| Big-footed mouse Temporal range: Pleistocene? to Recent | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Nesomyidae |
| Subfamily: | Nesomyinae |
| Genus: | Macrotarsomys Milne-Edwards & Grandidier , 1898 |
| Species | |
Big-footed mice (Macrotarsomys) are 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
- Petter's big-footed mouse, Macrotarsomys petteri Goodman and Soarimalala, 2005
References
- ↑ Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 951–952. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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