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Mice, rats, gerbils, and relatives
Myomorpha
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Kingdom Animalia (animal kingdom)
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Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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Class Mammalia (mammals)
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Order Rodentia (rodents)
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Suborder Myomorpha (mice, rats, gerbils, and relatives)
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Family Dipodidae (jumping mice and their relatives)
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Species Napaeozapus insignis (woodland jumping mouse)
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Species Zapus hudsonius (meadow jumping mouse)
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Family Cricetidae (New World mice and woodrats, voles, hamsters, and their relatives)
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Subfamily Arvicolinae (voles and lemmings)
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Species Microtus ochrogaster (prairie vole)
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Species Microtus pennsylvanicus (meadow vole)
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Species Microtus pinetorum (woodland vole)
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Species Myodes gapperi (southern red-backed vole)
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Species Ondatra zibethicus (muskrat)
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Species Synaptomys cooperi (southern bog lemming)
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Subfamily Neotominae (deer mice, woodrats, and relatives)
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Species Peromyscus leucopus (white-footed mouse)
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Species Peromyscus maniculatus (deer mouse)
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Family Muridae (Old World mice and rats, gerbils, whistling rats, and relatives)
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Species Mus musculus (house mice)
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Species Rattus norvegicus (norway rat)
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Species Rattus norvegicus (norway rat)
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