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Mesembriomys

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Mesembriomys
Temporal range: Early Pleistocene to Recent
Black-footed tree-rat (Mesembriomys gouldii)
Scientific classification Edit this 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 gouldii
Mesembriomys macrurus

Mesembriomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Australia.[1] It contains the following species:

References

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  1. ^ 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.