| Malacomys | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Murinae |
| Tribe: | Malacomyini Lecompte et al., 2008 |
| Genus: | Malacomys Milne-Edwards, 1877 |
| Type species | |
| Malacomys longipes[1] | |
| Species | |
Malacomys is a genus of rodents in the family Muridae native to Africa. It is the only member of the tribe Malacomyini.[2][3]
It contains the following three species:
- Cansdale's swamp rat (Malacomys cansdalei) - Ansell, 1958
- Edward's swamp rat (Malacomys edwardsi) - Rochebrune, 1885
- Big-eared swamp rat (Malacomys longipes) - Milne-Edwards, 1877
- ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Lecompte, Emilie; Aplin, Ken; Denys, Christiane; Catzeflis, François; Chades, Marion; Chevret, Pascale (2008-07-10). "Phylogeny and biogeography of African Murinae based on mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences, with a new tribal classification of the subfamily". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 8 (1): 199. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-199. ISSN 1471-2148. PMC 2490707. PMID 18616808.
- ^ Database, Mammal Diversity (2021-11-06), Mammal Diversity Database, retrieved 2021-12-07