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    The Nesomyidae are a family of African rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes several subfamilies, all of which are native...
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    Family Calomyscidae Subfamily Calomyscinae (mouse-like hamsters) Family Nesomyidae Subfamily Cricetomyinae (pouched rats and mice) Subfamily Dendromurinae...
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    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...
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    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...
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    organisms descended from the most recent common ancestor of the Calomyscidae, Nesomyidae, Cricetidae, and Muridae. It specifically excludes the fossorial forms...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    rodents in the subfamily Cricetomyinae. They are members of the family Nesomyidae, which contains other African muroids such as climbing mice, Malagasy...
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  • 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...
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    Muridae: true mice and rats, gerbils, spiny mice, crested rat Family Nesomyidae: climbing mice, rock mice, white-tailed rat, Malagasy rats and mice Family...
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