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Zygodontomys brevicauda
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Calomyscidae
mouse-like hamsters
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New World rats and mice, voles, hamsters, and relatives
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Old World mice and rats, gerbils, whistling rats, and relatives
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African and Malagasy endemic rats and mice
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Malabar spiny dormouse and pygmy dormice
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blind mole rats, African mole rats, zokors, and bamboo rats
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