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  White-tailed rat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This species is sometimes placed in the subfamily Cricetinae due to similarities in appearance between the white-tailed rat and hamsters, but molecular phylogenetic studies have confirmed that the two groups are not closely related.
The subfamily Mystromyinae is sometimes placed within the family Muridae along with all other subfamilies of muroids.
The white-tailed rat is restricted to savannahs and grasslands of South Africa and Swaziland.
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 RedOrbit - Science - Phylogeny and Divergence-Date Estimates of Rapid Radiations in Muroid Rodents Based on Multiple ...
They found that the mole-rat subfamilies (Spalacinae and Rhizomyinae) were the sister group to all other muroids, but they were unable to resolve the branching pattern, among most of the remaining subfamilies and speculated that robust resolution may never be achieved.
The Nesomyidae ("African mice") are defined as the most recent common ancestor of the Nesomyinae, Dendromurinae, Petromyscinae, and Mystromyinae and all of its descendants.
Good evidence from vWf exon 28 and LCAT genes indicates that the Mystromyinae are members of this clade (Michaux et al., 2001).
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 Free information of James Harrison   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
This species is sometimes placed in the subfamily Cricetinae due to similarities in appearance between the white-tailed rat and hamster s, but molecular phylogeny studies have confirmed that the two groups are not closely related.
The subfamily Mystromyinae is sometimes placed within the family Muridae along with all other subfamilies of Muroidea.
The white-tailed rat is restricted to Savanna and grasslands of South Africa and Swaziland.
james.harrison.en.qcat.org   (5561 words)

  
 Which of these pets have you ever owned?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The family has 17 subfamilies; Arvicolinae, Calomyscinae, Cricetinae, Cricetomyinae, Dendromurinae, Gerbillinae, Lophiomyinae, *Murinae*, Myospalacinae, Mystromyinae, Nesomyinae, Otomyinae, Petromyscinae, Platacanthomyinae, Rhizomyinae, Sigmodontinae, and Spalacinae.
Sub-Families Cricetinae, Arvicolinae [also known as Microtinae], Gerbillinae, and Myospalacinae, will hereafter be ignored due to the fact that no "rats" or "mice" are present in these groups.
The single species in Mystromyinae, is also a rat (over 5.5).
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 Mystromys Definition / Mystromys Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The White-tailed Rat, Mystromys albicaudatus, additionally known as the white-tailed mouse, is the only member of the subfamily Mystromyinae in the family Nesomyidae Nesomyidae is a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea.
The subfamily Mystromyinae is sometimes placed within the family Muridae Muridae is the largest family of mammals.
It contains over 600 species located naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia.
www.elresearch.com /Mystromys   (304 words)

  
 Evolutionary History of the Most Speciose Mammals: Molecular Phylogeny of Muroid Rodents -- Michaux et al. 18 (11): ...
than one subfamily: Mystromyinae and Nesomyinae (node 10), Cricetomyinae
an "African" clade (node 6) clustering the Nesomyinae, Mystromyinae,
Mystromyinae); the sister group relationships between (a) Mystromys,
mbe.oxfordjournals.org /cgi/content/full/18/11/2017   (7278 words)

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