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Dendromus (African climbing mice)
Taxonomy
Dendromus was named by Smith (1829). It is extant.
It was assigned to Muridae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Dendromurinae by Steppan et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Muridae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Dendromurinae by Steppan et al. (2004).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1829 | Dendromus Smith |
| 1997 | Dendromus McKenna and Bell |
| 2004 | Dendromus Steppan et al. p. 539 |
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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. Dendromus Smith 1829 [African climbing mice]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Collections (19 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Miocene | Spain (Granada) | Dendromus sp. (26752) | |
| Messinian - Piacenzian | South Africa (Cape) | Dendromus sp. (59167) | |
| Pliocene | Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) | Dendromus sp. (32050) | |
| Pliocene | South Africa | Dendromus sp. (22339 22341 22353) | |
| Piacenzian | Tanzania | Dendromus sp. (21799 21831) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene | South Africa | Dendromus sp. (22333 22334) | |
| Pleistocene | South Africa | Dendromus melanotis (21915) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | South Africa | Dendromus melanotis, Dendromus mystacalis (21949) | |
| Calabrian | Tanzania (Lake Natron Basin) | Dendromus sp. (22558 22583) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Kenya | Dendromus sp. (22272) | |
| Holocene | South Africa | Dendromus sp. (21896) | |
| Holocene | Zambia | Dendromus mystacalis (21894) | |
| Holocene | South Africa (N. Transraal) | Dendromus melanotis, Dendromus mystacalis (21693) | |
| Holocene | Kenya | Dendromus sp. (21959) |