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--> FAMILY Nesomyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Dendromurinae
GENUS Malacothrix
| Author: | Wagner, 1843. | | Citation: | In Schreber, Die Säugethiere, Suppl., 3: 496. | | Type Species: | Otomys typicus A. Smith, 1834. | | Comments: | Morphologically highly distinctive compared with species of Dendromus, Megadendromus, and Steatomys (Denys et al., 1995). See Matthey (1967a) for chromosomal information and karyological contrasts with other dendromurine genera. Known from late Pliocene and early Pleistocene in southern Africa (Avery, 1998; Senut et al., 1992). Generally considered monotypic (Meester et al., 1986), but this view needs affirmation by systematic revision. |
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