Platacanthomyidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Template:Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Platacanthomyidae
Genera (2 + †1): †Neocometes – Platacanthomys – Typhlomys

Name

Platacanthomyidae Alston, 1876

• Type genus: Platacanthomys Blyth, 1859.

Synonymy

• Platacanthomyinae Alston, 1876: 81 [as subfamilia under familia Muridae]
• Platacanthomyidae Miller & Gidley, 1918: 437 [elevated to familia]
• Typhlomyinae Ognev, 1947: 429
  • Type genus: Typhlomys Milne-Edwards, 1877.
• Platacanthomyini Stehlin & Schaub, 1951: 330 [reduced to tribus under subfamilia Cricetinae]

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. 
• Ognev, S.I. (Огнев, С.И.) 1947. Звери СССР и прилежащих стран (Звери Восточной Европы и Северной Азии) [The Mammals of USSR and adjacent countries (The Mammals of Eastern Europe and Northern Asia)]. Том 5. Грызуны (продолжение). - Москва – Ленинград : Издательство Академии наук СССР. - 809 с., [22] л. карт, цв. ил. : ил., табл. (Russian) Фундаментальная электронная библиотека «Флора и фауна» DJVU Google Books 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. 
• Giarla, T. 2017. Family Platacanthomyidae (Tree Mice). Pp. 102–107 in Wilson, D.E., Lacher Jr., T.E. & Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.) . Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 7. Rodents II. Lynx Edicions: Barcelona. ISBN 978-84-16728-04-6 Reference page.