Macrotarsomys Milne-Edwards and G. Grandidier 1898

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Nesomyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 930-955 : 951

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scientific name	Macrotarsomys Milne-Edwards and G. Grandidier 1898
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Macrotarsomys Milne-Edwards and G. Grandidier 1898 , Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, ser. 1, 4: 179.

Type Species: Macrotarsomys bastardi Milne Edwards and G. Grandidier 1898

Species and subspecies: 2 species:

Species Macrotarsomys bastardi Milne-Edwards and G. Grandidier 1898

Species Macrotarsomys ingens F. Petter 1959

Discussion: Retained within Cricetinae by Ellerman (1941) but more closely related to other nesomyines, in particular Monticolomys ( Carleton and Goodman, 1996; Jansa et al., 1999). Lavocat (1978), Chaline et al. (1977), and F. Petter (1990) aligned Macrotarsomys with the Kenyan Miocene fossil Protarsomys , a relationship questioned by Carleton and Schmidt (1990) and Carleton and Goodman (1996). Specific discrimination, distributions, and biology reviewed by Carleton and Goodman (2003 c).