Diversity
Murinae, the Old World rats and mice, is the largest subfamily of muroid rodents. There are an astonishingly diverse 561 species in this subfamily, which are divided among 126 genera in 29 divisions.
- Musser, G., M. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. D Wilson, D Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
