16 relations: Animal, Chordate, Gene, Genus, Mammal, Muridae, Murinae, Muroidea, Myotomys, Old World, Otomys, Parotomys, Phylogenetic tree, Rodent, Sloggett's vlei rat, Tribe.
Animal
Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.
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Chordate
A chordate is an animal belonging to the phylum Chordata; chordates possess a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a post-anal tail, for at least some period of their life cycle.
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Gene
In biology, a gene is a sequence of DNA or RNA that codes for a molecule that has a function.
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Genus
A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.
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Mammal
Mammals are the vertebrates within the class Mammalia (from Latin mamma "breast"), a clade of endothermic amniotes distinguished from reptiles (including birds) by the possession of a neocortex (a region of the brain), hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands.
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Muridae
The Muridae, or murids, are the largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing over 700 species found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia.
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Murinae
The Old World rats and mice, part of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae, comprise at least 519 species.
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Muroidea
The Muroidea are a large superfamily of rodents, including mice, rats, voles, hamsters, gerbils, and many other relatives.
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Myotomys
Myotomys is a genus of African Karoo rats that inhabit the Karoo, a semi-desert region in the southern portion of the African continent.
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Old World
The term "Old World" is used in the West to refer to Africa, Asia and Europe (Afro-Eurasia or the World Island), regarded collectively as the part of the world known to its population before contact with the Americas and Oceania (the "New World").
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Otomys
African vlei rats (Otomys), also known as groove-toothed rats, live in many areas of sub-Saharan Africa.
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Parotomys
Parotomys is a small genus of rodent in the family Muridae.
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Phylogenetic tree
A phylogenetic tree or evolutionary tree is a branching diagram or "tree" showing the evolutionary relationships among various biological species or other entities—their phylogeny—based upon similarities and differences in their physical or genetic characteristics.
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Rodent
Rodents (from Latin rodere, "to gnaw") are mammals of the order Rodentia, which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws.
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Sloggett's vlei rat
Sloggett's vlei rat or ice rat (Otomys sloggetti) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
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Tribe
A tribe is viewed developmentally, economically and historically as a social group existing outside of or before the development of states.
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