鼠亞科（學名：Murinae）是鼠科之下五個亞科之一，分佈於非洲和歐洲、亞洲以及大洋洲（例如：新幾內亞大鼠屬，_Anisomys_）的大、小鼠，包含至少 519 個物種、超過 100 個屬。這龐大的物種數量甚至比一些其他哺乳動物的科還要大，只有倉鼠科及鼠科能與之匹敵；本亞科甚至只比蝙蝠及齧齒目餘下的分類單元為小，其他哺乳動物的目都沒有鼠亞科之物種數量龐大。



分類學

絕大多數鼠亞科物種的研究並不深，更遑論這些屬的再分組。有文獻把整個亞科超過 100 個屬組成 10 個族。



參考資料



參考文獻


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外部連結


* 維基物種上的相關資訊：鼠亞科