Mice are small rodents classified in the order Rodentia. There are several types of rodents termed mice found throughout the order. For a list of all rodent species, see list of rodents.
Old World mice or "true mice" are found in the family Muridae, with typical mice belonging to the genus Mus in the Murinae subfamily. For members of the subfamily Deomyinae, which includes spiny mice, see List of deomyines For the sole member of the subfamily Leimacomyinae, see Togo mouse For members of the subfamily Murinae, which includes a large number of Old World mice, see List of murines New World mice are found in the family Cricetidae For members of the subfamily Neotominae, which includes deer mice and grasshopper mice, see List of neotomines For members of the subfamily Sigmodontinae, which contains a variety of New World mice, see List of sigmodontines Two species of the family Anomaluridae, typically named the scaly-tailed squirrels, are called the flying mice Members of the family Calomyscidae are typically named mouse-like hamsters, but are sometimes called brush-tailed mice For members of the family Gliridae, known as dormice, see List of glirids For members of the family Heteromyidae, which includes kangaroo mice, pocket mice, and spiny pocket mice, see List of heteromyids For members of the family Nesomyidae, which includes climbing mice and African rock mice, see List of nesomyids For members of the family Sminthidae, known as the birch mice, see List of sminthids
Additionally, for the small non-rodent marsupials in the family Dasyuridae, sometimes called marsupial mice, see List of dasyuromorphs