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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Echimyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Eumysopinae
GENUS Mesomys
| Author: | Wagner, 1845. | | Citation: | Arch. Naturgesch., 1: 145. | | Type Species: | Mesomys ecaudatus Wagner, 1845 (= Echimys hispidus Desmarest, 1817). | | Comments: | Revision of this genus is needed; see Husson (1978:440), Emmons and Feer (1997:234), Voss et al. (2001) and Orlando et al. (2003). Formerly included didelphoides and obscurus, both now placed in the genus Makalata (Emmons, 1993a). |
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