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Nesomyids
Nesomyidae
The Nesomyidae are a family of African rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes several subfamilies, all of which are native to either continental Africa or to Madagascar. Included in this family are Malagasy rats and mice, climbing mice, African rock mice, swamp mice, pouched rats, and the white-tailed rat.
6 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 68 known species
Pouched Mice and Rats
subfamilyCricetomyinae
Malagasy Mice and Rats
subfamilyNesomyinae
African Climbing Mice
subfamilyDendromurinae
Pygmy Rock Mice
subfamilyPetromyscinae
White-tailed Mice
subfamilyMystromyinae
Delany's Swamp Mice
subfamilyDelanymyinae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 71382.