-
placement of all
other dendromurine genera should be
considered tentative pending closer examination.
Another rare
genus of "
dendromurines", Leimacomys, has...
- Nesomyidae: Petromyscinae, Mystromyinae, Cricetomyinae, Nesomyinae, and core
dendromurines (Africa and Madagascar)
Family Muridae: Murinae, Otomyinae, Gerbillinae...
-
convergent evolution due to
similar diets.
Tooth characters resemble dendromurines,
Mystromys or
basal gerbils.
Denys et al.
generated a
phylogeny that...
- are
intermediate between the
ancestral cricetid style tooth and the
dendromurine style tooth. The
genus contains the
following species: Barbour's rock...
- prehensile. As with many
other mice
historically referred to as the "
dendromurines", the
phylogenetic position of
Prionomys is
somewhat uncertain. Denys...
