Megadendromus

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: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha 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: Nesomyidae
Subfamilia: Dendromurinae
Genus: Megadendromus
Species (1): M. nikolausi

Name

Megadendromus Dieterlen & Rupp, 1978: 129

• Type species: Megadendromus nikolausi Dieterlen & Rupp, 1978, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Dieterlen, F. & Rupp, H. 1978. Megadendromus nikolausi, gen. nov., sp. nov. (Dendromurinae; Rodentia), ein neuer Nager aus Äthiopien. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 43: 129–143. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Lavrenchenko, L.A., Nadjafova, R.S., Bekela, A., Mironova, T.A. & Bryja, J. 2017. Phylogenetic position of a monotypic Ethiopian endemic rodent genus Megadendromus (Rodentia, Nesomyidae). Mammalia 81(1): 71–82. DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2015-0148 Reference page. 
• Voelker, G., Huntley, J.W., Bryja, J., Denys, C., Šumbera, R., Demos, T.C., Lavrenchenko, L.A., Nicolas, V., Gnoske, T.P. & Kerbis Peterhans, J.K. 2021. Molecular systematics and biogeographic history of the African climbing-mouse complex (Dendromus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 161: 107166. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107166 Reference page.