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 |
|---|---|---|
| Long-tailed NesokiaNesokia bunnii (Khajuria, 1981) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Short-tailed Bandicoot RatNesokia indica (Gray, 1830) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Seram Island Mountain RatNesoromys ceramicus (Thomas, 1920) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ethiopian Amphibious RatNilopegamys plumbeus Osgood, 1928 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Anderson's NiviventerNiviventer andersoni (Thomas, 1911) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brahman NiviventerNiviventer brahma (Thomas, 1914) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cameron Highlands NiviventerNiviventer cameroni (Chasen, 1940) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Confucian NiviventerNiviventer confucianus (Milne-Edwards, 1871) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spiny Taiwan NiviventerNiviventer coninga (Swinhoe, 1864) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dark-tailed RatNiviventer cremoriventer (Miller, 1900) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Soft-furred Taiwan NiviventerNiviventer culturatus (Thomas, 1917) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little Himalayan RatNiviventer eha (Wroughton, 1916) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sichuan NiviventerNiviventer excelsior (Thomas, 1911) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Montane Sumatran NiviventerNiviventer fraternus (Robinson & Kloss, 1916) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut RatNiviventer fulvescens (Gray, 1847) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Limestone NiviventerNiviventer hinpoon (J. T. Marshall Jr., 1976) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Montane Javan NiviventerNiviventer lepturus (Jentink, 1879) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Himalayan NiviventerNiviventer niviventer (Hodgson, 1836) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Montane Bornean NiviventerNiviventer rapit (Bonhote, 1903) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indochinese Mountain NiviventerNiviventer tenaster (Thomas, 1916) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spinifex Hopping MouseNotomys alexis Thomas, 1922 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Short-tailed Hopping MouseNotomys amplus Brazenor, 1936 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Fawn Hopping MouseNotomys cervinus (Gould, 1853) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dusky Hopping MouseNotomys fuscus (Wood Jones, 1925) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-tailed Hopping MouseNotomys longicaudatus (Gould, 1844) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Big-eared Hopping MouseNotomys macrotis Thomas, 1921 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Mitchell's Hopping MouseNotomys mitchellii (Ogilby, 1838) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Darling Downs Hopping MouseNotomys mordax Thomas, 1922 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| West African OenomysOenomys ornatus Thomas, 1911 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Angolan Vlei RatOtomys anchietae (Bocage, 1882) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Angoni Vlei RatOtomys angoniensis Wroughton, 1906 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Barbour's Vlei RatOtomys barbouri Lawrence & Loveridge, 1953 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Burton's Vlei RatOtomys burtoni Thomas, 1918 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cheesman's Vlei RatOtomys cheesmani Taylor, Lavrenchenko, Carleton, Verheyen, Bennett, Oosthuizen & Maree, 2011 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ruwenzori Vlei RatOtomys dartmouthi Thomas, 1906 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dent's Vlei RatOtomys denti Thomas, 1906 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dollman's Vlei RatOtomys dollmani Heller, 1912 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Otomys fortior Thomas, 1906 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Otomys helleri Frick, 1914 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern African Vlei RatOtomys irroratus (Brants, 1827) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mount Elgon Vlei RatOtomys jacksoni Thomas, 1891 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tanzanian Vlei RatOtomys lacustris G. M. Allen & Loveridge, 1933 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| KwaZulu Vlei RatOtomys laminatus Thomas & Schwann, 1905 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Large Vlei RatOtomys maximus Roberts, 1924 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western Vlei RatOtomys occidentalis Dieterlen & Van der Straeten, 1992 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Afroalpine Vlei RatOtomys orestes Thomas, 1900 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Saunders' Vlei RatOtomys saundersiae Roberts, 1929 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Simien Vlei RatOtomys simiensis Taylor, Lavrenchenko, Carleton, Verheyen, Bennett, Oosthuizen & Maree, 2011 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Otomys thomasi Osgood, 1910 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| East African Vlei RatOtomys tropicalis Thomas, 1902 | 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.