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Malacomys

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

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Malacomys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Tribe: Malacomyini
Lecompte et al., 2008
Genus: Malacomys
Milne-Edwards, 1877
Type species
Malacomys longipes1
Species
A large eared rat in a swamp
Malacomys longipes source ↗

Malacomys is a genus of rodents in the family Muridae native to Africa. It is the only member of the tribe Malacomyini.23

It contains the following three species:

References

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. Bibcode:2008BMCEE...8..199L. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-199. ISSN 1471-2148. PMC 2490707. PMID 18616808.
  3. Database, Mammal Diversity (2021-11-06), Mammal Diversity Database, doi:10.5281/zenodo.5651212, retrieved 2021-12-07