PLATACANTHOMYIDAE, Alston, 1876

Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Platacanthomyidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 102-107 : 102

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6603025
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6602955
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E11A87B3-FF8B-C725-FE18-FD86F870FB00
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scientific name	PLATACANTHOMYIDAE
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Family PLATACANTHOMYIDAE View in CoL

(TREE MICE)

• Small rodents with compact bodies, large ears, and long tails resembling bottle brushes.

• 15-25 cm. View Figure

• Palearctic and Indo-Malayan regions. View Figure

Tropical and subtropical montane forests.

2 genera, 5 species, 7 taxa.

1 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Rodentia
SubOrder	Myomorpha
SuperFamily	Muroidea
Family	Platacanthomyidae

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