The Nesomyidae are a family of African rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes several subfamilies, all of which are native...

Family Calomyscidae Subfamily Calomyscinae (mouse-like hamsters) Family Nesomyidae Subfamily Cricetomyinae (pouched rats and mice) Subfamily Dendromurinae...

pouched rat of the giant pouched rat genus Cricetomys, in the family Nesomyidae. It is among the largest muroids in the world, growing to about 0.9 m...

mouse, is the only member of the subfamily Mystromyinae in the family Nesomyidae. This species is sometimes placed in the subfamily Cricetinae due to similarities...

organisms descended from the most recent common ancestor of the Calomyscidae, Nesomyidae, Cricetidae, and Muridae. It specifically excludes the fossorial forms...

climbing mouse (Dendromus ruppi) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found in South Sudan. Engelbrektsson, P.; Denys, C. (2016). "Dendromus...

normally used for the Malagasy giant rat, which belongs to the family Nesomyidae. Minnesota is nicknamed the "Gopher State", and the University of Minnesota's...

pouched rat (Cricetomys ansorgei) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is distributed in the savannah of East and Southern Africa. A large...

rodents in the subfamily Cricetomyinae. They are members of the family Nesomyidae, which contains other African muroids such as climbing mice, Malagasy...

Muridae: true mice and rats, gerbils, spiny mice, crested rat Family Nesomyidae: climbing mice, rock mice, white-tailed rat, Malagasy rats and mice Family...

Muridae. Recent molecular studies, however, place them in the family Nesomyidae, part of an ancient radiation of African and Malagasy muroids. The name...

Aethomys, an African genus in the subfamily Murinae Members of the family Nesomyidae: Petromyscus, a southwestern African genus in the subfamily Petromyscinae...

Rodents are animals that gnaw with two continuously growing incisors. Forty percent of mammal species are rodents, and they inhabit every continent except...

Dendromurinae is a subfamily of rodents in the family Nesomyidae and superfamily Muroidea. The dendromurines are currently restricted to Africa, as is...

clade of Malagasy and African rodents to represent a distinct family, the Nesomyidae. Other researchers place the Nesomyinae into a large family, Muridae,...

family, has a straight front margin on the zygomatic plate. The family Nesomyidae is restricted to Africa. Dendromus has a narrow zygomatic plate, as do...

family Spalacidae), the white-tailed rat (subfamily Mystromyinae, family Nesomyidae), and spiny dormice (subfamily Platacanthomyinae, family Platacanthomyidae)...

pouched rat (Cricetomys kivuensis) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It was formerly considered conspecific with the Emin's pouched rat (C...

mole-rats and bamboo rats) Family Calomyscidae (mouse-like hamsters) Family Nesomyidae (Malagasy mice and rats and African climbing mice) Family Cricetidae (true...

Eurasia) Family Calomyscidae: (8 species) mouse-like hamsters (Asia) Family Nesomyidae: (68 species) old endemic African muroids (Africa, Madagascar) Family...

antsangy (Brachytarsomys albicauda) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found only in Madagascar. Kennerley, R. (2016). "Brachytarsomys...

voalavoanala (Gymnuromys roberti) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is the only species in the genus Gymnuromys. It is found only in Madagascar...

squirrels, African striped squirrels, gerbils, cane rats, acacia rats, Nesomyidae, springhare, mole rats, dassie rats, striped grass mice, sun squirrels...

naked-tailed voalavo or simply the voalavo, is a rodent in the family Nesomyidae found in the Northern Highlands of Madagascar. Discovered in 1994 and...

mouse (Megadendromus nikolausi) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is the only species in the genus Megadendromus. It is found only in...

Petromyscus is a genus of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is so distinct from other rodents that it is placed as the only genus in subfamily Petromyscinae...

long-eared mouse (Malacothrix typica) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. Its natural...

eastern red forest rat (Nesomys rufus) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Kennerley, R. (2016). "Nesomys rufus". IUCN...

This is a list of Madagascar and Indian Ocean Island animals extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch...

Krebs's fat mouse (Steatomys krebsii) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and...