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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Nesomyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Dendromurinae
GENUS Prionomys
| Author: | Dollman, 1910. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 6: 226. | | Type Species: | Prionomys batesi Dollman, 1910. | | Comments: | Dollman’s (1910) generic description is excellent and highlights its many unique traits among dendromurines. The interorbital and postorbital conformation, shape and size of incisive foramina, and molar patterns are similar to Dendroprionomys. A cladistic analysis based primarily on dental traits excludes Prionomys and Dendroprionomys from dendromurines (Denys et al., 1995), but this hypothesis should be tested with other data. |
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| Offspring: SPECIES batesi | Synonyms: |
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