Dephomys
Appearance
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Genus of rodents
Dephomys | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Subfamily: | Murinae |
Tribe: | Arvicanthini |
Genus: | Dephomys Thomas, 1926 |
Type species | |
Mus defua | |
Species | |
Dephomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Africa. It contains the following species:
- Defua rat (Dephomys defua)
- Ivory Coast rat (Dephomys eburneae)
References
[edit]- 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. 1318–1319. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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