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Deomyinae  Thomas, 1888
Taxonomic Serial No.: 970155

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subfamily  
  Synonym(s): Acomyinae Dubois, Catzeflis and Beintema, 1999
  
    Deomyes Thomas, 1888
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2014   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderRodentia Bowdich, 1821 – esquilo, preá, rato, roedor, rongeurs, rodents  
                                  SuborderMyomorpha Brandt, 1855 – Rats, souris, Mice, Rats, Voles, Gerbils, Hamsters, Lemmings  
                                     SuperfamilyMuroidea Illiger, 1811  
                                        FamilyMuridae Illiger, 1811 – campagnols, rats, souris, mice, rats, voles  
                                           SubfamilyDeomyinae Thomas, 1888  
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                                              Genus Acomys I. Geoffroy, 1838 – African Spiny Mice 
                                              Genus Deomys Thomas, 1888  
                                              Genus Lophuromys Peters, 1874 – Brush-furred Rats 
                                              Genus Uranomys Dollman, 1909  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Superfamily Muroidea   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2   
  Page(s): 894-1531   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
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  Reference for: Deomyinae   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Comments: Up to 1999 the clade containing Acomys was informally referred to as 'acomyines' (Hänni et al., 1995; E. Verheyen et al., 1995, 1996). Dubois et al. (1999:181-182) wrote that 'Acomys and Uranomys constitute a monophyletic clade at the subfamily level, denoted 'Acomyinae' and noted 'throughout this paper, we will use the term Acomyinae for the clade containing Acomys and Uranomys.' Later Michaux and Catzeflis (2000:286) indicated that 'Following Hänni et al. (1995, p. 132), we name 'acomyine...  
 

 

    

 
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