Saccostomus Peters 1846 (pouched mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae

Parent taxon: Muridae according to M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Abditomys, Afrocricetodontinae, Allorattus, Anthracomys, Apodemus, Apomys, Arvicanthis, Bullimus, Castillomys, Castorina, Castromys, Centralomys, Chiropodomys, Colomys, Dasymys, Deomyinae, Echymina, Extrarius, Gerbillinae, Gerbua, Grammomys, Hapalomys, Huaxiamys, Huerzelerimys, Hydromina, Hyomys, Karnimata, Kritimys, Lemniscomys, Limnomys, Mastacomys, Micromys, Mikrotia, Murina, Murinae, Myocricetodontinae, Myotomys, Mysops, Nesokia, Occitanomys, Orientalomys, Papagomys, Paraethomys, Parapelomys, Parapodemus, Parotomys, Pelomys, Praomys, Proceromys, Progonomys, Rhabdomys, Rhagamys, Rhagapodemus, Rhagomys, Saidomys, Spalacinae, Steatomys, Stephanomys, Tachyoryctoidinae, Tarsomys, Thallomys, Thamnomys, Valerimys, Zelotomys

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: ground dwelling granivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of South Africa (3 collections), Tanzania (6), Zambia (4)

• Pliocene of Tanzania (17)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Tanzania (2)

Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence

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