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Big-eared Swamp Rats
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Big-eared Swamp Rats

Malacomys

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:

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Big-eared Swamp Rat

speciesMalacomys longipes

Cansdale's Swamp Rat

speciesMalacomys cansdalei

Edward's Swamp Rat

speciesMalacomys edwardsi

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 45520.