Malacomys

Malacomys; Temporal range: Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Subfamily:	Murinae
Tribe:	Malacomyini; Lecompte et al., 2008
Genus:	Malacomys; Milne-Edwards, 1877
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.^[1]^[2]

It contains the following three species:

References[]

^ 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. PMC 2490707. PMID 18616808.
^ Database, Mammal Diversity (2021-11-06), Mammal Diversity Database, Zenodo, retrieved 2021-12-07

Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1354–1355. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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