysLemniscomys macculus (Thomas & Wroughton, 1910) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mittendorf's LemniscomysLemniscomys mittendorfi Eisentraut, 1968 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Single-Striped LemniscomysLemniscomys rosalia (Thomas, 1904) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rosevear's LemniscomysLemniscomys roseveari Van der Straeten, 1980 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Typical LemniscomysLemniscomys striatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Heuglin's LemniscomysLemniscomys zebra (Heuglin, 1864) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Meyer's LenomysLenomys meyeri (Jentink, 1879) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sundaic LenothrixLenothrix canus Miller, 1903 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sundaic Mountain LeopoldamysLeopoldamys ciliatus (Bonhote, 1900) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Edward's LeopoldamysLeopoldamys edwardsi (Thomas, 1882) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Millet's LeopoldamysLeopoldamys milleti (Robinson & Kloss, 1922) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Neill's LeopoldamysLeopoldamys neilli (J. T. Marshall Jr., 1976) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indomalayan LeopoldamysLeopoldamys sabanus (Thomas, 1887) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mentawai Archipelago LeopoldamysLeopoldamys siporanus (Thomas, 1895) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Stick-nest RatLeporillus apicalis (Gould, 1853) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Greater Stick-nest RatLeporillus conditor (Sturt, 1848) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leptomys arfakensis Musser, Helgen & Lunde, 2008 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elegant LeptomysLeptomys elegans Thomas, 1897 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ernst Mayr's LeptomysLeptomys ernstmayri Rümmler, 1932 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leptomys paulus Musser, Helgen & Lunde, 2008 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fly River LeptomysLeptomys signatus Tate & Archbold, 1938 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buff-bellied Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Kivumys) luteogaster Hatt, 1934 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western Rift Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Kivumys) medicaudatus Dieterlen, 1975 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Woosnam's Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Kivumys) woosnami Thomas, 1906 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Angolan Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Lophuromys) angolensis W. Verheyen, Dierckx & Hulselmans, 2000 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ansorge's Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Lophuromys) ansorgei de Winton, 1896 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dark-colored Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Lophuromys) aquilus (True, 1892) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Short-tailed Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Lophuromys) brevicaudus Osgood, 1936 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thomas's Ethiopian Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Lophuromys) brunneus Thomas, 1906 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ethiopian Forest Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Lophuromys) chrysopus Osgood, 1936 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mount Oku Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Lophuromys) dieterleni W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Colyn & Hutterer, 1997 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dudu's Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Lophuromys) dudui W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx & E. Verheyen, 2002 | 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.