Micromyx (Noun)
Meaning
Old World harvest mice.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Old World harvest mice are a part of the genus Micromyx.
- Micromyx is an old name used for a group of rodents, which is now referred to as the genus Mus.
- Some studies of rodents utilize Micromyx to represent early Old World harvest mice in historical taxonomic classification.
- Scientists discovered Micromyx had previously been incorrectly identified and belonged to the family Muridae.
- Early European scientists believed the Old World harvest mice genus to be closely related to Micromyx, a historical name.