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| | Myomorpha | Animals | Chaffee Zoological Gardens of Fresno (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | The New World rats and mice, best represented by the genus Peromyscus, the white-footed (or deer) mice or by Neotoma, the wood rats (pack rats), used to be lumped with Cricetinae (Old World hamsters), Cricetomyinae (the pouched rats of Africa), and several other small Old World groups. |
 | | They have rows of bristles along the side of the face, thought to be vibrissae (touch-sensitive). |
 | | Pouched rats resemble hamsters (Cricetinae), 2 even to the short tail. |
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