Nesomyinae
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nesomyinae-284-807074
title:
Nesomyinae
text:
The Malagasy rodents are the sole members of the subfamily Nesomyinae. These animals are the only native rodents of Madagascar, come in many shapes and sizes, and occupy a wide variety of ecological niches. There are nesomyines that resemble gerbils, rats, mice, voles, and even rabbits. There are arboreal, terrestrial, and semi-fossorial varieties. These rodents are clearly most closely related to some muroid rodents found on the African mainland. Some molecular phylogeneticists consider this cl
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description:
Subfamily of rodents
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nesomyinae
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date modified:
2024-01-05T08:08:30Z
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