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Taxonomy
Rhabdomys was named by Thomas (1916). It is extant.
It was assigned to Muridae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Muridae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1916 | Rhabdomys Thomas |
| 1997 | Rhabdomys McKenna and Bell |
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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.
G. Rhabdomys Thomas 1916 [striped mouse]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Messinian - Piacenzian | South Africa (Cape) | Rhabdomys sp. (59167) | |
| Pliocene | South Africa | Rhabdomys sp. (22339 22341 22353) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene | South Africa | Rhabdomys sp. (22333 22334) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | South Africa (Namaqualand) | Rhabdomys sp. (51187) | |
| Holocene | South Africa (N. Transraal) | Rhabdomys pumilio (21693) |