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--> ORDER RODENTIA
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--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Nesomyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Dendromurinae
GENUS Megadendromus
Author: | Dieterlen and Rupp, 1978. | Citation: | Z. Säugetierk., 43: 129. | Type Species: | Megadendromus nikolausi Dieterlen and Rupp, 1978. | Comments: | A spectacular dendromurine that resembles a giant Dendromus, having derived molar traits that influenced Dieterlen and Rupp (1978) to pose close relationship between Dendromurinae and Murinae. Denys et al. (1995), however, showed Megadendromus to be part of a clade that includes Dendromus, Steatomys, and Malacothrix, but excludes murines. |
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