Alternative spelling: Epimys (Praomys)
Parent taxon: Muridae according to D. Geraads 1998
See also Thomas 1915
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, Lophiomyinae, Mastacomys, Micromys, Mikrotia, Murina, Murinae, Myocricetodontinae, Myotomys, Mysops, Nesokia, Occitanomys, Orientalomys, Papagomys, Paraethomys, Parapelomys, Parapodemus, Parotomys, Pelomys, Proceromys, Progonomys, Rhabdomys, Rhagamys, Rhagapodemus, Rhagomys, Saccostomus, Saidomys, Spalacinae, Steatomys, Stephanomys, Tachyoryctoidinae, Tarsomys, Thallomys, Thamnomys, Valerimys, Zelotomys
Subtaxa: Epimys (Praomys) stella Epimys (Praomys) tullbergi
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Algeria (4 collections), Cote D'Ivoire (1), Kenya (1), Morocco (4), South Africa (1), Sudan (1), Tanzania (1), Tunisia (1), Zambia (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (2)
• Pliocene of Ethiopia (2), Morocco (1), South Africa (3)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Morocco (1)
Total: 24 collections including 25 occurrences
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