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| | Which of these pets have you ever owned? |
 | | The family has 17 subfamilies; Arvicolinae, Calomyscinae, Cricetinae, Cricetomyinae, Dendromurinae, Gerbillinae, Lophiomyinae, *Murinae*, Myospalacinae, Mystromyinae, Nesomyinae, Otomyinae, Petromyscinae, Platacanthomyinae, Rhizomyinae, Sigmodontinae, and Spalacinae. |
 | | Sub-Families Cricetinae, Arvicolinae [also known as Microtinae], Gerbillinae, and Myospalacinae, will hereafter be ignored due to the fact that no "rats" or "mice" are present in these groups. |
 | | Sigmodontinae (new world), Murinae (old world), and Nesomyinae (madagascar). |
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