Dendromurinae

Dendromus melanotis

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: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Nesomyidae
Subfamilia: Dendromurinae
Genus (7 + †4): Dendromus – Dendroprionomys – †Mabokomys – Malacothrix – Megadendromus – †Otavimys – Poemys – Prionomys – †Senoussimys – Steatomys – †Ternania

Name

Dendromurinae Alston, 1876

• Type genus: Dendromus Smith, 1829.

Synonymy

• Dendromyinae Alston, 1876: 82
  • Type genus: Dendromys [sic] Smith, 1829.

• Dendromurinae G.M. Allen, 1939: 349 [emendation]

References

Primary references

• Alston, E.R. 1876. On the Classification of the Order Glires. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 44(1): 61–98. BHL Reference page. 
• Allen, G.M. 1939. A Checklist of African Mammals. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 83: 1–763. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Musser, G.G. & Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.