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 |
|---|---|---|
| Watts's Sulawesi MaxomysMaxomys wattsi Musser, 1991 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Whitehead's Sundaic MaxomysMaxomys whiteheadi (Thomas, 1894) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Diurnal Sulawesian Shrew RatMelasmothrix naso Miller & Hollister, 1921 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dusky Seram MelomysMelomys aerosus (Thomas, 1920) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rossel Island MelomysMelomys arcium (Thomas, 1913) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Great Key Island MelomysMelomys bannisteri Kitchener & Maryanto, 1993 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bougainville Island MelomysMelomys bougainville Troughton, 1936 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grassland MelomysMelomys burtoni (Ramsay, 1887) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cape York MelomysMelomys capensis Tate, 1951 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Short-tailed Talaud MelomysMelomys caurinus (Thomas, 1921) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fawn-footed MelomysMelomys cervinipes (Gould, 1852) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dollman's MelomysMelomys dollmani Rümmler, 1935 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Manusela MelomysMelomys fraterculus (Thomas, 1920) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Snow Mountains Grassland MelomysMelomys frigicola Tate, 1951 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Seram Long-tailed MelomysMelomys fulgens (Thomas, 1920) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Riama Island MelomysMelomys howi Kitchener, in Kitchener & Suyanto, 1996 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-bellied MelomysMelomys leucogaster (Jentink, 1908) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Papua Grassland MelomysMelomys lutillus (Thomas, 1913) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Manus Island MelomysMelomys matambuai Flannery, Colgan & Trimble, 1994 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Obi Island MelomysMelomys obiensis (Thomas, 1911) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pavel's Seram MelomysMelomys paveli Helgen, 2003 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bramble Cay MelomysMelomys rubicola Thomas, 1924 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-tailed MelomysMelomys rufescens (Alston, 1877) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buka Island MelomysMelomys spechti Flannery & Wickler, 1990 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-tailed Talaud MelomysMelomys talaudium (Thomas, 1921) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indian Desert GerbilMeriones (Cheliones) hurrianae Jordon, 1867 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cheng's JirdMeriones (Pallasiomys) chengi Wang, 1964 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Moroccan JirdMeriones (Pallasiomys) grandis Cabrera, 1907 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Libyan JirdMeriones (Pallasiomys) libycus Lichtenstein, 1823 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buxton's JirdMeriones (Pallasiomys) sacramenti Thomas, 1922 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Shaw's JirdMeriones (Pallasiomys) shawi (Duvernoy, 1842) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tristram's JirdMeriones (Pallasiomys) tristrami Thomas, 1892 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Clawed JirdMeriones (Pallasiomys) unguiculatus (Milne-Edwards, 1867) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Vinogradov's JirdMeriones (Pallasiomys) vinogradovi Heptner, 1931 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Zarudny's JirdMeriones (Pallasiomys) zarudnyi Heptner, 1937 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| King JirdMeriones (Parameriones) rex Yerbury & Thomas, 1895 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-footed MesembriomysMesembriomys gouldii (Gray, 1843) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden-backed MesembriomysMesembriomys macrurus (Peters, 1876) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grant's MicaelamysMicaelamys granti (Wroughton, 1908) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Namaqua MicaelamysMicaelamys namaquensis (A. Smith, 1834) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Somali Pygmy GerbilMicrodillus peeli (de Winton, 1898) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| southern groovetoothed moss-mouseMicrohydromys argenteus Helgen, Leary & Aplin, 2010 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Richardson's Shrew MouseMicrohydromys richardsoni Tate & Archbold, 1941 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Harvest MouseMicromys minutus (Pallas, 1771) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sand-colored MetadMillardia gleadowi (Murray, 1886) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Burmese MetadMillardia kathleenae Thomas, 1914 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Large MetadMillardia kondana Mishra & Dhanda, 1975 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common MetadMillardia meltada (Gray, 1837) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mirza's Western Moss-RatMirzamys louiseae Helgen & L. Helgen, 2009 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mirza's Eastern Moss-ratMirzamys norahae Helgen & L. Helgen, 2009 | 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.