Biology:Malacomys

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Short description: Genus of rodents

Malacomys
Temporal range: Recent
Scientific classification e
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 cansdalei
  • Malacomys edwardsi
  • Malacomys longipes

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:

References

  1. Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. 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. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001446. 
  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. PMID 18616808. 
  3. Database, Mammal Diversity (2021-11-06), Mammal Diversity Database, https://zenodo.org/record/5651212, retrieved 2021-12-07 

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