Subfamily Dendromurinae Alston 1875 (mouse)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Nesomyidae
Alternative spelling: Dendromuridae
Parent taxon: Nesomyidae according to S. J. Steppan et al. 2004
See also Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Sister taxa: Cricetomyinae, Macrotarsomys, Mystromyinae, Nesomyinae, Petromyscinae
Subtaxa: Dendromus Malacothrix
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ethiopia (2 collections), Kenya (2), South Africa (5), Tanzania (2), Zambia (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (2)
• Pliocene of South Africa (3), Tanzania (3)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1)
• Miocene of Kenya (1), Namibia (1), Spain (1)
Total: 24 collections including 32 occurrences