Platacanthomyidae Spalacidae Calomyscidae Nesomyidae Cricetidae Muridae sister: Dipodoidea The Muroidea are a large superfamily of rodents, including mice, rats, voles, hamsters, lemmings, gerbils, and many other relatives.

Some authorities have placed all members of this group into a single family, Muridae, due to difficulties in determining how the subfamilies are related to one another.

The following phylogeny of more than 70 Muroidea genera, based on molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Interphotoreceptor Retinoid Binding Protein (IRBP) gene, is from Jansa & Weksler (2004: 264).

[6] Although Platacanthomyidae was not analyzed by Jansa & Weksler (2004), a study by Fabre et al. 2012[7] suggests that it is the most basal lineage of Muroidea.

Platacanthomyidae[7] Spalax Myospalax Tachyoryctes Rhizomys Calomyscus Hypogeomys Nesomys Brachyuromys Monticolomys Macrotarsomys Brachytarsomys Gymnuromys Voalavo Eliurus Petromyscus Mystromys Cricetomys Beamys Saccostomus Steatomys Dendromus Lophiomys Tatera Meriones Lophuromys Deomys Acomys Phloeomys Micromys Maxomys Niviventer Sundamys Rattus Rhynchomys Otomys Aethomys Rhabdomys Grammomys Tokudaia Mus Mastomys Praomys Hylomyscus Cricetulus Phodopus Mesocricetus Tylomys Nyctomys Neotoma Scotinomys Peromyscus Microtus Eothenomys Clethrionomys Sigmodon Rheomys Scapteromys Akodon Reithrodon Thomasomys Rhipidomys Zygodontomys Scolomys Oryzomys Oligoryzomys Nectomys Delomys Phyllotis Calomys Juliomys Irenomys Wiedomys Notiomys Abrothrix