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Dendromurinae

Mammalia - Rodentia - Nesomyidae

Taxonomy
Dendromurinae was named by Alston (1875). It is extant.

It was reranked as the family Dendromuridae by Mein and Ginsburg (1997).

It was assigned to Muroidea by Mein and Ginsburg (1997); and to Nesomyidae by Steppan et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Dendromurinae Alston
1997Dendromuridae Mein and Ginsburg p. 822
2004Dendromurinae Steppan et al. p. 547

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
—Eumuroida
familyNesomyidae
subfamilyDendromurinaeAlston 1875
subfamilyDendromurinaeAlston 1875

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Dendromurinae Alston 1875
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G. Dendromus Smith 1829 [African climbing mice]
G. Malacothrix Wagner 1843
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:04:46
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:04:46
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MN 9 to the top of the Holocene or 11.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 9.7 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Spain (Granada) Dendromus sp. (26752)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Namibia Dendromuridae indet. (87787)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Kenya Dendromurinae indet. (22274)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588South Africa (Cape) Dendromus sp. (59167)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa Dendromus sp. (22353) Dendromus sp., Malacothrix sp. (22339 22341)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) Dendromus sp. (32050)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Tanzania Dendromus sp. (21799 21831)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa Dendromus sp., Malacothrix sp. (22333 22334)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa Malacothrix typica (21824)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Dendromus melanotis, Malacothrix typica (21915)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Dendromus melanotis, Dendromus mystacalis, Malacothrix typica (21949)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania (Lake Natron Basin) Dendromus sp. (22558 22583)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Dendromus sp. (22272)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Ethiopia Dendromuridae indet. (22138 22156)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Dendromus sp. (21896)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Zambia Dendromus mystacalis (21894)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Dendromus melanotis, Dendromus mystacalis (21693)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya Dendromus sp. (21959)