Nesomys

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Nesomys
Fossil range: Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Nesomyidae
Subfamily: Nesomyinae
Genus: Nesomys
Peters, 1870
Species

Nesomys audeberti
Nesomys lambertoni
Nesomys rufus

Nesomys is a genus of rodent in the Nesomyidae family. It contains the following species:

  • White-bellied Nesomys (Nesomys audeberti)
  • Western Nesomys (Nesomys lambertoni)
  • Island Mouse (Nesomys rufus)

[edit] References

  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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