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Malacomys
Sign in to savethumb | right | alt=A large eared rat in a swamp | Malacomys longipes Malacomys is a genus of rodents in the family Muridae native to Africa. It is the only member of the tribe Malacomyini.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Malacomys is referenced by 423 other articles, and connects out to Sigmodontinae, Gerbillinae and Arvicolinae.
Vinony files it under Malacomys, Rodent genera and Taxa named by Henri Milne-Edwards.
Its subject is documented across 20 Wikipedia language editions.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderRodentia
- FamilyMuridae
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thumb | right | alt=A large eared rat in a swamp | Malacomys longipes Malacomys is a genus of rodents in the family Muridae native to Africa. It is the only member of the tribe Malacomyini.
It contains the following three species: Cansdale's swamp rat (Malacomys cansdalei) - Ansell, 1958 Edward's swamp rat (Malacomys edwardsi) - Rochebrune, 1885 Big-eared swamp rat (Malacomys longipes) - Milne-Edwards, 1877
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