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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
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Myomorpha
Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Genus: Malacomys
Species: M. cansdalei – M. edwardsi – M. longipes – M. lukolelae – M. verschureni
Name

Malacomys Milne-Edwards, 1877

Type species: Malacomys longipes Milne-Edwards, 1877
References

Malacomys 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.


Malacomys is a genus of rodents in the family Muridae native to Africa. It is the only member of the tribe Malacomyini.[2][3]

It contains the following three species:

Cansdale's swamp rat (Malacomys cansdalei) - Ansell, 1958
Edward's swamp rat (Malacomys edwardsi) - Rochebrune, 1885
Big-eared swamp rat (Malacomys longipes) - Milne-Edwards, 1877

References

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. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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, retrieved 2021-12-07

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