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, Saccostomus, Saidomys, Spalacinae, Steatomys, Stephanomys, Tachyoryctoidinae, Tarsomys, Thamnomys, Valerimys, Zelotomys
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ethiopia (4 collections), Kenya (2), South Africa (1), Tanzania (6), Zambia (2)
• Pliocene of Ethiopia (2), Greece (1), Kenya (1), Tanzania (8)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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