Annie's Rodents
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| Marvelous Mice |
What is a mouse?
Mice, like rats, are members of the rodent family. While there are many different
species of mice, pet mice are descended from the common house mouse.
For those of you who have an interest in biology, here's the taxonomy of our pet
mice:
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Eutheria
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciurognathi
Infraorder: Myomorpha
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Genus: Mus
Subgenus: Musculus
Species:
Common Name: House mouse
Mice, like rats, are members of the rodent family. While there are many different
species of mice, pet mice are descended from the common house mouse.
For those of you who have an interest in biology, here's the taxonomy of our pet
mice:
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Eutheria
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciurognathi
Infraorder: Myomorpha
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Genus: Mus
Subgenus: Musculus
Species:
Common Name: House mouse