NESOMYIDAE, Forsyth Major, 1897

Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Nesomyidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 156-203 : 156

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6600357

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6600367

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scientific name

NESOMYIDAE
status

 

Family NESOMYIDAE View in CoL

(POUCHED RATS, CLIMBING MICE AND FAT MICE)

• Small to medium-sized rodents with short to relatively long bodies, short to long legs, short to long ears and tails, and moderately sized eyes.

• 10-85 cm. View Figure

• Afrotropical Region. View Figure

• Forests, marshes, savannas, and arid habitats.

• 21 genera, 68 species, 76 taxa.

• 1 species Critically Endangered, 7 species Endangered, 2 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

SubOrder

Myomorpha

SuperFamily

Muroidea

Family

Nesomyidae

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