Malacomys

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Malacomys
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Tribe: Malacomyini
Lecompte et al., 2008
Genus: Malacomys
Milne-Edwards, 1877
Type species
Malacomys longipes [1]
Species

Malacomys is a genus of rodents in the family Muridae native to Africa. It is the only member of the tribe Malacomyini. [2] [3]

It contains the following three species:

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References

  1. Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
  2. Lecompte, Emilie; Aplin, Ken; Denys, Christiane; Catzeflis, François; Chades, Marion; Chevret, Pascale (2008-07-10). "Phylogeny and biogeography of African Murinae based on mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences, with a new tribal classification of the subfamily". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 8 (1): 199. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-199 . ISSN   1471-2148. PMC   2490707 . PMID   18616808.
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