Organisms

Sigmodontinae

A subfamily of the family MURIDAE comprised of 69 genera. New World mice and rats are included in this subfamily.

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Abstract

A subfamily of the family MURIDAE comprised of 69 genera. New World mice and rats are included in this subfamily.

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Synonyms

13 entry terms
  • Hesperomyinae
  • Hesperomyines
  • Neotoma
  • Oryzomys
  • Rats, Cotton
  • Rats, Rice
  • Sigmodon
  • Cotton Rat
  • Cotton Rats
  • Rat, Cotton
  • Rat, Rice
  • Rice Rat
  • Rice Rats

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18 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, embryology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, psychology, surgery, urine, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

for entry term RATS, RICE and other species commonly called "rats" but taxonomically SIGMODONTINAE, do not use the check tag RATS.

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History Note

2006 (1991); for NEOTOMA, SIGMODON, and RATS, COTTON use ARVICOLINAE 1982-1990

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Previous Indexing

  • Microtinae (1982-1990)
  • Rats (1966-1981)
  • Rodentia (1966-1981)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Sigmodontinae. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016205. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016205
  2. Sigmodontinae. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmodontinae
  3. Sigmodontinae. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133373