鼠亞科
鼠亞科 化石時期：
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科學分類 
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| 界： | 動物界 Animalia |
| 門： | 脊索動物門 Chordata |
| 綱： | 哺乳綱 Mammalia |
| 目： | 齧齒目 Rodentia |
| 科： | 鼠科 Muridae |
| 亞科： | 鼠亞科 Murinae Illiger, 1811 |
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鼠亞科（學名：Murinae）是鼠科之下五個亞科之一[1]，分佈於非洲和歐洲、亞洲以及大洋洲（例如：新幾內亞大鼠屬，Anisomys）的大、小鼠，包含至少519個物種、超過100個屬。這龐大的物種數量甚至比一些其他哺乳動物的科還要大，只有倉鼠科及鼠科能與之匹敵；本亞科甚至只比蝙蝠及齧齒目餘下的分類單元為小，其他哺乳動物的目都沒有鼠亞科之物種數量龐大[2]。
分類學
[編輯]絕大多數鼠亞科物種的研究並不深，更遑論這些屬的再分組。有文獻把整個亞科超過100個屬組成10個族。
參考資料
[編輯]- ^ Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. Superfamily Muroidea. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (編). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd. Johns Hopkins University Press. 2005: 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, Deeann M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 12. 2005: 1191. ISBN 9780801882210.
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