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Suborder Myomorpha contains 1,137 species of mouse-like rodent
Rodent

Rodentia is an Order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing Incisors#The_Rodent_incisor in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....
s, nearly a quarter of all mammal
Mammal

Mammals are a class of vertebrate animals whose name is derived from their distinctive feature, mammary glands, with which they feed their young....
 species. Included are mice
Mouse

A mouse is a small animal that belongs to one of numerous species of rodents. The best known mouse species is the House Mouse . It is also a popular pet....
, rats
RATS

RATS may refer to:* RATS , Regression Analysis of Time Series, a statistical package* Rough Auditing Tool for Security, a computer program...
, gerbils, hamsters, lemmings and voles. They are grouped according to the structure of the jaw and the structure of the molar teeth
Molar (tooth)

Molars are the rearmost and most complicated kind of tooth in most mammals. In many mammals they grind food; hence the Latin name mola, "millstone"....
. Both their medial and lateral masseter muscle
Masseter muscle

In human anatomy, the masseter is one of the muscles of mastication.In the animal kingdom, it is particularly powerful in herbivores to facilitate chewing of plant matter....
s are displaced forward, making them adept at gnawing. The medial masseter muscle goes through the eye socket, a feature unique among mammals.






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Suborder Myomorpha contains 1,137 species of mouse-like rodent
Rodent

Rodentia is an Order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing Incisors#The_Rodent_incisor in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....
s, nearly a quarter of all mammal
Mammal

Mammals are a class of vertebrate animals whose name is derived from their distinctive feature, mammary glands, with which they feed their young....
 species. Included are mice
Mouse

A mouse is a small animal that belongs to one of numerous species of rodents. The best known mouse species is the House Mouse . It is also a popular pet....
, rats
RATS

RATS may refer to:* RATS , Regression Analysis of Time Series, a statistical package* Rough Auditing Tool for Security, a computer program...
, gerbils, hamsters, lemmings and voles. They are grouped according to the structure of the jaw and the structure of the molar teeth
Molar (tooth)

Molars are the rearmost and most complicated kind of tooth in most mammals. In many mammals they grind food; hence the Latin name mola, "millstone"....
. Both their medial and lateral masseter muscle
Masseter muscle

In human anatomy, the masseter is one of the muscles of mastication.In the animal kingdom, it is particularly powerful in herbivores to facilitate chewing of plant matter....
s are displaced forward, making them adept at gnawing. The medial masseter muscle goes through the eye socket, a feature unique among mammals. Myomorphs are found worldwide (apart from Antarctica) in almost all land habitats. They are usually nocturnal
Nocturnal animal

As an animal behavior, nocturnality describes sleeping during the daytime and being active at night - the opposite of the diurnal animal human lifestyle, and that of those animals with which we are most familiar....
 seed-eaters.

Most myomorph species belong to superfamily Muroidea
Muroidea

Muroidea is a large superfamily of rodents. It includes hamsters, gerbils, true mouse and rats, and many other relatives. They occupy a vast variety of habitat on every continent except Antarctica....
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  • Superfamily Muroidea
    Muroidea

    Muroidea is a large superfamily of rodents. It includes hamsters, gerbils, true mouse and rats, and many other relatives. They occupy a vast variety of habitat on every continent except Antarctica....
    • Family Platacanthomyidae
    • Family Spalacidae
      Spalacidae

      The Spalacidae, or spalacids are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. They are native to eastern Asia, the Horn of Africa, the Middle East, and south-eastern Europe....
    • Family Calomyscidae
    • Family Nesomyidae
      Nesomyidae

      Nesomyidae is a family of African rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes several subfamilies, all of which are native to either continental Africa or to Madagascar....
    • Family Cricetidae
      Cricetidae

      The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, and New World rats and mice....
    • Family Muridae
      Muridae

      Muridae is the largest family of mammals. It contains over 600 species found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia. They have been introduced worldwide....
  • Superfamily Dipodoidea
    Dipodoidea

    Dipodoidea is a superfamily of rodents that includes Jumping mice and Jerboas....
    • Family Dipodidae
      Dipodidae

      The Dipodidae, or dipodids, are a family of rodents found across the northern hemisphere. They include the jerboas, Jumping mouse, and Birch mouse....


Historically, the definition of the suborder Myomorpha has included one or both of the following.
  • Superfamily Geomyoidea
    Geomyoidea

    Geomyoidea is a superfamily of rodent that contains the pocket gophers , the kangaroo rats and mice , and their fossil relatives....
    • Family Heteromyidae
      Heteromyidae

      The family of rodents that include kangaroo rats, kangaroo mice and Rock pocket mouse is the Heteromyidae family. Most heteromyids live in complex burrows within the deserts and grasslands of western North America, though species within the Heteromys and Liomys genus are also found in forests and extend down as far as northern S...
    • Family Geomyidae
  • Superfamily Gliroidea
    • Family Gliridae