Murinae

• Main Authors: Amr, Zuhair S., Abu, Mohammad A., Qumsiyeh, Mazin, Eid, Ehab
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Muridae; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5991844; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5991844

Key to species of subfamily Murinae 1 Total body length more than 250 mm. 2 - Total body length less than 250 mm. 4 2 Ears do not exceed 20 mm in length. Nesokia indica - Ears exceed 20 mm in length. 3 3 Tail longer than body length. Rattus rattus - Tail shorter than body length. Rattus norvegicus 4 Palm with 5 rounded tubercules. 5 - Palm with 3 rounded tubercules. Mus musculus 5 Orange fulvous to yellowish brown spot on the neck. Apodemus flavicollis - No orange fulvous to yellowish brown spot on the neck. Apodemus mystacinus Published as part of Amr, Zuhair S., Abu, Mohammad A., Qumsiyeh, Mazin & Eid, Ehab, 2018, Systematics, distribution and ecological analysis of rodents in Jordan, pp. 1-94 in Zootaxa 4397 (1) on page 59, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4397.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1202783