Arvicanthini

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Tribus: Arvicanthini
Genera (20): Aethomys – Arvicanthis – Canariomys – Dasymys – Dephomys – Desmomys – Golunda – Grammomys – Hybomys – Lamottemys – Lemniscomys – Micaelamys – Mylomys – Oenomys – Pelomys – Rhabdomys – Stochomys – Thallomys – Thamnomys – Typomys

Name

Arvicanthini Denys, Lecompte, Dubois & Taylor, 2017: 84

• Type genus: Arvicanthis Lesson, 1842.

Synonymy

• Arvicanthini Lecompte, Aplin, Denys, Catzeflis, Chades & Chevret, 2008: 12 [nomen nudum]

References

Primary references

• Lecompte, É., Aplin, K.P., Denys, C., Catzeflis, F.M., Chades, M. & Chevret, P. 2008. 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(199): 1–21. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-199 Reference page. 
• Denys, C., Lecompte, É., Dubois, A. & Taylor, P.J. 2017. Diagnoses and contents of new African and Eurasian Murinae (Rodentia, Muridae) tribes. Dumerilia 7: 82–90. PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Steppan, S.J. & Schenk, J.J. 2017. Muroid rodent phylogenetics: 900-species tree reveals increasing diversification rates. PLoS ONE 12(8): e0183070. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183070 Reference page. 
• Aghová, T., Kimura, Y., Bryja, J., Dobigny, G., Granjon, L. & Kergoat, G.J. 2018. Fossils know it best: Using a new set of fossil calibrations to improve the temporal phylogenetic framework of murid rodents (Rodentia: Muridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 128: 98–111. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.07.017 Reference page. 
• Mikula, O., Nicolas, V., Šumbera, R., Konečný, A., Denys, C., Verheyen, E., Bryjová, A., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E.M. & Bryja, J. 2021. Nuclear phylogenomics, but not mitogenomics, resolves the most successful Late Miocene radiation of African mammals (Rodentia: Muridae: Arvicanthini). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 157: 107069. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107069 Reference page.