are generally less than two years, murids have high reproductive potential and their populations tend to increase rapidly and then drastically decline when food resources have been exhausted. This is often seen in a three- to four-year cycle.

Characteristics

The murids are small mammals, typically around 10 cm long excluding the tail, but ranging from 4.5 to 8 cm in the African pygmy mouse to 50 cm in the northern Luzon giant cloud rat.

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