Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
OrdoTherapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohort: Theria
Cohort: Eutheria
Cohort: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Myomorpha
Superfamilia: Muroidea
Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Deomyinae
Genera (4): Acomys - Deomys - Lophuromys - Uranomys
Name
Deomyinae Thomas, 1888
References
Lydekker, R. 1889: Palaeozoology–Vertebrata. Pp. 889-1474, in A manual of palaeontology (H. Alleyne and R. Lydekker, authors). Third Edition, vol. 2, pt. 3. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1624 pp.
Deomyinae in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
The subfamily Deomyinae consists of four genera of mouse-like rodents that were placed in the subfamilies Murinae and Dendromurinae until very recently. They are sometimes called the Acomyinae, particularly in references that antedate the discovery that the link rat, Deomys ferugineus, is part of the clade. Deomyinae is the older name and therefore has priority over Acomyinae.
Deomyines share no morphological characteristics that can be used to separate them from other muroids, though subtle aspects of the third upper molar have been suggested. This subfamily is united solely on the basis of shared genetic mutations. These conclusions have demonstrated good statistical support using nuclear and mitochondrial DNA, and DNA-DNA hybridization.
Because of the lack of physical characteristics supporting this group, it is very possible that the subfamily as it is currently recognized is subject to enlargement. Many of the genera currently placed in the Murinae or Dendromurinae have never been included in a molecular phylogenetic analysis. Potential surprises await when they are.
All genera are found in Africa, suggesting the deomyines may have originated there. The spiny mice, Acomys spp., are also found in Asia.
The four genera and 54 species included in the Deomyinae are:
- Subfamily Deomyinae
- Genus Acomys - spiny mice
- Western Saharan spiny mouse, Acomys airensis
- Cairo spiny mouse, Acomys cahirinus
- Chudeau's spiny mouse, Acomys chudeaui
- Asia Minor spiny mouse, Acomys cilicicus
- Gray spiny mouse, Acomys cineraceus
- Eastern spiny mouse, Acomys dimidiatus
- Fiery spiny mouse, Acomys ignitus
- Johan's spiny mouse, Acomys johannis
- Kemp's spiny mouse, Acomys kempi
- Louise's spiny mouse, Acomys louisae
- Crete spiny mouse, Acomys minous
- Mullah spiny mouse, Acomys mullah
- Cyprus spiny mouse, Acomys nesiotes
- Percival's spiny mouse, Acomys percivali
- Golden spiny mouse, Acomys russatus
- Seurat's spiny mouse, Acomys seurati
- Southern African spiny mouse, Acomys spinosissimus
- Cape spiny mouse, Acomys subspinosus
- Wilson's spiny mouse, Acomys wilsoni
- Genus Deomys
- Link rat, Deomys ferrugineus
- Genus Lophuromys - brush-furred mice
- Subgenus Kivumys
- Yellow-bellied brush-furred rat, Lophuromys luteogaster
- Medium-tailed brush-furred rat, Lophuromys medicaudatus
- Woosnam's brush-furred rat, Lophuromys woosnami
- Subgenus Lophuromys
- Angolan brush-furred rat, Lophuromys angolensis
- Ansorge's brush-furred rat, Lophuromys ansorgei
- Gray brush-furred rat, Lophuromys aquilus
- Short-tailed brush-furred rat, Lophuromys brevicaudus
- Thomas's Ethiopian brush-furred rat, Lophuromys brunneus
- Chercher Mountains brush-furred mouse, Lophuromys chercherensis
- Ethiopian forest brush-furred rat, Lophuromys chrysopus
- Dieterlen's brush-furred mouse, Lophuromys dieterleni
- Dudu's brush-furred rat, Lophuromys dudui
- Eisentraut's brush-furred rat, Lophuromys eisentrauti
- Yellow-spotted brush-furred rat, Lophuromys flavopunctatus
- Hutterer's brush-furred mouse, Lophuromys huttereri
- Kilonzo's brush-furred mouse, Lophuromys kilonzoi
- Lophuromys laticeps
- Lophuromys machangui
- Makundi's brush-furred mouse, Lophuromys makundii
- Lophuromys margarettae
- Black-clawed brush-furred rat, Lophuromys melanonyx
- Menagesha brush-furred mouse, Lophuromys menageshae
- Fire-bellied brush-furred rat, Lophuromys nudicaudus
- False rusty-bellied brush-furred rat, Lophuromys pseudosikapusi
- Rahm's brush-furred rat, Lophuromys rahmi
- Lophuromys rita
- Mount Cameroon brush-furred rat, Lophuromys roseveari
- Sabuni's brush-furred mouse, Lophuromys sabunii
- Rusty-bellied brush-furred rat, Lophuromys sikapusi
- Lophuromys simensis
- Stanley's brush-furred mouse, Lophuromys stanleyi
- Verhagen's brush-furred mouse, Lophuromys verhageni
- Zena's brush-furred rat, Lophuromys zena
- Subgenus Kivumys
- Genus Uranomys
- Rudd's mouse, Uranomys ruddi
- Genus Acomys - spiny mice
References
Chevret, P., C. Denys, J.-J. Jaeger, J. Michaux, AND F. M. Catzeflis. 1993. Molecular evidence that the spiny mouse (Acomys) is more closely related to gerbils (Gerbillinae) than to the true mice (Murinae). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 90:3433-3436.
Jansa, S. A. and M. Weksler. Phylogeny of muroid rodents: relationships within and among major lineages as determined by IRBP gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 31:256-276.
Michaux, J., A. Reyes, and F. Catzeflis. 2001. Evolutionary history of the most speciose mammals: molecular phylogeny of muroid rodents. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 17:280-293.
Steppan, S. J., R. A. Adkins, and J. Anderson. 2004. Phylogeny and divergence date estimates of rapid radiations in muroid rodents based on multiple nuclear genes. Systematic Biology, 53:533-553.
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