After Steppan, Adkins & Anderson, 2004, with some placements of fossil genera from McKenna & Bell, 1994
Note:
Taxonomy and phylogenetics of the muroid rodents are a nightmare. There are alternative phylogenies for a dime a dozen, and there seems to be no clear cut similarities between alternative phylogenies.
<==o Muroidea Illiger, 1811 [taxonomic history] (mice-like rodents; hiirensukuiset jyrsijät) |--o Spalacioidea | `--o Spalacidae Gray, 1821 | |-- Rhizomyinae Winge, 1887 [taxonomic history] (juurirotat & bambuhiiret) | `--+-- Myospalacinae Lilljeborg, 1866 [taxonomic history] (zokorit) | `-- Spalacinae Gray, 1821 [taxonomic history] (blind rats; sokkohiiret) `--o Eumuroida [“Murida”] |--+--o Calomyscidae Vorontsov & Potapova, 1979 sensu Steppan, Adkins & Anderson, 2004 (mouse-like hamsters; hiirihamsterit) | | `--o Calomyscus Thomas, 1905; U.-Mioc.-?L.Plioc. Eu., L.Plioc.-R. As. | | |-- C. baluchi Thomas, 1920 [Calomyscus mustersi Ellerman, 1948] (Balochi mouse-like hamster) | | |-- C. elburzensis Goodwin, 1938 (Goodwin’s brush-tailed mouse) | | |-- C. grandis Schlitter & Setzer, 1973 (Noble mouse-like hamster) | | |-- C. hotsoni Thomas, 1920 (Hotson's mouse-like hamster) | | |-- C. mystax Kashkarov, 1925 (Great Balkhan mouse-like hamster) | | |-- C. tsolovi Peshev, 1991 (Syrian mouse-like hamster; Tsolov's mouse-like hamster) | | |-- C. urartensis Vorontsov, Kartavtseva, Potapova, 1979 (Urar mouse-like hamster) | | `-- C. bailwardi Thomas, 1905 (Zagros Mountains mouse-like hamster; hiirihamsteri) | `--o Nesomyidae Major, 1897 (African mice and rats) | |?-o Delanymyinae Denys, Michaux, Catzeflis, Ducrocq & Chevret, 1995 | | |-- Delanymys brooksi Hayman, 1962; Plioc., ?Pleist., R. Af. (Climbing swamp mouse, Delaney's swamp mouse; suohiiri) | | `--o †Stenodontomys Pocock, 1987; U.Mioc.-U.Plioc., ?Pleist. Af. | | |-- †S. darti | | `-- †S. saldanhae | |?-o Mystromyinae Vorontsov, 1966 (South African white-tailed rat) | | |-- †Proodontomys cookei Pocock, 1987; U.Plioc.-L.Pleist. Af. | | `-- Mystromys albicaudatus Wagner, 1841; ?U.Mioc., L.Plioc.-R. Af. (white-tailed rat; witstertrotte; valkohäntärotta) | |-- Nesomyinae Forsyth Major, 1897 (Malagasy rats and mice) | `--+--o Petromyscinae Roberts, 1951 (rock mice and climbing swamp mouse) | | |-- †Petromyscinae gen. et sp. indet. [M.Mioc. SWAf.] | | `--o Petromyscus Thomas, 1926; ?U.Mioc. Plioc.?-R. Af. | | |-- P. barbouri Shortridge & Carter, 1938 (Barbour's rock mouse) | | |-- P. collinus (Thomas & Hinton, 1925) (Pygmy rock mouse; kääpiökalliohiiri) | | |-- P. monticularis (Thomas & Hinton, 1925) (Brukkaros pygmy rock mouse) | | `-- P. shortridgei Thomas, 1926 (Shortridge's rock mouse) | `--+-- Dendromurinae G.M. Allen, 1939 [taxonomic history] (kiipijähiiret) | `--o Cricetomyinae Roberts, 1951 (pouched rats; hamsterirotat) [taxonomic history] | |--o Saccostomus Peters, 1846 [Eosaccomys palmer, 1903] L.Plioc.-R. Af. (African pouched rats; hamsterirotat) | | |-- S. campestris (etelänhamsterirotta) | | `-- S. mearnsi (pohjanhamsterirotta) | |--o Beamys Thomas, 1909; R. Af. (Long-tailed pouched rats; pikkuhamsterirotat) | | |-- B. hindei (pikkuhamsterirotta) | | `-- B. major | `--o Cricetomys Waterhouse, 1840 sensu Lesson, 1842 [Mus (Cricetomys) Waterhouse, 1840] R. Af. (African giant pouched rats; isohamsterirotat)? | |-- C. emini (metsäjättiläishamsterirotta) | `-- C. gambianus (savannijättiläishamsterirotta) `--+--+?- †Cricetodontinae Schaub, 1925 [taxonomic history] | `--o Cricetidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 sensu Steppan, Adkins & Anderson, 2004 [Cricetidae sensu stricto] (hamsters and voles; hamsterit ja myyrät) | |?-o Platacanthomyinae Alston, 1876 [taxonomic history] (piikkiunikeot) | | |--o †Neocometes Schaub & Zapfe, 1953; L.-U.Mioc. Eu., M.Mioc. As. | | | |-- †N. brunnis | | | |-- †N. brunonis Schaub & Zapfe, 1953 | | | `-- †N. orientalis Mein, Ginsburg & Ratanasthien, 1990 | | |--o Typhlomys Milne-Edwards, 1877; U.Mioc. U.Plioc.-R. SEAs. (Blind tree mouse, Pygmy dormice) | | | |-- T. chapensis (Vietnamese pygmy dormouse; vietnaminpiikkiunihiiri) | | | `-- T. cinereus (Chinese pygmy dormouse; kiinanpiikkiunihiiri) | | `-- Platacanthomys lasiurus Blyth, 1859 [Platacanthomus Marshall, 1873; Platyacanthomys Coues, 1870] U.Mioc. SEAs., R. SAs. (Malabar spiny dormouse; piikkiunikeko) | |--+-- Cricetinae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 (hamsters; hamsterit) [taxonomic history] | | `-- Arvicolinae Gray, 1821 (true voles and lemmings; myyrät) [taxonomic history] | `--o Oryzomyalia Steppan, Adkins & Anderson, 2004 [Sigmodontinae Wagner, 1843 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997] [taxonomic history] (New World rats and mice) | |-- Neotominae Merriam, 1894 | `--+-- Tylomyinae Reig, 1984 | `-- Sigmodontinae Wagner, 1843 `--o Muridae Illiger, 1811 |--o Lophiomyinae Milne-Edwards, 1867 (harjarotat) | |-- †Microlophiomys Topachevsky & Skorik, 1984; U.Mioc. EEu. | |-- †Protolophiomys Aguilar & Thaler, 1987; U.Mioc. WEu. | `--o Lophiomys Milne-Edwards, 1867 [Phractomys Peters, 1867; Phragmomys Peters, 1867] ?Plio. L.Pleist.-R. Af., R. As. | `-- L. imhausi (maned rat, crested rat; yaidado; harjarotta) |-- Murinae Illiger, 1811 [taxonomic history] (Old World rats and mice; varsinaiset rotat & hiiret) `--+-- Gerbillinae Gray, 1825 [taxonomic history] (jirds, gerbils, sand rats; gerbiilit, hyppymyyrät) `-- Deomyinae Thomas, 1888 [Acomyinae]
Muroidea incertae sedis:
†Celadensia nicolae Mein, Moissenet & Adrover, 1983; E.Plioc. SWEu. [Arvicolinae?]
†Bjornkurtenia canterranensis(Michaux, 1976) Kowalski, 1992 [Trilophomys canterranensis Michaux, 1976]; E.Plioc. EEu. [Arvicolinae?]
†Selenomys mimicus Matthew & Granger, 1923; L.Olig. As.
†Leakeymys Lavocat, 1964; M.Mioc. Af.
†Blancomys Weerd, Adrover, Mein & Soria, 1977; U.Mioc.-L.Plioc. Eu.
†Epimeriones Daxner-Höck, 1972; U.Mioc.-L.Pleist. Eu.
†Pappocricetodon Tong, 1992; M.-U.Eoc. As.
†P. kazakstanicus Emry, Tyutkova, Lucas & Wang, 1998
†P. rencunensis Tong, 1992
†P. antiquus Wang & Dawson, 1994
†P. schaubi
†Cricetopinae Matthew & Granger, 1923 [taxonomic history]
†Cricetops Matthew & Granger, 1923; Olig. As.
†Enginia de Bruijn & von Koenigswald, 1994; L.Mioc. SWAs.
†Eumyinae Simpson, 1945 [taxonomic history]
†Eumys Leidy, 1856; U.Eoc.-L.Olig. NA.
†Eoeumys L.D. Martin, 1980; U.Eoc.-L.Olig. NA.
†Coloradoeumys L.D. Martin, 1980; L.Olig. NA.
†Wilsoneumys L.D. Martin, 1980; L.Olig. NA.
†Paracricetodontinae Mein & Freudenthal, 1971 [taxonomic history]
†Melissodontinae Schaub, 1925 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997]
†Melissodon Schaub, 1920 [ L.Olig.-L.Mioc. Eu.
†Tachyoryctoidinae Schaub, 1958 [taxonomic history]
†Tachyoryctoides Bohlin, 1937 [incl. †Aralomys Argyropulo, 1939] U.Olig.-L.Mioc. EAs.
†Argyromys Schaub, 1958; U.Olig. CAs.
†Microtoscoptinae Kretzoi, 1955 [taxonomic history]
†Paramicrotoscoptes L.D. Martin, 1975; U.Mioc. NA.
†P. hibbardi L.D. Martin, 1975
†Microtoscoptes Schaub, 1934; U.Mioc. As. Eu.
†M. disjunctus [=? Goniodontomys disjunctus]
†Goniodontomys R.W. Wilson, 1937; U.Mioc. NA.
†G. disjunctus
†Baranomyinae Kretzoi, 1955 [taxonomic history]
†Microtodon Miller, 1927; U.Mioc. As., U.Plioc. EEu. ==> Arvicolinae??
†Anatolomys Schaub, 1934; U.Mioc. EAs.
†Baranomys Kormos, 1933 [incl. †Warthamys Kretzoi, 1969] L.Plioc.-L.Pleist. Eu.
†Trilophomyinae Kretzoi, 1969 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997 [Trilophomyidae Kretzoi, 1969]
†Trilophomys Depéret, 1892 [Lophiomys Depéret, 1890 (non Lophiomys Milne-Edwards, 1867, a lophiomyine murid)]
†Gobicricetodontinae Qiu, 1996
†Gobicricetodon Qiu, 1966; M.-U.Mioc. EAs.
†Plesiodipus Young, 1927 [Plesiocricetodon Schaub, 1934, unjustified emendation] M.-U.Mioc. EAs.
†Simimyidae A.E. Wood, 1980 [incl. †Nonomyinae L.D. Martin, 1980]
†Sinimys R.W. Wilson, 1935 [†Eumysops R.W. Wilson, 1935, non Eumysops Ameghino, 1888, a heteropsomyine rodent (Hystricognathi: Echimyidae)] M.-U-Eoc. NA.
†Nonomys simplicidens (Emry & Dawson, 1972) Emry & Dawson, 1973 [Nanomys simplicidens Emry & Dawson, 1972 (non Nanomys Marsh, 1889 (Multituberculata: Cimolodon)); Nonomys simplicidens (Emry & Dawson); Emry & Dawson, 1973 ] [incl. †Subsumus candelariae A.E. Wood, 1974; A.E. Wood, 1980, Emry, 1981, and Korth, 1994c] U.Eoc. NA.
†Afrocricetodontinae Lavocat, 1973 [taxonomic history]
†Notocricetodon petteri Lavocat, 1973; L.-M.Mioc.EAf.
†Afrocricetodon Lavocat, 1973; L.Mioc. EAf.
†Protarsomys lavocat, 1973; L.-U.Mioc. Af.
†Anomalomyinae Schaub, 1925 [taxonomic history]
After Steppan, 2005<==o Muroidea |--o Spalacioidea | |-- Spalacidae | `-- Myospalacidae `--o Eumuroida |-- Calomyscinae |--o Nesomyidae | |-- Nesomyinae | `--+-- Mystromyinae | |-- Petromyscinae | `--+-- Cricetomyinae | `-- Dendromurinae |--o Cricetidae | |-- Cricetinae | |-- Arvicolinae | |?- Platacanthomyinae | `--+-- Sigmodontinae | |-- Neotominae | `-- Tylomyinae `--o Muridae |-- Lophiomyinae |-- Murinae `--+-- Gerbillinae `-- Deomyinae Reference(s):
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After McKenna & Bell, 1997, with recent species from Nowak, 1991Note:McKenna & Bell use very inclusive version of Muridae in their classification, and many of the subfamilies they include within the Muridae, like Cricetinae, Arvicolinae, Gerbillinae; Spalacinae, etc., have been treated as independent families by various other people studying muroid rodents. <==o Muroidea |--o †Simimyidae | |-- †Sinimys | `-- †Nonomys `--o Muridae |?- †Selenomys |?- †Potwarmus |?- †Leakeymys |?- †Blancomys |?- †Epimeriones |?- †Pappocricetodon |--o †Cricetopinae | |-- †Cricetops | `-- †Enginia |--o †Eumyinae Simpson, 1945 [taxonomic history] | |-- †Eumys Leidy, 1856; U.Eoc.-L.Olig. NA. | |-- †Eoeumys L.D. Martin, 1980; U.Eoc.-L.Olig. NA. | |-- †Coloradoeumys L.D. Martin, 1980; L.Olig. NA. | `-- †Wilsoneumys L.D. Martin, 1980; L.Olig. NA. |-- †Paracricetodontinae Mein & Freudenthal, 1971 [taxonomic history] |-- †Melissodon Schaub, 1920 [Melissodontinae Schaub, 1925 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997] L.Olig.-L.Mioc. Eu. |--o †Tachyoryctoidinae Schaub, 1958 [taxonomic history] | |-- †Tachyoryctoides Bohlin, 1937 [incl. †Aralomys Argyropulo, 1939] U.Olig.-L.Mioc. EAs. | `-- †Argyromys Schaub, 1958; U.Olig. CAs. |--o †Microtoscoptinae Kretzoi, 1955 [taxonomic history] | |--o †Paramicrotoscoptes L.D. Martin, 1975; U.Mioc. NA. | | `-- †P. hibbardi L.D. Martin, 1975 | |--o †Microtoscoptes Schaub, 1934; U.Mioc. As. Eu. | | `-- †M. disjunctus [=? Goniodontomys disjunctus] | `--o †Goniodontomys R.W. Wilson, 1937; U.Mioc. NA. | `-- †G. disjunctus |--o †Baranomyinae Kretzoi, 1955 [taxonomic history] | |-- †Microtodon Miller, 1927; U.Mioc. As., U.Plioc. EEu. ==> Arvicolinae?? | |-- †Anatolomys Schaub, 1934; U.Mioc. EAs. | `-- †Baranomys Kormos, 1933 [incl. †Warthamys Kretzoi, 1969] L.Plioc.-L.Pleist. Eu. |-- †Trilophomys Depéret, 1892 [Lophiomys Depéret, 1890 (non Lophiomys Milne-Edwards, 1867, a lophiomyine murid)] [Trilophomyinae Kretzoi, 1969 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997; †Trilophomyidae Kretzoi, 1969] |--o †Gobicricetodontinae Qiu, 1996 | |-- †Gobicricetodon Qiu, 1966; M.-U.Mioc. EAs. | `-- †Plesiodipus Young, 1927 [Plesiocricetodon Schaub, 1934, unjustified emendation] M.-U.Mioc. EAs. |-- †Cricetodontinae Schaub, 1925 [taxonomic history] |-- Sigmodontinae |--o Calomyscus [Calomyscinae] | |?- C. baluchi | |?- C. hotsoni | |?- C. mystax | |?- C. tsolovi | |?- C. urartensis | `-- C. bailwardi (hiirihamsteri) |-- Cricetinae |-- Arvicolinae |--o †Afrocricetodontinae Lavocat, 1973 [taxonomic history] | |-- †Notocricetodon petteri Lavocat, 1973; L.-M.Mioc.EAf. | |-- †Afrocricetodon Lavocat, 1973; L.Mioc. EAf. | `-- †Protarsomys lavocat, 1973; L.-U.Mioc. Af. |--o Lophiomyinae Milne-Edwards, 1867 (harjarotat) | |-- †Microlophiomys Topachevsky & Skorik, 1984; U.Mioc. EEu. | |-- †Protolophiomys Aguilar & Thaler, 1987; U.Mioc. WEu. | `--o Lophiomys Milne-Edwards, 1867 [Phractomys Peters, 1867; Phragmomys Peters, 1867] ?Plio. L.Pleist.-R. Af., R. As. | `-- L. imhausi (maned rat, crested rat; yaidado; harjarotta) |-- Nasomyinae Forsyth Major, 1897 (Malagasy mice & rats; madagaskarinrotat) [taxonomic history] |--o Cricetomyinae Roberts, 1951 (pouched rats; hamsterirotat) [taxonomic history] | |--o Saccostomus Peters, 1846 [Eosaccomys palmer, 1903] L.Plioc.-R. Af. (African pouched rats; hamsterirotat) | | |-- S. campestris (etelänhamsterirotta) | | `-- S. mearnsi (pohjanhamsterirotta) | |--o Beamys Thomas, 1909; R. Af. (Long-tailed pouched rats; pikkuhamsterirotat) | | |-- B. hindei (pikkuhamsterirotta) | | `-- B. major | `--o Cricetomys Waterhouse, 1840 sensu Lesson, 1842 [Mus (Cricetomys) Waterhouse, 1840] R. Af. (African giant pouched rats; isohamsterirotat)? | |-- C. emini (metsäjättiläishamsterirotta) | `-- C. gambianus (savannijättiläishamsterirotta) |--o Delanymyinae Denys, Michaux, Catzeflis, Ducrocq & Chevret, 1995 | |-- †Stenodontomys Pocock, 1987; U.Mioc.-U.Plioc., ?Pleist. Af. | `-- Delanymys brooksi Hayman, 1962; Plioc., ?Pleist., R. Af. (Climbing swamp mouse, Delaney's swamp mouse; suohiiri) |--o Mystromyinae Vorontsov, 1966 | |-- Mystromys albicaudatus Wagner, 1841; ?U.Mioc., L.Plioc.-R. Af. (white-tailed rat; witstertrotte; valkohäntärotta) | `-- †Proodontomys Pocock, 1987; U.Plioc.-L.Pleist. Af. |--o Petromyscinae Roberts, 1951 | |-- †Petromyscinae gen. et sp. indet. [M.Mioc. SWAf.] | `--o Petromyscus Thomas, 1926; ?U.Mioc. Plioc.?-R. Af. | |-- P. barbouri | |-- P. collinus (kääpiökalliohiiri) | |-- P. monticularis | `-- P. shortridgei |-- Gerbillinae Gray, 1825 [taxonomic history] (jirds, gerbils, sand rats; gerbiilit) |-- Dendromurinae G.M. Allen, 1939 [taxonomic history] (kiipijähiiret) |-- Murinae Illiger, 1811 [taxonomic history] (Old World rats and mice; varsinaiset rotat & hiiret) |--o Platacanthomyinae Alston, 1876 [taxonomic history] (piikkiunikeot) | |--o †Neocometes Schaub & Zapfe, 1953; L.-U.Mioc. Eu., M.Mioc. As. | | |-- †N. brunnis | | |-- †N. brunonis Schaub & Zapfe, 1953 | | `-- †N. orientalis Mein, Ginsburg & Ratanasthien, 1990 | |--o Typhlomys Milne-Edwards, 1877; U.Mioc. U.Plioc.-R. SEAs. (Blind tree mouse, Pygmy dormice) | | |-- T. chapensis (Vietnamese pygmy dormouse; vietnaminpiikkiunihiiri) | | `-- T. cinereus (Chinese pygmy dormouse; kiinanpiikkiunihiiri) | `-- Platacanthomys lasiurus Blyth, 1859 [Platacanthomus Marshall, 1873; Platyacanthomys Coues, 1870] U.Mioc. SEAs., R. SAs. (Malabar spiny dormouse; piikkiunikeko) |-- Myospalacinae Lilljeborg, 1866 [taxonomic history] (zokorit) |-- Spalacinae Gray, 1821 [taxonomic history] (blind rats; sokkohiiret) |-- †Anomalomyinae Schaub, 1925 [taxonomic history] `-- Rhizomyinae Winge, 1887 [taxonomic history] (juurirotat & bambuhiiret) |
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