Mesembriomys
Appearance
Mesembriomys Temporal range: Early Pleistocene to Recent
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Black-footed tree-rat (Mesembriomys gouldii) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Tribe: | Hydromyini |
Genus: | Mesembriomys Palmer, 1906 |
Type species | |
Mus hirsutus[1] | |
Species | |
Mesembriomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Australia.[1] It contains the following species:
- Black-footed tree-rat (M. gouldii)
- Golden-backed tree-rat (M. macrurus)
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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. p. 1381. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.