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Thomas & Wroughton, 1907
- African water rat
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Murinae (Subfamily) - Old World mice and rats
..Abditomys (Genus)
..Abeomelomys (Genus)
..Acomys (Genus) - spiny mice
..Aethomys (Genus) - bush rats, rock rats
..Anisomys (Genus) - powerful-toothed rat
..Anonymomys (Genus) - Mindoro rat
..†Antemus (Genus)
..†Anthracomys (Genus)
..Apodemus (Genus) - Old World wood and field mice
..Apomys (Genus)
..Archboldomys (Genus) - Mount Isarog shrew rat
..Arvicanthis (Genus) - unstriped grass mice
..Bandicota (Genus) - bandicoot-rats
..Batomys (Genus) - Philippine forest rats
..†Beremendimys (Genus)
..Berylmys (Genus) - white-toothed rats
..Bullimus (Genus)
..Bunomys (Genus)
..‡Canariomys (Genus)
..Carpomys (Genus) - Luzon rats
..†Castillomys (Genus)
..†Castromys (Genus)
..Celaenomys (Genus)
..†Chardinomys (Genus)
..Chiromyscus (Genus) - Fea's tree rat
..Chiropodomys (Genus) - pencil-tailed tree mice
..Chiruromys (Genus)
..Chrotomys (Genus) - Philippine striped rats
..Coccymys (Genus)
..Conilurus (Genus) - tree rats
..‡Coryphomys (Genus)
..Crateromys (Genus) - bushy-tailed cloud rats
..Cremnomys (Genus)
..Crossomys (Genus) - earless water rat
..Crunomys (Genus) - Philippine and Sulawesian shrew rats
..Dacnomys (Genus) - large-toothed giant rat, Millard's rat
..Dasymys (Genus) - shaggy swamp rat
..Dephomys (Genus) - Defua rats
..Desmomys (Genus)
..†Dilatomys (Genus)
..Diomys (Genus) - Manipur mouse
..Diplothrix (Genus)
..Echiothrix (Genus) - Sulawesian spiny rat
..Eropeplus (Genus) - Sulawesian soft-furred rat
..†Euryotomys (Genus)
..†Freudenthalia (Genus)
..Golunda (Genus) - Indian bush rat
..Grammomys (Genus)
..Hadromys (Genus) - Manipur bush rat
..Haeromys (Genus) - pygmy tree mice
..Hapalomys (Genus) - Asiatic climbing rats
..Heimyscus (Genus)
..†Hooijeromys (Genus)
..†Huaxiamys (Genus)
..†Huerzelerimys (Genus)
..Hybomys (Genus) - eastern back-striped mice
..Hydromys (Genus) - beaver-rats
..Hylomyscus (Genus) - African wood mice
..Hyomys (Genus) - white-eared giant rat
..Kadarsanomys (Genus)
..Komodomys (Genus)
..†Kritimys (Genus)
..Lamottemys (Genus)
..Leggadina (Genus)
..Lemniscomys (Genus) - striped grass mice
..Lenomys (Genus) - trefoil-toothed giant rat
..Lenothrix (Genus) - gray tree rat
..Leopoldamys (Genus) - long-tailed giant rats
..Leporillus (Genus) - Australian stick-nest rats
..Leptomys (Genus)
..Limnomys (Genus)
..Lophuromys (Genus) - brush-furred mice
..Lorentzimys (Genus) - New Guinea jumping mouse
..Macruromys (Genus) - New Guinean rats
..Malacomys (Genus) - big-eared swamp rats
..Mallomys (Genus) - giant tree rats
..‡Malpaisomys (Genus) - Canarian lava fields rat
..Margaretamys (Genus) - Margareta's rats
..Mastomys (Genus) - multimammate rats
..Maxomys (Genus) - rajah rats
..Mayermys (Genus) - Shaw-Mayer's mouse
..Melasmothrix (Genus) - lesser Sulawesian shrew rat
..Melomys (Genus) - mosaic-tailed rats
..Mesembriomys (Genus) - tree rats
..Microhydromys (Genus)
..Micromys (Genus) - Old World harvest mouse
..Millardia (Genus) - Asian soft-furred rats
..Muriculus (Genus) - stripe-backed mouse
..Mus (Genus) - mice
..Mylomys (Genus) - African groove-toothed rat
..Myomys (Genus)
..Neohydromys (Genus)
..Nesokia (Genus) - pest rat
..Nilopegamys (Genus)
..Niviventer (Genus) - white-bellied rats
..Notomys (Genus) - Australian hopping mice
..Oenomys (Genus) - rufous-nosed rat
..†Orientalomys (Genus)
..Otomys (Genus) - African swamp rats
..Palawanomys (Genus) - Palawan rat
..Papagomys (Genus) - Flores giant rat
..†Paraethomys (Genus)
..Parahydromys (Genus) - mountain water rat
..Paraleptomys (Genus)
..†Parapelomys (Genus)
..†Parapodemus (Genus)
..Parotomys (Genus) - Karroo rats
..Paruromys (Genus) - Sulawesian giant rat
..Paulamys (Genus)
..Pelomys (Genus) - groove-toothed creek rats
..Phloeomys (Genus) - slender-tailed cloud rats
..Pithecheir (Genus) - monkey-footed rats
..Pogonomelomys (Genus) - Rümmler's mosaic-tailed rats
..Pogonomys (Genus) - prehensile-tailed rats
..Praomys (Genus) - African soft-furred rats
..†Progonomys (Genus)
..Pseudohydromys (Genus) - New Guinea false water rats
..Pseudomys (Genus) - Australian native mice
..†Qianomys (Genus)
..†Ratchaburimys (Genus)
..Rattus (Genus) - rats
..Rhabdomys (Genus) - four-striped grass mouse
..†Rhagamys (Genus) - Hensel's field mouse
..†Rhagapodemus (Genus)
..Rhynchomys (Genus) - shrewlike rats
..†Saidomys (Genus)
..Solomys (Genus) - naked-tailed rats
..‡Spelaeomys (Genus)
..Srilankamys (Genus) - Ceylonese rat
..Stenocephalemys (Genus) - Ethiopian narrow-headed rats
..Stenomys (Genus)
..†Stephanomys (Genus)
..Stochomys (Genus) - target rat
..Sundamys (Genus) - giant Sunda rats
..Taeromys (Genus)
..Tarsomys (Genus)
..Tateomys (Genus) - greater Sulawesian shrew rats
..Thallomys (Genus) - acacia rat
..Thamnomys (Genus) - thicket rats
..Tokudaia (Genus) - Ryukyu spiny rat
..Tryphomys (Genus) - Mearns's Luzon rat
..Uranomys (Genus) - white-bellied brush-furred rat
..Uromys (Genus) - giant naked-tailed rats
..Vandeleuria (Genus) - long-tailed climbing mice
..Vernaya (Genus) - Vernay's climbing mice
..†Wushanomys (Genus)
..Xenuromys (Genus) - white-tailed New Guinea rat
..Xeromys (Genus) - false water rat
..†Yunomys (Genus)
..Zelotomys (Genus) - broad-headed mice
..Zyzomys (Genus) - thick-tailed rats
..Colomys (Genus) - African water rat
....Colomys goslingi (Species) - African water rat
Concise hierarchy
(Kingdom)
Animalia
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(Phylum)
Chordata
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(Class)
Mammalia
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(Order)
Rodentia
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(Family)
Muridae
Original position
Questionably
Murinae
(Subfamily)
Batsch, 1788
Current position
Murinae
(Subfamily)
Batsch, 1788
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 166.
Historical positions
Murinae
(Subfamily)
Batsch, 1788
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 166.
Murinae
(Subfamily)
Batsch, 1788
Ref:
G.G. Musser & M.D. Carleton, 1993
: 586.
Murinae
(Subfamily)
Batsch, 1788
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
: 192.
Number of Subtaxa
2024
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
1s
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
[1s]
1993
G.G. Musser & M.D. Carleton
[1s]
1991
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill
[1s]
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Last updated:
1 Feb 2024