Macrotarsomys

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Macrotarsomys
Temporal range: Pleistocene? to Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Nesomyidae
Subfamily: Nesomyinae
Genus: Macrotarsomys
Milne-Edwards & Grandidier , 1898
Species

Macrotarsomys bastardi
Macrotarsomys ingens
Macrotarsomys petteri

Macrotarsomys is a genus of rodent in the family Nesomyidae.[1] It contains the following species:

Genus Macrotarsomys - Big-footed mice

  • Bastard Big-Footed Mouse, Macrotarsomys bastardi Milne-Edwards and G. Grandidier, 1898
  • Greater Big-Footed Mouse, Macrotarsomys ingens Petter, 1959
  • Macrotarsomys petteri Goodman and Soarimalala, 2005

References

  1. Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. 
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