Parent taxon: Eumuroida according to S. J. Steppan et al. 2004
See also Bonaparte 1850, Carroll 1988, Cope 1889, de Bruijn 2017, Erten 2017, Flower 1883, Flower and Lydekker 1891, Gadow 1898, Gray 1821, Gray 1825, Hay 1902, Leidy 1873, Montgelard et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Oliver and Peláez-Campomanes 2016, Vakil et al. 2023 and Wood 1958
Sister taxa: Calomyscidae, Nesomyidae
Subtaxa: Abditomys Afrocricetodontinae Allorattus Anthracomys Apodemus Apomys Arvicanthis Bullimus Castillomys Castorina Castromys Centralomys Chiropodomys Colomys Dasymys Deomyinae Echymina Extrarius Gerbillinae Gerbua Grammomys Hapalomys Huaxiamys Huerzelerimys Hydromina Hyomys Karnimata Kritimys Lemniscomys Limnomys Mastacomys Micromys Mikrotia Murina Murinae Myocricetodontinae Myotomys Mysops Nesokia Occitanomys Orientalomys Papagomys Paraethomys Parapelomys Parapodemus Parotomys Pelomys Praomys Proceromys Progonomys Rhabdomys Rhagamys Rhagapodemus Rhagomys Saccostomus Saidomys Spalacinae Steatomys Stephanomys Tachyoryctoidinae Tarsomys Thallomys Thamnomys Valerimys Zelotomys
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-insectivore