Nesomys
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Nesomys
| Nesomys Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Nesomyidae |
| Subfamily: | Nesomyinae |
| Genus: | Nesomys Peters, 1870 |
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Nesomys is a genus of rodent in the family Nesomyidae.[1] It is found only on Madagascar, and contains the following species:
- White-bellied Nesomys (Nesomys audeberti)
- Western Nesomys (Nesomys lambertoni)
- Nesomys narindaensis †
- Island Mouse (Nesomys rufus)
References
- ^ Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000141.
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