Nesomyids Temporal range: Middle Miocene - Recent
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Hypogeomys antimena | |
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Family: | Nesomyidae Major, 1897
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Cricetomyinae |
Nesomyidae is a family of African rodents in the large and complicated superfamily Muroidea. It includes many subfamilies, which all live in Africa. Malagasy rats and mice, climbing mice, African rock mice, swamp mice, pouched rats, and the white-tailed rat are in this family.