Malacomys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Subfamily: | Murinae |
Tribe: | Malacomyini Lecompte et al., 2008 |
Genus: | Malacomys Milne-Edwards, 1877 |
Type species | |
Malacomys longipes[1] | |
Species | |
Malacomys is a genus of rodents in the family Muridae native to Africa. It is the only member of the tribe Malacomyini.[2][3]
It contains the following three species: