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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Lefo Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Lophuromys) eisentrauti Dieterlen, 1978 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hutterer's Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Lophuromys) huttereri W. Verheyen, Colyn & Hulselmans, 1996 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-clawed Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Lophuromys) melanonyx F. Petter, 1972 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fire-bellied Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Lophuromys) nudicaudus Heller, 1911 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rahm's Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Lophuromys) rahmi Verheyen, 1964 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mount Cameroon Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Lophuromys) roseveari W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Colyn & Hutterer, 1997 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rusty-bellied Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Lophuromys) sikapusi (Temminck, 1853) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Verhagen's Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Lophuromys) verhageni W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx & E. Verheyen, 2002 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Zena's Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Lophuromys) zena Dollman, 1909 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-footed Tree MouseLorentzimys nouhuysi Jentink, 1911 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser MacruromysMacruromys elegans Stein, 1933 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Greater MacruromysMacruromys major Rümmler, 1935 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blanford's MadromysMadromys blanfordi (Thomas, 1881) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cansdale's MalacomysMalacomys cansdalei Ansell, 1958 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Edwards' MalacomysMalacomys edwardsi Rochebrune, 1885 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common MalacomysMalacomys longipes Milne-Edwards, 1877 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| De Vis's MallomysMallomys aroaensis (De Vis, 1907) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Alpine MallomysMallomys gunung Flannery, Aplin & Groves, 1989 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Subalpine MallomysMallomys istapantap Flannery, Aplin & Groves, 1989 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rothschild's MallomysMallomys rothschildi Thomas, 1898 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lava MouseMalpaisomys insularis Hutterer, Lopez-Martinez & Michaux, 1988 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Highland MammelomysMammelomys lanosus (Thomas, 1922) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lowland MammelomysMammelomys rattoides (Thomas, 1922) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spiny Lowland MargaretamysMargaretamys beccarii (Jentink, 1880) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Margaretamys christinae Mortelliti, Castiglia, Amori, Maryanto & Musser, 2012 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elegant MargaretamysMargaretamys elegans Musser, 1981 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser MargaretamysMargaretamys parvus Musser, 1981 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Broad-toothed MastacomysMastacomys fuscus Thomas, 1882 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Awash MastomysMastomys awashensis Lavrenchenko, Likhnova & Baskevich, 1998 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern African MastomysMastomys coucha (A. Smith, 1834) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Reddish-white MastomysMastomys erythroleucus (Temminck, 1853) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hubert's MastomysMastomys huberti (Wroughton, 1909) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kollmannsperger's MastomysMastomys kollmannspergeri (F. Petter, 1957) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Coucha RatMastomys natalensis (A. Smith, 1834) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dwarf MastomysMastomys pernanus (Kershaw, 1921) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Shortridge's MastomysMastomys shortridgei (St. Leger, 1933) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bornean Mountain MaxomysMaxomys alticola (Thomas, 1888) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Small Bornean MaxomysMaxomys baeodon (Thomas, 1894) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bartels's Javan MaxomysMaxomys bartelsii (Jentink, 1910) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dollman's Sulawesi MaxomysMaxomys dollmani (Ellerman, 1941) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hellwald's Sulawesi MaxomysMaxomys hellwaldii (Jentink, 1878) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sumatran Mountain MaxomysMaxomys hylomyoides (Robinson & Kloss, 1916) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Malayan Mountain MaxomysMaxomys inas (Bonhote, 1906) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Broad-nosed Sumatran MaxomysMaxomys inflatus (Robinson & Kloss, 1916) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indochinese Mountain MaxomysMaxomys moi (Robinson & Kloss, 1922) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Musschenbroek's RatMaxomys musschenbroekii (Jentink, 1879) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mentawai Archipelago MaxomysMaxomys pagensis (Miller, 1903) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Palawan MaxomysMaxomys panglima (Robinson, 1921) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rajah RatMaxomys rajah (Thomas, 1894) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indomalayan MaxomysMaxomys surifer (Miller, 1900) | 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.