After McKenna & Bell, 1997, with recent species from Nowak, 1991
<==o Dendromurinae G.M. Allen, 1939 [taxonomic history] (kiipijähiiret) |-- †Ternania Tong & Jaeger, 1993; M.Mioc. Af. |-- †Senoussimys Ameur, 1984; U.Mioc. NAf. |--o Dendromus Smith, 1829 [Dendromys Smuts, 1832] [incl. Chortomys Thomas, 1916; Poemys Thomas, 1916] U.Mioc.-R. Af., U.Mioc. SWAs., U.Mioc. Eu. (African climbing mice, tree mice) | |-- D. insignis | |-- D. kahuziensis | |-- D. kivu | |-- D. lovati (kääpiökiipijähiiri) | |-- D. melanotis (harmaakiipijähiiri) | |-- D. mesomelas | |-- D. messorius | |-- D. mystacalis | |-- D. nyikae | |-- D. oreas | `-- D. vernayi |--o Steatomys Peters, 1846; ?M.-?U.Mioc., U.Plioc.-R. Af. (Fat mice; rasvahiiret) | |-- S. caurinus | |-- S. cuppedius | |-- S. jacksoni | |-- S. krebsii | |-- S. parvus (kääpiörasvahiiri) | `-- S. pratensis (rasvahiiri) |-- Malacothrix typica Wagner, 1843 [Otomys A. Smith, 1834 (non Otomys F. Cuvier, 1824, a murine (Muridae: Murinae))] Large-eared mouse, gerbil mouse) |-- Megadendromus nikolausi Dieterlen & Rupp, 1978; R. EAf. (Ethiopian tree mous; etiopiankiipijähiiri) |-- Dendroprionomys rousseloti F. Patter, 1966; R. CAf. (Congo tree mouse; kongonkiipijähiiri) |-- Prionomys batesi Dollman, 1910; R. Af. (Dollman's tree mouse; dollmanninpuuhiiri) |?- Deomys ferrugineus Thomas, 1888; R. Af. (link mouse; rengasrotta) [Deomyinae sensu Steppan, 2005 [“The Tree of Life”]] `-- Leimacomys buettneri Matschie, 1893 [Limacomys Lydekker, 1894] R. WAf. (Togo mouse; togonpuuhiiri)
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631 - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's Mammals of the World; Part 1.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xlviii-642-lxiii - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's mammals of the World; Part 2.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xii-643-1629